Creative Genius II
Challenge series hosted by
REHS.
Challenges start on Saturdays.
In honor of one of the longest running challenges, hosted by frenchfx, I hope to follow his successful strategy for keeping the challenges entertaining, creative and worthwhile. I want to offer challenges that will allow the participants to share their creative inspirations in varied: scenes, genre, camera skills, post processing skills and also demonstrate how the 5 photo elements (subject, composition,light, color, and detail) are displayed in their entries. I encourage all of the participants to vote, and vote on every entry, except their own of course. I will not be DQing many entries, as I want the voters to decide how well the images meets the challenge criteria. I will keep the number of entries at 50 to encourage everyone to vote. If you have any questions regarding the challenge criteria, PLEASE PM me. I am happy do post challenge discussions with you and ask that you use PMs for this type of discussion, as I don't follow the discussion forum very closely.
Announced (1 challenge)
Open for submissions (1 challenge)
61. Old Building
Entries: 50
Voting starts: 13th January, 2024 GMT
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Any building (built before 1950), in any condition. Color, monotone, or selectively colored. The focus should be on how creatively you present your subject (the building).
Open for voting (1 challenge)
60. A Beach Scene
Entries: 49
Votes: 745
Winners announced: 13th January, 2024 GMT
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Let's start this new year off with your favorite image of a "beach". it can be an ocean beach or a lake/river beach. It can be a rocky (my favorite) beach or a sandy beach. The focus is on showing the shoreline (land and water required). Use weather, the sun, moon or stars, to tell your story. Make me feel the joy of being at the water's edge! Look at my examples for further...
Finished (59 challenges)
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 6th January, 2024 GMT
Winner: Artistic Snowfall
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I must confess, I recently bought a Pro Max 15. Why?,, well with RAW format, complete exposure control, near waterproof, High res. still and movie capabilities, and,,, easy to carry,, why not? I'll keep using my D850, and all of it's heavy lenses, for tripod shots, and planned "wall hanger" images, but for quick or wet stuff, I'm planning to use my new iPhone. So, for this challenge, I want...
58. 5 Photo Elements
Entries: 48
Winners announced: 30th December, 2023 GMT
Winner: Asherah | Try and Focus on Her
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Let's have a clear/well defined SUBJECT. The COMPOSITION should be balanced, with clean borders, and leading lines which lead to the subject. LIGHTING should help tell the story about your subject, and COLOR should set the tone for your image. DETAIL should draw your attention to the subject, and not distract from it. You can chose any subject you like (person, tree, animal, building, or...
Entries: 47
Winners announced: 23rd December, 2023 GMT
Winner: multiple winners
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B&W (& sepia) only, Tell a story using weather and creative postprocessing. It can be a tact sharp sunny desert scene, or a rainy train station. A vendor getting his product to the market in a blasting wind, or a foggy airport, w/ the hero walking out of the fog. In other words, this challenge is open to all genre, but must be a well processed B&W (or sepia) image...Try not to use something...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 16th December, 2023 GMT
Winner: Let's shovel, let's shovel, let's shovel
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Let's see creative images of snow. To be fair to all, it doesn't matter when the snowy picture was taken, just make us feel the chill of a snowy day. Images that you've used in the past are OK, but it must be modified. So rather than submit the same image again. please modify/improve it. And tell us how that image has been modified. Post-processing descriptions ARE required on any...
Entries: 30
Winners announced: 9th December, 2023 GMT
Winner: Life Strong
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Ten months ago, we thought that DPR was going to be "deleted". Well, I'm glad to see that we were wrong! A few persistent souls refused to move on, and continued to keep the challenges alive. I think it got down to 2 hosts and only 3 challenges a week. I came back in June, and am thrilled to see so many of the Long-timers continue to return. So let's finish off this "rollercoaster" year...
Entries: 42
Winners announced: 2nd December, 2023 GMT
Winner: The king of the mountain
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Let's see a good landscape image, with some type of wildlife in it. So NO close-ups of birds, insects, or other animals, However, horses and cattle grazing in a pasture are permitted. The focus should be on the landscape scene, with the wildlife just adding to the story. This is NOT a wildlife challenge, it is a Landscape, that includes a wildlife element, challenge. Look at my examples...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 25th November, 2023 GMT
Winner: Reflection Perfection
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Fall color on the lake, building on the pond, snow capped mountains on the near frozen stream, boats at the dock, or trains by the canal.... you get the idea. Subject should be clear, color and light used to set the mood, composition should be simple (using the reflection to pull the eye towards the subject) and framing should be clear of distractions. Look at my examples and read the PP...
52. Sports Shots
Entries: 47
Winners announced: 18th November, 2023 GMT
Winner: Bianca B-7823
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For me, it's surfing, for you it maybe football, skiing or bike racing. Your task is to use good composition and light to creatively show your favorite sport in action.
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 11th November, 2023 GMT
Winner: Lighting the pipe.
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We can all easily underexpose our images, But when we use light to enhance our photos, it adds a powerful touch of drama. So let's see those dark images, with a creative use of light. The light can be natural or artificially added, either during the shot, or during post processing. Title your entry! Look at my examples, and do better. PM if you have any questions. but please carefully...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 4th November, 2023 GMT
Winner: Spires
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Old buildings, in any condition, and can be in either B&W or color. The focus should be on the perspective used to present your old building. The subject must be the building, and goal is to show a creative perspective of your subject.
49. I Had A Vision
Entries: 28
Winners announced: 28th October, 2023 GMT
Winner: Yawn of a Leopard
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Have you ever had a idea (vision) on what you wanted to create? One that took lots of planning, research, timing and effort (and maybe, money too). Let's see the result of that process. A Title AND Description must be included. The Title should match the image. The description should describe and/or outline the process. If the finished product varies slightly from your original vision,...
48. Mountain Peaks
Entries: 45
Winners announced: 21st October, 2023 GMT
Winner: Baltoro Catedral
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The Tetons, Mt. Fuji, Mount Whitney. or the Matterhorn. Show us a mountain shot that says "come see me". Be creative in how you capture your image, use reflections to draw you in, or use a drone to get a high altitude view, Have the base covered in clouds, or be on the top looking down the mountain. B&W or color are permitted. Sunsets or sunrises, day or night are good, try to express "high...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 7th October, 2023 GMT
Winner: _Rising moon in Valais
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Let's see a beautiful Sun rise, Sunset, Moon rise, or Moon set. My favorite is capturing a Moon rise at Sunset! Post process so that there is very little burned out highlights, and color & detail add drama and beauty to your image.
46. My Cosmic Trip
Entries: 36
Winners announced: 30th September, 2023 GMT
Winner: Groovy, man
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Let's see something semi-abstract that tells a story. Please provide a written description that adds to, or that helps tell the story of your image. Look at my examples and then get creative with your entry. Remember, the Title and Description are important. The stronger the story, the better your results should be!! Use PP to enhance your story.
Read the Post Processing rules also!
45. Fall Color
Entries: 47
Winners announced: 23rd September, 2023 GMT
Winner: Fall in El Chaltan
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With a planned October trip to the eastern Sierra, I need some inspiration for creative Fall photography. So show me your best fall color captures. Look at my examples, and show me something better! Please read the Post-processing rules also.
44. Old and Decayed
Entries: 45
Winners announced: 16th September, 2023 GMT
Winner: Old ranch house miles out on the high prairie
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B&W (& sepia) only.
Cars, Trains, Boats, buildings, and machinery are all acceptable.
Good composition and lighting should should how your subject is decaying.
43. Wild Animals
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 9th September, 2023 GMT
Winner: Magnificent Black Rhino
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Let's see your favorite wild animal,,, in it's natural setting, please no zoos, or unnatural enclosures, like Sea World & Monterrey Aquarium. The subject must be your wild animal and the background should show it in it's habitat. From birds and lizards to whales and Elephants, all are ok. But the more the background shows it as "wild" the better. In otherwords, a bird with a blue sky...
Entries: 60
Winners announced: 2nd September, 2023 GMT
Winner: Matterhorn at nightfall
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Find an image of a unique formation, that is captured at a time, or weather condition, that makes the formation "pop". Post processing is fine, just be sure it looks natural. Look at my examples, and then have fun showing us two of your most stunning rock formation images. Color and B&W are both acceptable. NO WATERMARKS allowed.
41. Tree(s)
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 26th August, 2023 GMT
Winner: IMG_4510 copy 16x9
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Close-up or a grouping, Color, or B&W. it doesn't matter, but the tree(s) must dominate the image. Use composition, color, light and texture to help us feel the tree(s). Look at my examples, and read the Post -processing Rules.
40. My Pet(s)
Entries: 32
Winners announced: 19th August, 2023 GMT
Winner: Wet Grass Run
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Let's see your pet(s) being adorable, or funny.
No other rules/criteria, except to vote on all of the entries (but not on your own entry, of course). This type of challenge is usually a duel between the "evil cat people", and the "proud dog owners". Look at my two adorable dogs that I've posted as examples (as you can see, it's a good thing that your biased host can not vote in his hosted...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 12th August, 2023 GMT
Winner: Mouse Creek
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How can we make a landscape image, more impacting?
1. Weather
2. Colors
3. Lighting
The challenge is to take a scene, and then during post processing, enhance one, or some of these attributes, so as to add emotion/drama to your entry. Here's a key part!!! Try to keep your enhancement efforts natural looking. They should add to the image, not distract from it. Voters, if in your...
Entries: 39
Winners announced: 29th July, 2023 GMT
Winner: Polar lights
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Landscape, and can be in Color, or B&W. The following criteria should be used for evaluating/voting on entries.
1. Subject - must be obvious
2. Composition - Clear frame and lines lead the eye to the subject
3. Light - helps to focus on the subject/story
4. Color - Sets the mood (B&W = old, Oranges - sun rise/set,, ect..)
5. Detail - Isolates the subject and tells part of the story
6....
37. Water in motion
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 22nd July, 2023 GMT
Winner: Wave Perfection
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Let's see water in motion. Look at my samples, and then get creative! As before, read the criteria carefully and PM me if you have any questions or concerns.
Since I've had a two month absence, I'll start back hosting slowly, and simply (with very few rules). I say that, not because of you, but because I'm rusty, and need to "get back in the groove".
When I thought that DPR was...
36. Tell your story
Entries: 41
Winners announced: 8th April, 2023 GMT
Winner: The Lecture
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I started Hosting because one kind, and intelligent soul took the time to help me see things in photographs I had never noticed before. He told me that my images were flat and dull, and lacked subject and composition. He taught me the 5 Photo elements (Subject, Composition, Light, Color and Detail) and how to see how these elements work together by coaching me to vote. I will always be able...
35. Good Night
Entries: 42
Winners announced: 1st April, 2023 GMT
Winner: The end of another day
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So what does "Good Night" mean to you? A wild night in Las Vegas? A stunning vista with the Milky Way lighting up the sky? Or a bedtime story with the kids? The Challenge is for you to show, as clearly as you can, what a "Good Night" means to you. The picture must be taken during the night time. This is another subjective storytelling adventure, So share an image that you feel best shows...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 25th March, 2023 GMT
Winner: The Wheel of Time
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Let's see a picture of an old wheel. The wheel must be your subject and you can post-process it any way you want, but make it tell a story of an old , worn out wheel. Voters, we want a simple subject, composition should pull you to the subject, color, tonal values and texture, should help tell a story of "old and weathered". Title your entry to reflect your story. And a description...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 18th March, 2023 GMT
Winner: Shell Bubbles
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Use patterns, color and light to tell your story. Color only in this challenge. Title is required. No previous 1st or 2nd place entries are allowed. The patterns should pull you into the image and the color and light should help tell the story of your image. The title should confirm what your story is about. Look at the examples for clarification, our PM me if you have any questions. ...
Entries: 35
Winners announced: 11th March, 2023 GMT
Winner: IMG_7510 South Sister reflection in Camp Lake Oregon
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This is one of my favorite scenes. Show the mountain as a back ground, reflecting on the lake and in the foreground, show the visible lake bottom. Look at my examples. Color only, and as an added bonus, use color, light and weather to add drama. Title your entry with the location, or name of the Lake, or name of the mountain. No past winners, Please.
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 4th March, 2023 GMT
Winner: old pickup on the prairies
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Let's see those old vehicles that have been abandoned. Try not to use something you have used in the past, or, alter it, so that it looks significantly different from your past entry. B&W or color are okay. The vehicle must be your subject, and it should be in a rural environment,,, so that it reflects the Title of this challenge. Any vehicle can be used.... from bikes to boats, and from...
30. Fall Foliage
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 25th February, 2023 GMT
Winner: Fall, Rockford Michigan-1237
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Let's see those beautiful yellows, oranges and reds. Use a creative composition, and try to find an aspect that makes your entry different from the usual over-processed/typical Fall foliage photo. Close-ups or wide-angle are ok, But only color images, NO B&W please! Subject is open, but image must include fall foliage. Voters, the iconic shots are to be discouraged. So your Fall road shots...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 18th February, 2023 GMT
Winner: Spruce Meadows Farrier
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OK, what is "old", for this challenge, let's say 55+. No IDs required, just be honest, does the subject (person) look "old", Tell a story which shows the old person working. B&W, or color are okay. Let's see, grandmas selling flowers, old blacksmiths making horse shoes, train employees who are as old as the train, and farmers who have dirt in their blood and tears in their eyes. Your...
28. B&W Flower
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 11th February, 2023 GMT
Winner: B&W Dahlia Flower
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Try to show the texture of a flower. The flower must be your subject, and avoid distracting backgrounds. Frame and balance your subject. The title, and or description must include the name of the flower. The more detail provided, the better. Get creative in how you isolate your subject.
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 4th February, 2023 GMT
Winner: Cable Car arrives at Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc
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We've seen beautiful mountain peaks, or twisted trees standing prominent in our images, But when a colorful sunset, or billowing clouds provide the dramatic background, our beautiful subject, now screams "look at me!!!". So in this challenge, take an interesting subject, and have the clouds add drama to the subject. If you chose to do sky exchanges, be warned, they must look realistic and be...
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 28th January, 2023 GMT
Winner: Two Surfers
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In assessing this past Year's challenges, my two most popular were, "Reflections on the Water" and "Beaches". So to start this year, let's combine these two. Let's see a colorful reflection on the wet shore. It must be clear that the image was taken from the shore, and a reflection should pull one's eye towards the subject. Use color and light to make your image dramatic. Post processing...
25. Bird In Flight
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 21st January, 2023 GMT
Winner: Southern Boobook owl
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Let's see Bird(s) in flight (BIF). Taking off and landing is OK, but nothing in a flightless state. Remember what makes a "good" BIF image; Is the bird's eye sharp? Does the image show action? Are surrounding distractions minimized? Is the bird coming towards you? Look at my example, and strive to do better. A title of just a file ID # or "BIF" will be DQ'd; so a name should be...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 14th January, 2023 GMT
Winner: Little One (Moody)
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Enter pictures of animals, birds included, that are reasonably large in the frame but which include enough space around them to show the viewer their typical habitat or one of the habitats in which they are usually found. Also, another new rule: "Do not enter an image which has received 1st place in any of the DPR challenges, during the last year." Please, always read both the Theme and...
23. Tilted People
Entries: 39
Winners announced: 7th January, 2023 GMT
Winner: Into the Light
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People can convey so much emotion. So in a B&W format, use a tilting of the frame to express the emotion captured in your image. The subject must be a person, It must be processed in B&W (sepia acceptable also) and tilted to amplify the story. Please include a Title that reflects the story of the image. And a description/backstory is encouraged.
Read ALL of the Theme, and all of the...
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 31st December, 2022 GMT
Winner: Best Friends
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Use good compositional techniques to draw the viewer's eyes through your image and end up on your subject. The subject should be clear object (not to a vanishing point) , and the more you feel pulled into, and through, the scene, the better. Let's do this as a B&W ONLY challenge, so that the focus is on composition and not pretty colors. OK?
Don't forget the new rule, "Please refrain...
21. The Window
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 24th December, 2022 GMT
Winner: Once a home
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Let's see a story told by (or through) a window. Color, or B&W, use whatever is needed to tell the story. A Title is required and description encouraged. Look at my examples. Please refrain from posting any comments prior to the close of voting. However, post challenge comments are strongly encouraged.
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 17th December, 2022 GMT
Winner: CRW_2338
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Submit an image of an old house, or barn. The subject of the image should be the structure. Color or B&W are okay, and post processing should give the image an old time effect. Try to use leading lines to your subject, and minimize other distractions.
Voters, please focus on composition and how well the the image portrays an "old" feeling.
19. Holiday Cheer
Entries: 30
Winners announced: 10th December, 2022 GMT
Winner: The Season of Sweetness and Light
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Holiday scenes (landscapes), Product (gifts, food and drinks) displays, People (celebrating) & Events (holiday rituals). There are many ways to show Holiday cheer. Your quest is to creatively capture an image which makes the viewer smile and feel the winter holiday celebration. So use composition, color and light to show "Holiday Cheer". I know the Winter Holidays are different all over the...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 3rd December, 2022 GMT
Winner: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
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During my Water in Motion challenge, I DQd a bunch of beautiful entries, for having a slow shutter speed, Well to my chagrin, the slower shutter speeds did well. So for all of you who I DQd, here's your chance to show off those ghostly blurs. Let's see things in motion with shutter speeds longer than 1/6 sec.. Any subject, water, cars, stars, or people, any subject, just show it in motion...
Entries: 46
Winners announced: 26th November, 2022 GMT
Winner: Back in the Summer of 83
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Okay, let's take a break, and have fun showing an image, or two, of ourselves enjoying our favorite hobby/sport, or pass time. I sayone or two because I'd like to see one old one and one not so long ago. This challenge is all about sharing a pictures of you having fun. This will be very subjective, and image quality should not carry a lot of weight since the entries may not be photographed by...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 19th November, 2022 GMT
Winner: Transcendental
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Please read all of the Theme, and post-processing rules!!!
It was a dark, stormy afternoon, or maybe "as the storm passes, the sunbeams gives us hope for a brighter future". How about "out of the foggy mist, the stranger appeared". And even "As the sun blazed over the barren desert, the cloudless sky gave us little hope". Titles are required and creative prose are encouraged in the...
15. Barren and Alone
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 12th November, 2022 GMT
Winner: Barren Highlands, Nepal
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The desert, a snow covered plain, a stark, flat ocean scene. The image should make you feel all alone. B&W or color is okay. Post processing should look natural but bleak and lonely. Use composition, light, color and/or tonal values to portray a lonely natural scene. Voters, base your ranking on how lonely the image makes you feel, NOT on how attractive the scene is! Look at my examples,...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 5th November, 2022 GMT
Winner: Manaslu, Mountain of the Spirit at 8163m, Nepal Himalayas
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The Tetons, Mt. Fuji, Mount Whitney. or the Matterhorn. Show us a mountain shot that says "come see me". Be creative in how you capture your image, use reflections to draw you in, or use a plane to get a high altitude view, Have the base covered in clouds, or be on the top looking down the mountain. The word you want to express is "HIGH". B&W or color are permitted. Sunsets or sunrises,...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 29th October, 2022 GMT
Winner: Sogi-no-Taki Waterfall
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Let's see moving water, cascading over rocks and trees. Color or Black and White are acceptable. Use Light and composition to draw attention to the water. Avoid calm still reflection type images. WE are looking for MOVING water. DON'T over do the long exposures. a slight blur is alright, but not where the water is just a ghostly haze. Voters, evaluate based on action, drama, and...
12. Tones in B&W
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 22nd October, 2022 GMT
Winner: The-Wave
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This is a Black and White challenge, No color images this time. Let's see how well you can tell a story by focusing on tonal values. Examples are: dark, moody rainy day, a sepia toned image of an old barn (I consider sepia B&W, but don't push it so hard that the browns become dominant), or a bright snow scene. These examples cover dark, mid-toned and light over-all tonal values, but in...
11. Isolated Subject
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 15th October, 2022 GMT
Winner: Duck?
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One simple subject, be it a person, a mountain, a boat, a waterfall. Be sure to make your subject prominent. Use composition, color and light, and detail to make your subject stand out from the rest of the image. Voters, base your ranking on how well the above 5 elements are used to draw attention to the subject, And, if the subject is not obvious, then the image does not meet the...
10. Texture
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 8th October, 2022 GMT
Winner: Stone coral (Favia sp.)
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Your subject must impart a specific texture. With good subject isolation, simple composition, light and color that sets the mood for the image, utilize vivid detail that will make the viewer feel the texture of your subject. Color or B&W are OK, and you pick a subject whose texture is captured well, and then post process it so that the texture comes alive.
Voters, let's try this,, one...
Entries: 45
Winners announced: 1st October, 2022 GMT
Winner: _SDI2370bw
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Let's see a breaking wave, or a wave exploding as it hits something. Focus on showing power and beauty. The subject must be the wave. And the composition should pull the viewer into the image. Close up, just the face of the wave, or full view is OK, Please see my three examples.
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 17th September, 2022 GMT
Winner: Roque Benijo
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Natural forces will create some beautiful rock carvings. Think of Yosemite's Half Dome, Bryce Canyon, Zion NP, Arches NP, the Matterhorn, the Fjords of Norway and for those down under, Ares Rock. Tell us where the image was taken in either the title or in the description. Put simply, let's see a unique rock formation, and for the voters, the image that makes you say "I got to go see this...
7. Back In Time
Entries: 69
Winners announced: 10th September, 2022 GMT
Winner: Cleaning up the steam shed
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This is a B&W/sepia challenge. Old broken down buildings, farm equipment, trains, cars, and yes, people too. The goal is to create an image that looks like it was taken many years ago. Please read post processing rules, and check out the examples provided for additional clarification. Voting focus: Tells a story from long ago, and the Title should set the stage. A short description is...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 3rd September, 2022 GMT
Winner: Reflection Perfection
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Let's see those beautiful reflections that pull one's eye towards the subject. For post processing, let's assure that the framing is clear of distractions, so cloning out those pesky wires and road signs are good. But be warned, artifacts (post processing errors) can hurt your final ranking. Please read the post processing rules also. Voting should focus on: is the captured reflection...
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 27th August, 2022 GMT
Winner: Shell and wave.
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I don't want to get hung up on what the definition of Minimalist images should be. However, a good composition should have as few distracting elements as possible. Please use color and light to draw interest to the subject, but they should not detract from the subject. For this challenge, only color images, no B&W processed images allowed. (Please be sure to read post processing rules also)...
Entries: 49
Winners announced: 20th August, 2022 GMT
Winner: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel
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We have all seen images with strong leading lines. They can creatively lead us through most of the picture. So in this challenge, they must lead one's eye to the main subject. It should also be clear what the subject is. Voting should be based on how well the eye is directed through the image, and how clearly the subject is defined. A vanishing point can not be a subject in this challenge. ...
Entries: 41
Winners announced: 13th August, 2022 GMT
Winner: Northen California Renaissance Fair. Face Painting
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This challenge will focus on using your post-processing skills. Let's see how selection of color can be used, along with B&W, to isolate the subject and/or tell a story. So the lone green tree, in a B&W landscape is good, and as in my example, the current colored vehicle, looking at the B&W past, is also good. The more creative the approach, the better. Please try to tell a story by image...
2. The Tree
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 6th August, 2022 GMT
Winner: Wanaka Tree at Dawn
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Show us a tree, as your subject. It can be alive or dead, and the image can be any part of the tree or of the whole tree. Avoid surrounding distractions so that your subject stands out. The scene must look natural. Color or B&W are OK. Extra points should be awarded to an image if it evokes an emotion or feeling.
1. Beaches
Entries: 50
Winners announced: 30th July, 2022 GMT
Winner: Icelandic beach
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Show us a scene that makes us long for the sounds of the ocean, and the smell of salt in the air. Anything between stormy crashing waves on the coastline to palm tree framed sunsets are good. Not everyone lives near the ocean, so river, lake or reservoir beaches are also acceptable, The important thing is to use good composition in showing a shoreline, and extra points should be given where...
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