Challenge Showcase Results: AUTUMN

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight and welcome to Emy and Kenny to the group! Enjoy the photos our members submitted in response to our latest photo challenge, AUTUMN.

Showcase Results:

Rain/Fall by Barry


Blue Eyes by Laura (tied with above)


Snow Geese by Justin


Road by Ellen


Maple by Deb


Clothes Line by Paul (tied with above)


Pears by Laura


Lots of Leaves by Marcus & Chelsea


Path by Barry (tied with above)


Huge Leaf by Damien


River by Ellen


Leafy Sidewalk by Henry


Bridge by Damien (tied with above)


Clothes Lines by Paul


Reflection by Henry

Challenge Showcase Results: ORANGE

Showcase challenge results:

Here are the photo submissions for our photo challenge "ORANGE". Thank you everyone for submitting these fabulous photos!

Headlamp by Ellen


Dixie Cup by Laura


Fireshow by Paul


Buddha by Paul


Orange Fish by Justin


Belly Bride by Deb


Orange Fruits & Vegetables by Justin


Max by Deb (tied with above)


Basketball by Laura


Carrots by Ellen


Sunset by Damien


Christmas in Australia by Damien


Wheel by Henry


Moccasin by Henry

Challenge Showcase Results: Water

17th Meeting

News:
I forgot to blog about our meeting 2 weeks ago (16th mtg) where we met up for a workshop on post processing. I went over how to use Lightroom the whole time and I hope you learned a few things. I know I'm always learning and there is so much I still don't know. Good video tutorials at http://jkost.com/ and just do a search and you'll find a plethora of information out there.

Keith shared his plans for shooting at the upcoming Anime convention. We chatted about gear rentals. I showed off my new Shootsac.

I also shared my thoughts on building a community of photographers on social media sites such as twitter and facebook in light of recent events, which involved a hard drive failure and subsequent image recovery from formatted CF cards. You can read about it on dolcepics.com!

Showcase Challenge Results:

There is definitely something magical about water. I don't think these images need an introduction! They speak for themselves.

Rising and Falling Water by Justin


Swimming Merganser by Justin


Cubist Droplet by Keith


Reflection by Katherine (tied with above)


Portrait by Laura


Very Blue by Katherine


Filming by Keith


Serene Lake by Katherine


Power Wave by Katherine


Wild Goose Pagoda Water Show by Justin (tied with above)


Water Burst by Katherine


Beach by Katherine


Fountains by Barry



Our members really outdid themselves this time with all these amazing photos! We're thinking of creating some kind of printed product with all our fave photos at the end of the year. How does that sound?

On this coming Wednesday, we will be trying our hand at photographing water droplets as inspired by Keith! See you there!

Challenge Showcase Results: Flora & Fauna

15th Meeting

News:
We chatted about Yahoo's camera bike, film grain, digital grain, processing.

Showcase Challenge Results:

The last three weeks, our photo assignment was to create images of flora & fauna. Here are the results from last night's showcase. All the scores were very close and we have several ties this round. Enjoy!

Pink Tulip by Katherine


Sakura by Laura


Hearts by Laura (tied with above)


Under the Rose Canopy by Keith


Dying Tulip by Katherine (tied with above)


Wet Land by Barry


Yellow Tulip by Katherine (tied with above)


Blossoms by Laura


Leaf in Detail by Henry


Tree & Rainbow by Barry (tied with above)


Night Garden by Keith


Cherry Blossom by Henry


Bleeding Hearts by Katherine


Dining Table by Barry (3-way tie with above & below)


Maple by Barry (3-way tie with two above)


Our next photo challenge is WATER for the showcase on June 3rd. Next week, we'll be doing a workshop on post processing. So, bring your photos and your laptops if you have one.