Thanks again for the win Paul.

Well here we go 1st Mary Anne brilliant colour and close up                        2nd has to be Mike with the naughty gulls                        3rd memories of xmas and a pin stuck in my tongue Marionbut thanks to everybody else for making it so hardI told you I hated judging so over to you Mary Anne Tuesday's challenge is to take a picture of anything you like .SORRY FOR THE MISTAKE thanks Dipper. 

 Wednesday`s challenge is to take a snapshot of anything that takes your eye Have a good day folks~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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.

Thanks again Danny for my win~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yes ..... Your challenge this week is to take a shot of a neon sign, or neon signs  lit & in a in a low light situationHave fun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Rules The photography IHC allows no editing of the photograph at all - except for straightening and cropping. The aim of this IHC is to learn about your camera and it's possibilities and develop your understanding of photography.

.......................................................................................................This week's Challenge - Fur or Feather - animals or birds (any number) of your choice, B&W or colour.I will judge the entries next Sunday (26th May) and announce a winner after 6.p.m.John....................................................................................................The rules

I found it difficult to find a task that focuses on one particular method, such as the OOB task did.  So I hope this task is suitable as it is fairly general.  There will only be a Part 1 so plenty of time to come up with something imaginative and top notch, hopefully, over two weeks.  The task is based upon this tutorial:

Thanks to all who entered, here is my top picks.1st Janga, not something you see everyday, great moody shot.2nd Dipper with your shadow show, well spotted.3rd Mags, nice close-up of fly (and ant)!4th, everyone else!Todays challenge is a photo of anything you like.RULES

 What do you do when someone who has something to hide keeps removing your comments  (and other people's) on other threads?And in the meantime e mails you privately and saysit wasn't me, honest, I didn't do it, why does no one on here believe me?start a new thread, of course! 

 Some would say "only 4 blogs"? but I say yea, but 4 "great blogs".I will only pick one winner (and that is bad enough in itself) But the others can rest assured not being a winner is not losing either. I have learned something from all of them.So......the winner is.......for a colourful and interesting wade through a days worth of machines........and I hate emptying the dish washer too..oO( :) )Oo. JANGA .oO( :) )Oo.Rules: