"Summer's End" August into September was always bittersweet for me as a kid, as I knew school was going to start up and felt compelled to cram in as much fun as possible before then. But the end of summer means different things to different people. What does it mean to you? I look forward to seeing what you come up with for this theme...have fun!

Sgiathalaich

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Summer's End is the cusp between the seasons of fullness and of harvest, so I've photographed a feast of wild grasses and a couple of wee birdies fattening up for the coming winter. :) My image is slipped into the Gallery and can be found at the link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1026683&Start=1&Sectionid=8&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsNew=Yes

The Leaves Begin To Glow

Fractals will always amaze me!

Oh, my gosh, that's gorgeous. Great start of two strong entries in the challenge. :)

Lovely colors!

Glad you like it! This was made in the new UltraFractal 4.00, with just resize, unsharp mask and signature in Fireworks MX

Fractals will always amaze me!

Summer has ended. The skys are clouding over and is that rain she can feel dropping down on her. I can feel those cold winds already. Better wrap up

Thanks
Nigel

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Yes, Autumn is approaching. Leaves are beginning to turn. The winds are laced with a coolness in the mornings. Marion

Wow! That is knockout gorgeous!

Thanks hauksdottir. I'm glad you like it. I forgot to say it is made in UltraFractal 3.05 with border and sig in PSP. Marion

End of Summer

Ahhh yes! The End of Summer! I hate to see it end. A wonderful picture anniemation! Everything put away until next spring. Marion

Very evocative... those nurtured seedlings are now setting seeds themselves!

Those who are still working on something... it's time to rap it up. We'll officially close this challenge on Saturday and then open Sunday morning for Votes. Good luck everyone !!!

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

a rappin' oration is the sum-sum-summation never fear the end is near and nuclear get your cogs in gear and your piece in here so cease your roman and lend an ear! I don't even listen to rap, mostly because it is nothing but bad rhymes without meaningfulness. Carolly

Summer ends and the flames of autumn briefly flare and then fade. Is ther nothing to look forward to but the encroaching bleakness and cold of winter, as the days get shorter and the nights grow longer. Look futher, look beyond. Can you not see the brightness, the promise of better things to come. Summer will return. It won't be the same summer, but it will be a summer.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

Lovely thought! We can all hope for a better summer next time around!

A wonderful thought. And a beautiful picture, chohole.

Looking further and far beyond... yes a philosophy that should apply to perhaps more than a change of seasons. I try.... Nice work everyone.

Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hazard
S Mallarmé

Greetings folks. Thought you would have started the voting by now, but if you need the 'official' push. Here it is. :) Please select your three favs and vote for them (1st, 2nd, 3rd). I'll tally up the results and announce the winner, which will get to pick the theme for September. Good luck everyone !!

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

1st-chohole (summer ends) 2nd-anniemation (End of Summer) 3rd-Tresamie (The Leaves Begin to Glow) I don't think we should vote for our own entry. Marion

1st Chohole 2nd Kansas 3rd Tresamie Well done everyone Nigel

1st Kansas 2nd anniemation 3rd chohole

Fractals will always amaze me!

Ist Kansas 2nd Tresamie 3rd Hauksdottir. I took my fav three and tossed them up in the air, this is how they came down. I agree with Kansa about voting for oneself, as ones opinion of ones own art is often subjective rather than objective. Great challenge.

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

Argh! What a choice! It is rather like an early harvest with fruits everywhere. :) 1st - chohole (a promise of another summer is a welcome hope) 2rd - nghayward (I've felt those raindrops) 3rd - anniemation (pots and paints and hoses hung) I have to confess that this time I went entirely with emotion, and each of these communications strongly. Carolly

I'll be counting these up tonight and we'll see who get to pick the next theme. :)

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

As always, I am impressed by everyone's work. The hardest thing is to even enter most the time. And you all continue to take a general subject and just make it your own and bring a unique view and life into it. So.. on with the count down. In 6th place with 1 point: Hauksdottir In 5th place, with 2 points: nghayward In 4th place, with 4 points: Tresamie In 3rd place, with 5 points: anniemation In 2nd place, with 8 points: Kansas And fianlly, in first place, with 10 points: Chohole. Congrats to everyone!! And Chohole, if you will be so kind as to start a new thread with the September challenge. (please note: with the holidays coming I know things get a little stressed and work on these type of things might become limited. As such.. November & Decembers challenge will be One, giving you two months to work on the end of year challenge... and, if I can swing it, with a little something added).

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

Congratulations! We had a wonderful suite of images on an interesting theme. One of the best parts is watching how everybody goes in different directions and yet the summation fits perfectly. Carolly

Congratulation! Thanks for your votes. I really like this challenge arena forum because any kind of art is accepted. Much more freedom for creative expression here. Marion

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Yup, I say the same as Kansas. I think this forum is the most interesting, all we need to do is get it to be a major interest forum. Have posted a theme for the next challenge if you like to peruse it

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop  the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."