Creative Challenge Winners: Father’s Day

This week’s challenge had many creative entries filled with special moments shared with dads. Congratulations to this week’s winners, you did a great job capturing the Dad’s in your lives! Thank you to everyone who entered this week! #1 “A Perfect Father’s Day…” by member monicasc Congratulations, we’ll feature your winning photo on the homepage on Father’s Day! #2. “Siesta time for father and son” by member rm_blizzardl...

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We’re rounding the corner to Summer ! The sun’s warm rays and bright light sparks new life and the earth abounds with abundance. What better time to get close to the earth and explore the view from below? Whether you’re looking at new life in the garden, a creative portrait shot or the view of a city street, the low down angle of the “worm’s eye view” is sure to give you a new perspective in this week’s challenge! OFFICIAL ENTRY RULESTo officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-worm. You can then view them and everyone else’s submissions on the DISPLAY PAGE (it updates about every...

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Photographing Cityscapes at Night

Photographing cityscapes at night may seem daunting, but with a steady tripod, a cable release and a few tips, you can easily capture fascinating images after dark. My favorite time to photograph cityscapes, such as downtown Nashville or San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, is when the sky turns soft shades of purple and blue, which is usually 20 to 30 minutes after sunset. When that evening setting is combined with subjects that have artificial lighting, you get an image that is widely colorful and romantic, such as the Eiffel Tower.Downtown Nashville from the Gateway BridgeSan Francisco at Night Timing is crucial for night photography—wait...

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Photographing Cityscapes at Night

Photographing cityscapes at night may seem daunting, but with a steady tripod, a cable release and a few tips, you can easily capture fascinating images after dark. My favorite time to photograph cityscapes, such as downtown Nashville or San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, is when the sky turns soft shades of purple and blue, which is usually 20 to 30 minutes after sunset. When that evening setting is combined with subjects that have artificial lighting, you get an image that is widely colorful and romantic, such as the Eiffel Tower.Downtown Nashville from the Gateway BridgeSan Francisco at Night Timing is crucial for night photography—wait...

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Timing Your Visit To Parks At The Right Time Of The Year

Visiting parks is always an adventure at any time of the year. The key to visiting these parks is to go at the right time of the year when the crowds are absent, landscape is most colorful, and the wildlife is out in plain sight. In the following article, I will highlight some of the best times to visit these parks and what the benefits are to each one. I have also listed some alternatives and please remember this article is just an opinion and may not reflect anything you would favor. Winter: Yellowstone and the Tetons Of all the places to visit in the winter this would seem like the least attractive in terms of temperatures. But the parks proximity...

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Creative Challenge: Jump

There’s something about capturing the moment of an air-bound subject that evokes a sense of joy, excitement or perhaps anxiety. For this week’s challenge, the entries included catching movement from an intriguing angle and/or fast shutter speed. Congratulations to this week’s winning entries! To view all the entries please visit the Display Page. #1. Voando by anario106 - Congrats! We’ll feature your photo on the homepage tomorrow! #2. Tailwhip by rm_blizzard #3. How Many Jumps Do You Want? by merlin2101 #4. Polar Bear Jumping by bfryxell #5. Jump! by mistyblu115 #6. Ben with the Cast by kiwi_ken #7. Up, up and awaaaaayyyyy! by catsnorchids...

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Creative Challenge Winners!

If one is good, isn’t more better? In this challenge, we looked for multiples of a given subject (trees, people, etc.) that made the image stronger and more interesting by their repetition, patterns, or composition. Congratulations to this week’s winning entries! To view all the entries please visit the Display Page. #1. Golden Trio by ldeiter78 - Congrats! We’ll feature your photo on the homepage tomorrow! #2. Table for 200 Please! by sigfusson #3. Close up to a Cactus by kiwi_ken #4. Athens Guards in Symmetry by shakatak66 #5. Waterspouts Lined Up in a Row by kellimays #6. Numbers by mmarco1954 #7. Sunbeds Multiples by swissmike62...

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