Oh alright, I'll vote for abstraction too, seeing as poor PunkClown has been trying to get it as the theme for about the past three months. It sounds fun and creative :) Shannon

Gorgeous entry! :)

I really like how it is fun and non competitive. I feel more secure participating in it, especially being a beginner. If it was about voting and winning I'd probably feel too intimidated to enter :) Shannon

Spiderwebb's banner is very creative and I think the forum definitely could use the punch of color. My guess for their being so few entries was maybe not enough ppl knew about it. I'm one of those ppl who wasn't even aware of it, until spidey posted this entry a week or so ago. Definitely keep the challenge going and maybe post a reminder once a week. Just a friendly idea :) Shannon

Nice entry Tedz! :)

Erlik, that is an excellent answer! It probably would have taken me five or so paragraphs to give my theory and it still would not have been as clear as your one simple word :) Shannon

LoL...that is an excellent question! I'd theorize on that but I try to keep my ramblings down to once a day, for I could go on and on about this (surprise, surprise) ;) Shannon

Hmm, I'm sorry, I guess I should have worded that differently, for I did not mean to imply you manipulated it. I should have said, "The results of your settings are very cool!" The little blur does add to this nicely, too :) Shannon

Azraelll, that sounds very interesting. Please do share your results, even if it turns out you aren't happy with the photos enough to enter them. I'm new to photography, so I am curious. Hugz back at you Tedz ;) Shannon

LoL! Hard to believe the posting above is the shorter version ;)

Aaagghhhhhh!! I just wrote out a lengthy post and it vanished :( Here I go again, with a shorter version... Roscerum's photo was taken during the day, so it does not count, imho. No offense roscerum, but the theme is "Night". To me, night means, "Between dusk till dawn while the sun is below the horizon". Michelle wrote, "We hope that this will be fun and helpful to all of us in our efforts to improve our photographic skills." That is exactly what I see the challenge being about. The majority of us voted on this theme so we could enhance are night photography skills. Michelle also wrote, "Think outside of the box and let your imagination go." That could be misleading to some people, but ultimately, I believe Michelle still meant for everyone to still keep the focus on night photography. Maybe we should have titled it "Night Photography", to help any confusion. shrug Azraelll, you do great IR photos and I respect your skills, as it is not for the novice photographer. I don't think they really quailfy what we were aiming towards for night photography, though. Maybe you could add IR to July's selections for the the challenge. Michelle is always very open to new ideas to add to the voting list :) I understand these are simply my own opinions and others may have completely different thoughts they may want to share. I hope I have not offended anyone during my ramblings here, as words are not my best gift :)

The effect here is very cool! :)

LoL @ Michelle! Can't say anyone will have heard it from me ;D

Hmm, the link only takes you to the front page of the Resource Center. You'll have to click on "In Focus", located on the bottom right hand side of the page. He is the "Latest Victim", or does that pertain to the person that has to read it ;D Shannon

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