tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188594682012-02-16T02:15:16.977-06:00A showcase for the work of my advanced digital photography students. I will post a new photograph from one of my thirteen students each school day, we will take a brake on the weekend and holidays and days I forget. Your comments are welcome.Mr. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530820920501920071noreply@blogger.comBlogger6991100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18859468.post-67674476132832352442011-01-21T10:20:00.000-06:002011-01-21T10:20:26.814-06:00

Contributed S Baker This is a studio shot of the lovely Miss Carly. :) It's one of my photos from the project Mr. Myers described a few posts down ("Q-Tip"). They all turned out really wonderful, but this one is definitely in my top three favorites. The color of her hair and the pattern of her shirt matched the apple theme perfectly and made for a great photo!

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Contributed By J Bryan I shot this last fall and only recently pulled it back out for editing. I cropped in tightly, cross-processed a curves layer, and burned the sky a little so it stood out against the clouds.

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Contributed By R Niday I took this picture in DC while making my way through the sea of people. I put a graphic filter over the picture and adjusted the shadows.

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Contributed By J Bryan For my studio portrait assignment, I had everyone spin in a swivel chair and shot with a reduced shutter speed to get the blurring effect. After cropping each picture to a square, I layered them together and adjusted the opacity of each layer to blend them into one image.

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Contributed By J Bryan This tree is right behind my house, and I thought the thin branches made really interesting lines and shapes. I darkened the levels a little and adjusted the curves to create the blue-purple shades.

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Contributed by Jodan I took this picture over the summer while I was at the Birmingham Zoo. I darkened the levels and cropped out some of the background. I really like how this picture turned out.

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Contributed by M Silas I'm really proud of this picture. I took it at the park in front of Calera High School. I used the macro lens to get the close up of the coke bottle. Unfortunately, I had to sacrifice the background quality a little bit. I love the concept of this shot more than anything else. Even though this picture didn't come out the best, I love the shot itself.

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Contributed by Mr. Myers Last Wednesday, November 10th, I started a new project with my students.  Here they are, divided into classes, and in the order that I shot the pictures.  I gave each student one or more Q-tips to use as a prop, and I gave them two chances to get a good shot.  I really love how it turned out.  Now, it's up to the students to come up with an original artistic idea to use

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Contributed By J Bryan I took this picture while visiting my uncle's grave at Jefferson Memorial; they have lots of marble statues and monuments that photograph well. I adjusted the curves and dodged/burned on the face a little to get stronger contrast.

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Contributed By R Niday I took this picture the morning of the rally. It turned out better than i had thought it would. I adjusted the shadows and cropped out some of the background.

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Contributed By S Baker A double exposure of myself / a tree outside taken with a pinhole camera. I flipped the image and placed it on top of the original and changed the filter so that the bottom photo showed through, and then I added a gradient map - this is the result! I thought that this photo turned out awful, so I'm really proud of the editing I did to turn it into something great.

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Contributed By R Collier I took this picture in a series of pictures from a graveyard. The flowers really stood out among the bleak graves, and I love the shadows that are cast in this photo. I feel like it may be a tad bit empty, but I liked it.

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Contributed by M Silas Again, I had a long day at Moss Rock. I really liked the gnarled appearance of this tree. Even though it's practically dead, it stands strong and tall. I guess it just kind of inspired me. I cropped it a little and slightly adjusted the curves.

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Contributed by H Camp I took this while baby sitting a 9 month old. She would stop crying when I would take her picture. I turned the contrast up just a little, and that's it.

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contributed by Mikael Silas I not only found this picture interesting, but funny as well. I was walking around Calera High School after the ACT and noticed this park and football field. I went on a little photo outing and these were the results. All I did with this picture was crop it and adjust the curves a bit.

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Contributed by J Bryan This one was taken at the railroad tracks off Oxmoor Road. It was hard to set up since I couldn't see myself with the camera up on the tripod, but this one turned out well. I added a lighting layer to give it the orange filter.

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Contributed By R Collier I didn't do as much editing on this picture as I am used to, but I did change the brightness/contrast, shadows/highlights, and ran an exposure layer. I thoroughly enjoyed the strange streak of standing colors on the brick of this building and I like how the picture turned out.

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Contributed by J Bryan It took forever to get a clear view of the lake with no boats or swimmers, but it was worth it. I added a few low-opacity gradient maps and distorted the image outward.

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Contributed By S Baker I took my sister to Veteran's Park and took lots of pictures of her and a few pictures of random things around the park, like this. I really loved how this one turned out, so decided to submit it. As far as editing goes, I only did a small curves adjustment.

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Contributed by J Bryan I took this one at the Oak Mountain bird trail. I dropped the saturation of certain colors and added a duplicate layer on Soft Light.

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Contributed by H Camp This photo was taken in Heardmont Park. One of the few flowers still left from summer being pollinated by a bee. I turned the contrast up.

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Contributed by H Camp I took this underneath a bridge at Heardmont Park. The leaf was hanging by one thread of a spider web. I raised the contrast and the saturation.

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Contributed by Ross Collier I took this picture at Aldridge Gardens on the lake trail - which I highly suggest any and all people to go see sometime - while picking leaves for my dastardly Environmental Science project. I tried to emphasize the reflection in the picture. I ran an exposure layer over the picture and put a gradient over that.

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Contributed by M Silas Another picture from the Lake Martin trip. My sister left her "camp" to go out swimming and I liked the photo op. I cropped this and brought up the hue a tad bit to even out the colors. Other than that, this picture is untouched.

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Contributed by R Niday -I took this picture of my dog Cami in my back yard. It was rather challenging since she was preoccupied with the idea of playing fetch but I thought this picture turned out the best. I made it a B&W and added a tint as well as a filter.

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S Baker There's some sort of frame outside the art room and we were hanging out back there because it was so cold in the room. We were talking about it, wondering what it could possibly be or be for, and I started taking pictures. I edited this one a lot because it wasn't as good quality as usual, but it turned out nicely.

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Contributed by H Camp I took this in at the cemetery on 119. Changed the saturation of the angel and turned up the saturation of the grass.

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Contributed by R Niday-I took this photo in the studio using a long exposure. In photo shop I changed it to a B&W and added a tint.

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Contributed by J BryanContributed by J BryanI pieced this together out of different "pieces" I drew in the dark with a light pointer. After arranging and resizing the different parts, I brushed in the appropriate colors.

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Contributed by S BakerI took this photo outside my house on a day that I really shouldn't have been outside at all.. oops. I brightened the colors and edited out some smudges in the background.

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Contributed by S BakerAnother photo I took outside my house. I love the beginning of autumn!I brightened this one as well an cropped in to better the composition.

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Contributed by 1st year student J JohnsonThis photo was taken by myself of my close friends, Jodi S. We were at her house in McCalla. She has a beautiful field behind her house where there was many random objects like this old cinderblock pipe that was just left there. I really liked this location in the pipe because of the depth and the mystery of what lies beyond. Jodi is a beautiful model and

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Contributed by S Baker Took this downtown for an angles/diagonals assignment. I played around with the colors a lot and cropped in on the original photo.

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Contributed by J BryanThe setup for this should not have been as hard as it was. Darkened up the shadows, erased a few stray marks, and cropped in.

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Contributed by R CollierThis was one of the first pictures I took while exploring downtown and messing with my camera. I came around a corner and saw this lot with the worn paint and thought it would make a cool picture - I changed the color balance, hue and saturation just a little, upped the contrast and then ran a photo exposure layer and a levels layer to darken it down and bring out the

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Contributed by S BakerA long exposure of a pig-shaped pinwheel at the fair. I'm really happy with how it turned out! I played around with the saturation and edited out some random smudges in the background.

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Contributed by H Camp I took this photo at the cemetery on 119 near the interstate. I bumped up the contrast and that's about it.

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Contributed by J BryanI was shooting at a nearby condo building for my Perspective project and decided this worked better on its own. Upped the exposure and contrast in Camera Raw.

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Contributed by J BryanAnother night out riding, I decided to play around with the settings on my camera to create longer exposure times. Only nudged up the saturation.

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Contributed by J Bryan I was headed to this restaurant pretty late at night, knowing that they usually stay open. Turned out they had gone out of business. I cropped the picture in and increased the contrast a tiny bit.

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Contributed by: J BryanI took all three of these while riding passenger on the way downtown. Couldn't decide which one I liked best, so I turned all of them black-and-white and arranged them in a triptych.

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Contributed by:J BryanTook this picture of the old wheelbarrow we haven't used in years and is now rusting away in my backyard. I bumped up the brightness of the greens and yellows, then increased the overall contrast

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Contributed by H CampI took this at a hunting club in Mississippi, and thought it would makea cool picture with the colors of the bug and flower combined. I turnedthe contrast up and that's all.

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Contributed by J BryanAnother picture I took at the Gardens a few months ago. Didn't edit except for bringing up the contrast a little bit.

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Contributed by J BryanAn old picture I decided to dig back out and have another go at editing. Other than cropping and stamping out a few stray lines in the grass, I decided not to mess with it after all.

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Contributed by Mr. MyersI would like to finish the year with some new contributions of your great work to the blog. Please Email me your photo and a short statement about it. emyers@hoover.k12.al.usHere is one that I took at the Dr. Dog concert.

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I have created a gallery of art from Students who have distinguished themselves with their work in my class. It is a open photo gallery on Facebook ...so you will need to check from home.The winner for the Knowledge Quest cover is posted there. Myers

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Contributed by: F "Connor" JonesI took this photo at Oak Mountain State Park. I cropped in on the picture to give it more of a landscape appearance. I converted it to black and white and messed with the levels.

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Contributed by J McDanielStephanie is a future Prada model. I edited the colors and cropped it.

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Contributed by J Bryan This is from a group of pictures I took at the Botanical Gardens over the weekend. I turned around to see my sister looking down the well, thought it might make an interesting shot, and snapped the picture before she could move. The original shot was very bright and I couldn't get it to look the way I wanted in full color, so I toyed around with the color balance and

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Contributed by: J McDanielI took this picture a few months ago for the movement theme. I did a levels adjustment and played with the color balance. I was very pleased with the result. I like the contrast between my brother's first pose and when he moved.

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Contributed by: J McDanielThis is a collage I made of my cat. Her name is Bella and she is the cutest kitteh in the world. I think she deserves to be on the blog because she is beautiful. She is a precious gem and has a heart of gold. She brings happiness to everyone she meets.

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Contributed by E. McDougal This is a picture that I took for the abstract photography assignment. I know its a clear subject but I still submitted it as abstract. I tried to fix some of the colors that were washed out and I ran a sharpen edges filter.

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Contributed by J McDanielI took this picture with my 35mm camera while I was walking to Central Park. I was hoping it would turn out ok because I like how one side is nature and the other side is a building. I think it turned out very nicely, so I didn't edit it.

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Contributed by Janie McDanielI took this picture in New York City over the break. I took it with my 35mm camera. I think this is my favorite picture from the trip because I like the colors and composition. I didn't edit it.

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Contributed to Janie McDanielI took this picture with my Holga camera. I cut a square hole into a piece of paper and taped it into the inside of my camera to create an interesting border. This one is my favorite. I didn't do any editing.

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Contributed by M ThomasI took the seven pictures while on top of a mountain in Utah while skiing. I adjusted it using the curves which really brought out the color of the sky and the mountains.

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Contributed by A PondI took this picture downtown using a wide angle lens. I took it in the car so the picture was taken really fast. All I did was adjust the exposure, color tint, and saturation.

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Contributed by C EllisI took this picture for the drip photo assignment. I really like it because it looks different than everyone else's. I messed with the curves a little bit and cropped it in closer.

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Contributed by T HembySeveral weeks ago I went to Sloss Furnace in the bitter cold. I had to warm my hands every few minutes, but I ended up with a few good shots despite the sub-freezing temperatures. This is one that I quite liked; enjoy.

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Contributed by E McDougaltook pictureboosted hue and saturationdone

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Contributed by T WilliamsI was walking around downtown and saw a cool looking alley. I stopped to take a picture, and I really liked how the paint on the street looked. I ran a saturation adjustment to make it stand out more.

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Congratulations to Jamie W for winning an Honorable Mention at the State Superintendent Art Show in Montgomery. Way to go!

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My students have been working on their submissions to the periodical Knowledge Quest, an international publication for the national association of library professionals. My students' work has been used as the cover art for past editions in the past two years.This year the periodical deals with how today's learners and teachers use video to teach and learn.My first year photography students

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Contributed by D MeadowsThis is one of a couple hundred shots I took of my friend Michael on one of our hikes at Oak Mountain state park. He is up in a tree and I am shooting him from a couple feet below. I really like how the lines of the trunk lead of into the complexity of the tree and then back to his face. Exposure + Levels + B&W.

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Contributed by K ChappellI took this picture for a farm animals assignment. I cropped the picture and turned it black and white. I also did a levels adjustment and raised the white. I really like how the goats are standing in a circle like they are protecting each other.

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Contributed by H CampI took this picture of my dog, Max, after Alabama won the National Championship. I readjusted the levels and the shadows to give him more detail.

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Contributed by O WoynarI took this summer of '08 of my best-friend Mitchell. All I did was crop it some.He has been skating for 12 years and is a big dream of his to go far with it.

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Contributed by J McDanielI took this picture with my 35 mm camera and I did a levels adjustment to it. I like it because it reminds me of something from the 1930s in a Grapes of Wrath kind of way.

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Contributed by E McDougalfor this picture I lowered the saturation waaaay down so it looked kinda vintage and then brought back out all the blue in her eye. It gives a kind of demonic affect but I just can't look away...

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Contributed by R Ehrhardt Wine glass full of blue food dyed water on a very nice cherry wood table. Levels and Saturation adjustment.

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Contributed by M JonesFor my drip photo I used a black and white striped cloth reflected in the water and shot with the white balance on incandescent to add the blue. I adjusted the values with a curves adjustment, pumped up the saturation, and tweaked the color balance. I liked the color and the shot of the water before it hit.

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Contributed by J McDanielI took this picture with my 35 mm camera out my car window on 280. It isn't perfectly straightened or anything, but I still really like it. I like the texture in the clouds and the lines of the telephone poles. I took a lot of pictures of telephone poles and I really like the lines they create. I did a levels adjustment. Actually, I don't remember if I did or not. But I

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Contributed by T HembyI took this in Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. I was driving along in the country looking for clunkers and came upon this one. I did a levels adjustment and slightly tweaked the saturation. I really like the way this photo turned out.

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Contributed by J McDanielI took this picture last semester with my 35 mm camera. I used black and white film because it was originally for the hi key theme and I wanted to make sure I got lots of white and grey tones. However, when I edited it in photoshop I really liked how it looked when it was darkened and I decided against hi key. I like how the light gives off a pinkish glow and how the

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Contributed by C AveryI was out taking pictures for my Signature Homes outside photography assignment and I took this picture with hardly any adjustments, besides cropping the cars out on the side.

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Contributed by E McDougalour family went to Oregon this summer and it was really awesome for all of the younger cousins to get to hang out and play together because we are never all together. some of the younger girls were standing up on this fence looking out over the ocean and I took a picture of their feet. I raised the contrast and saturation on this photo and cropped out a little of the top

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Contributed by D MeadowsThis was taken on a wooden deck for the leaves assignment. I titled it such just because I thought it looked like some Nickelback CD cover that I'd seen before... maybe not. B&W + Levels.

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Contributed by M JonesI took the picture in Dallas two years ago. I thought it was ironic, and I liked that it was walking in the opposite direction on a one-way street. I just thought it was a cute little picture.

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Contributed by E McDougalThis summer i went to the grand canyon with a group of high school students from my church. It was almost time to go and we realized we had no idea where austin was so we all split up to look for him and when we went back down the trail we saw that he had climbed out on a ledge and was just sitting and overlooking the grand canyon.... i did a levels adjustment and threw

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Contributed by T HembyThis picture was taken over Thanksgiving at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, where the Star Spangled Banner was written. I really like the colors of this image and the story it tells. I did a levels adjustment. Enjoy

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Contributed by E BurlesonI used my studio shot of Chris, and I really like the strong expression on his face. I made it black and white, sharpened it, and did levels adjustments.

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Contributed by C AveryThis is one of my favorite pictures. This picture was taken while I was at Special Equestrians volunteering as a feeder. While walking the horses to their pastures, I saw this perfect picture opportunity. I cropped the picture in a little bit, and adjusted the levels.

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Contributed by T HembyDescription to be furnished ASAP

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Contributed by F C JonesI found this scary door on the side of a building and really liked its look. I did a levels adjustment and upped the contrast a bunch, and it gives it an interesting appearance. I really like this for some reason.

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Contributed by C AveryI took this picture while out doing my Signature Homes project, and I saw this place. After I took the picture I decided to play around with the hue and saturation. I like how the top is more saturated than the bottom.

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Contributed by K ChappellI took this photo for an assignment on children. I love the angle of the shot. I think the green leaves and pink flowers complement her face as well.

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Contributed by D MeadowsI love the contrast in both color in texture here. I took this a few weeks ago when the leaves started to fall, but it seems to me that this leaf has been there all winter and spring has just started back.

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Contributed by T WilliamsI found a golden leaf hidden behind some other leaves. Snapped the shot, and just did a small levels adjustment.

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Contributed by E McDougalWe were at the grand canyon and the squirrels seemed to be very sociable, so i layer down on the ground and tried to get a picture of one that someone was feeding when he turned around and stuck his nose in my camera!!! I played with some of the selective color options and ran a sharpen filter for this picture.

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Contributed by C ReevesI am extremely pleased with how this picture captures the water droplets. I was going for more of a frozen in time look, but I like that the water is blurred a little because it gives the picture a look of being in motion. I changed the brightness/contrast a lot and adjusted the shadows/highlights.

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Contributed by D StuckyI took this for the leaves assignment. I took it in my backyard, and thought it was pretty cool. I did a hue and saturation layer.

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Please stop back next week!

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Contributed by T HembyI took this shot of a lake near Riverchase that me and several friends have always called Neverland. I did a levels adjustment, and converted it to sepia tone.

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Contributed by FC JonesI took this picture on an old swing set. It was really cool looking, and I like how this photo turned out. To me, the colors stand out the most. I also like the one-thirds of the photo. I ran a levels adjustment and I think that was about it.

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Contributed by E McDougalI took this picture for the theme of water. I like that it plainly says the word WATER in the picture. I did a levels adjustment and also changed a little bit of the saturation.

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Contributed by T WilliamsThis is a really interesting picture. I made the image black and white. Due to shadows, most of the fact went completely black. I then masked the b/w layer, drew over it, and ran a wave filter over that. I like it.

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Contributed by H HallI took this picture at Aldridge Gardens. It was the only yellow leaf and it was lying on a dark green tree branch. To edit this image I did a curves adjustment, cropped it, and adjusted the contrast. Let me know what you think!

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Contributed by E McDougalThis summer I lived in oregon for about a month. while I was there I did a lot of touristy stuff and one of the things on my list was visit haystack rock. I really like how I was able to capture the surfer with haystack rock in the background-I ran a levels adjustment, hue and saturation, and I lowered the yellow on the board with a selective color adjustment.

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Contributed by T WilliamsTook this photo for my high key assignment. I took the overexposed image and ran a black/white filter over it.

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