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Photo Challenge 32 – Mystery

The latest challenge was Mystery.  The real mystery here is why it took me a week to publish these, and I have no answer.  Life.  It get’s in the way of what you’d rather be doing. :-)

Please pick your top three and get your votes in (via the comments below) by Friday May 11.

The next theme, chosen by Jeannie Gane is “Human Presence Left Behind” which I’m sure opens all sorts of possibilities.  Submission are due Saturday May 19.

As a reminder, please encourage your friends to contact me and participate in the challenge.  The more people we can get playing along the better this challenge will be, and the more we’ll hve opportunity to learn from each other, which is what this is all about.

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JeannieMay 9, 2012 - 9:05 pm

Hah! People must be thinking relly hard to decide, or no one ever wants to go first! Great challenge Margaret! I had lots of ideas and lots of fun with it. Here are my votes:

1. These Eyes – I toyed with this idea myself, but didn’t do it. I really like how you have nothing in the photo to distract from focal point. It has an aura of mystery for sure!

2. Mystery Letters – I keep looking at this one again and again, trying to figure out the context, so I guess it really is a mystery. Very nice Donna! I look forward to hearing more about your subject.

3. Neolithic Ring of Brodgar – very cool perspective Margaret. I think that you photographed at sunset lends to mysterious of the subject. Well done!

Enjoyed seeing everyone’s interpretation of the theme once again!

Jeannie

Donna WilliamsonMay 11, 2012 - 5:35 pm

1. Resting post – it is a mystery as to why they are there. I wish I could see the other figures as well – very neat.
2. These Eyes – good photo & draws you into the photo
3. Neolithic Ring of Brodgar – good.”Travel” photo. Truly a mystery.

Kate PotterMay 13, 2012 - 8:53 am

1. These eyes. That just blew me away … it looks like a National Geographic cover. The colours, clarity, texture … fabulous. Well done.
2. The Mystique and Glamour of the Masquerade. I love the dark background and glittery foreground. Very mysterious!
3. Resting post. right on subject! very curious indeed.

WendyMay 15, 2012 - 8:07 pm

1. Neolithic Ring of Brodgar
2. The Mystique and Glamour of the Masquerade
3. These eyes.

sorry for the late vote, however i was on holidays for a week.

Bill MahlerMay 17, 2012 - 7:09 pm

1. Neolithic Ring of Brodger
2. Mystery letters
3. Multiple Series

GlennMay 18, 2012 - 5:38 am

I was just adding up the voting last evening and though, “Wait just a minute, where are mine?” I had forgotten that I had not got round to it! So anyway, here you go…

1st – Neolithic Ring of Brodgar
Excellent photo Margaret, and you must tell us more about the story of this place. I’m very curious. I particularly liked how you composed this with the sun behind one of the stones. I was thinking that the colours might be tweaked a bit as it seems to have a greenish tinge, but then I thought that might be my monitor that is in need of calibration, so I decided to ignore that thought.

2nd – The Mystique and Glamour of the Masquerade
Nicely done, Jeannie. I felt that you captured the theme quite nicely. I can see this being used in a variety if ways to do with advertising a play, a masquerade ball, costume party, etc.

3rd – These Eyes
Well done Lorne. This one does make you wonder what the subject is thinking about. I feel that this might be improved by getting the flash further from the lens. I’m certainly no expert with flash, though, so it would be a real experiment for me to do any better.

LorneMay 18, 2012 - 9:39 am

1- Name That Tune. I would have liked to have been there to hear whatever that was!
2- Multiple Mysteries. Reminds me of my elementary school teaching days.
3- Rockman. I am a rock hound, so when I see rocks like this, I always wonder about their history.

No flash Glenn! I’m glad you liked it. Even with just natural light, I actually reduced the “white box” bounce off of Karen’s retinas a little more in post production to get the right look, pun intended. And to the person who compared it to the very famous National Geographic photo, thank you! That photo was my inspiration for this.

Lisa BMay 18, 2012 - 12:04 pm

Late votes! Sorry for the delay!

1… Neolithic Ring of Brodgar
2… These Eyes
3…Mystery Letters

Hole in the Wall

Do you ever have that sinking feeling when looking back at a photo, when you just know that you could have framed it better?  But alas, I won’t be going back to Dubrovnik any time soon so I’ll just have to live with this image the way it is.  I took this one during our trip around the old Roman wall, looking out to see through one of the old guard tower windows.  Enjoy!

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JeannieApril 23, 2012 - 4:19 pm

I like it! But of course, we are always our own biggest critics! Of course, I also really like this photography technique. And it is kind of funny you posted it because I was just telling Dana the other day about your new “themes” page and she said she had a really good idea for it but she didn’t know what she would call it. When I asked her to describe it, she said “taking a picture of something through something else”. I told her I call that peephole photography and that I would help her add the theme to your page next time she is here!

GlennApril 23, 2012 - 4:24 pm

I’m a little concerned that peephole photography might be mistaken for spam…

You can also tell her that theme 17 was “Picture within a Picture”

WendyApril 25, 2012 - 7:27 pm

Nice shot Glen, not sure why you are worried about changing it.
Looks great, and the ship it the water really adds to the background.

The Hilton Papagayo

On our winter trip to Costa Rica (to the Hilton Papagayo, if you care to google it) I took this photo walking around the pool one night. I’m showing the original photos along with the final image after processing using Photomatix and Photoshop.  I hope you enjoy it!

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Spring Mist

I always find it fascinating when you get mist off of ice.  It makes me think of dry ice, and how it’s changing state from solid to gas without becoming liquid first.  (Sorry, just an engineering school flash back for a moment!)  In this case, however, the lake was not covered by a solid ice layer.  It was actually more like a whole flow of ice cubes about 4 inches thick.  It was kind of cool how they all clinked together when the wind blew.

 

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JeannieApril 20, 2012 - 8:32 am

Love this one! Nicely done!

Winter Skies

Winter skies can be tricky.  If done right you can get a whole lot of interesting texture, and if done wrong they end up blown out and boring.

This shot is from our most recent trip to the lake in late March.  The ice is almost gone from the lake, and as the sun set below the horizon some very cool mist was rising in front of the trees on the opposite shore.

Let me know what you think of this one!

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TedApril 19, 2012 - 6:27 am

It almost has a Surreal look to it.
Very Good!

JeannieApril 20, 2012 - 8:31 am

Very nice Glenn! So you are practicing your HDR technique it seems! It is very good. I have certainly decided the HDR technique is quite cool although I definitely do not care for the photos that go too surreal. It may take me some time to getting around to trying it myself as I still feel I have so much to learn about SLR photography in general! :-)