Well done everyone. Lots of great entries including the 'Not for judgings'. I found this surprisingly difficult but....1st Andy - the hands really add interest to the photo and the frame concentrates the eye on the subject.2nd Chris - I love the way the frame disappears into the holly bush. Nicely exposed with an interesting scene in the frame.3rd Mags - great contrast between the old and the new. Again, well exposed to bring out detail in the arch and the main scene.

 Wednesday`s challenge is to take a snapshot of anything that takes your eye Have a good day folks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Firstly a welcome to Richard to the snapshot challenge... :)Good shots everyone ... thanks... its obviously been a flower & feather day... :)I will only give 1st place as the numbers were a bit low so :-1st .... Margaret 55 .....great capture of a gull in flight Margaret

This thread is for questions, trials ,sundry comments, jokes etc. ...

 I had intended to set this one last time it was my turn but as we had just done a text challenge I put it to one side.http://www.photoshoplayer.com/intermediate/creating-chocolate-text-in-photoshop/I think that I also found a GIMP tutorial last time so when I find it again I will post it for you GIMPers

My thanks to all who entered for giving us a a glimpse back!My choices are:-1st - dipper - The perfect choice for a photography site, nicely composed and lit - I also have Paul Simon's 'Kodachrome' running around in my head now!2nd andy-smith - a nice row of scooters and I can just imagine him on one as he heads down to Brighton for a rumble!3rd - mike-k - The child harness is definitely a retro item that you just don't see much anymore.  I bet you looked great in it Mike!!:wink:

All good entries which I enjoyed viewing. Thanks for your efforts, I hope you enjoyed the challenge.After much deliberation the results are...1st. Marion Wager Great detail in this shot with a good mix of textures and tones which caught my eye

What a terrific selection of snapshots today folks ..... makes it terribly difficult to pick an overall winner ....But I think today 1st must go to Carey ... lovely clear shot of what I assume to be a wild rabbit Ron?2nd... Chris`s insects ...in flagrante dilecto as they say ... good sharp shot Chris... were they blushing? :) 3rd... Dipper`s twig... beautifully lit by the evening sun

Well, I knew this was going to be a hard one to judge, I have changd my mind several times they are all so good.But decide I must, so here goes.1st Pixel. The composition and colour of these Bleeding Heart is  incredible. I have a large one of these plants in my garden, but try as I might  I could never produce a photo like this. Well done.2nd a tie, I could not make up my mind.  DC a wonderful Macro of these pretty delicate  blue flowers. and Paul Hibbard with this stunning capture of these beautiful purple flowers.

A place for any comments, thoughts, ideas, & trials.

I think I'm still being too harsh on people sometimes .It may be useful for people to put which software they use and where they think they are on the manipulation scale of one to ten and how comfortable they are .I'll start .Experience comfort level 6.Can follow tutorials eventually most of the time and can wing it a bit where I can't .Use Photo-shop for manipulation and Capture NX for RAW editing .Time willing and able to give a task here within a week, around 8 hours at present . 

ROTA MAINTENANCEAt the BEGINNING of your task week when you post the TASK & DISCUSSION THREAD please copy and paste the whole of this Rota Thread to a new Thread showing the relevant Friday current date in the subject heading. You are free to choose to set a 7 or 14 day challenge, please amend the rota accordingly.

Here's where you put "Mine's in." linked to the entry in your gallery. This task will run for 2 WEEKS.This task closes 6:00pm on SUNDAY 19th May For anyone new:The IHC Man is for the purpose of exploring software. The task is set each week according to a Rota