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  • Fritz Ernst – Theme: Nature Closeups
    Fritz Ernst – Theme: Nature Closeups
  • Elizabeth Lonoff – Theme: Meadowlark Park
    Elizabeth Lonoff – Theme: Meadowlark Park
  • Kathy Dillon - Cell Phone Photo
    Kathy Dillon – Cell Phone Photo
  • Jona Wheeler - Cell Phone Photo
    Jona Wheeler – Cell Phone Photo
  • Ray Bednarsky – Theme: Day in the life of Cinnamon the cat
    Ray Bednarsky – Theme: Day in the life of Cinnamon the cat
  • Richard Steelman – Theme: Flowers
    Richard Steelman – Theme: Flowers
  • Arlene Gribben - Theme: The Top
    Arlene Gribben – Theme: The Top
  • Fritz Ernst – Spring: Spring beckons new growth and we awaken from winter’s doldrums to welcome warmer temperatures. My photo for the month is actually a collage of nine, focus stacked images taken over a period of 27 days. Each photo element required 5 to 16 macro images, which were then combined. Photos were taken with a tripod mounted Nikon D810 camera and two different macro lenses, a 60 mm and 105 mm. The layout was created using a template with proportions of the Golden Ratio in an attempt to draw your eye to the smallest image and then around, through the growth of the split-leaf maple into its final form on the left.
    Fritz Ernst – Spring: Spring beckons new growth and we awaken from winter’s doldrums to welcome warmer temperatures. My photo for the month is actually a collage of nine, focus stacked images taken over a period of 27 days. Each photo element required 5 to 16 macro images, which were then combined. Photos were taken with a tripod mounted Nikon D810 camera and two different macro lenses, a 60 mm and 105 mm. The layout was created using a template with proportions of the Golden Ratio in an attempt to draw your eye to the smallest image and then around, through the growth of the split-leaf maple into its final form on the left.
  • David Drachsler – Spring: This shot of an unusual tulip was taken at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton Regional Park in Montgomery County. It was f6.3 at 1/100 on my Panasonic Lumix DMZ FC-1000.
    David Drachsler – Spring: This shot of an unusual tulip was taken at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton Regional Park in Montgomery County. It was f6.3 at 1/100 on my Panasonic Lumix DMZ FC-1000.
  • Arline Sachs - Spring: It is the flowers on a blooming tree. It was taken from the upper level of a parking garage so I was close to the tree branches.
    Arline Sachs – Spring: It is the flowers on a blooming tree. It was taken from the upper level of a parking garage so I was close to the tree branches.
  • Richard Martin – Spring: Taken in my front yard, shooting down through a large camelia. ISO 125; f 4.5; 1/60.
    Richard Martin – Spring: Taken in my front yard, shooting down through a large camelia. ISO 125; f 4.5; 1/60.
  • Elizabeth Lonoff - Green Spring Gardens, cellphone (enhanced)
    Elizabeth Lonoff – Green Spring Gardens, cellphone (enhanced)
  • Richard Steelman – Chimneys: I did a selection of an industry chimney near us, added layers for mountains and smoke and used LUTs and Color correction layers.
    Richard Steelman – Chimneys: I did a selection of an industry chimney near us, added layers for mountains and smoke and used LUTs and Color correction layers.
  • Mary Lu Bednarsky – Caterpillar - I so enjoyed taking pictures of the many Monarch Caterpillars devastating my milkweed plants. Taken with my iPhone X Max and processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020.
    Mary Lu Bednarsky – Caterpillar – I so enjoyed taking pictures of the many Monarch Caterpillars devastating my milkweed plants. Taken with my iPhone X Max and processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020.
  • Kathy Dillon - Reflection was based on two of my favorite photos. One, was this small branch with a water droplet taken for Creative Blur and the second was a peaceful scene captured during the Rocks and Sticks theme. For this entry, I photo shopped the scene into the water droplet.
    Kathy Dillon – Reflection was based on two of my favorite photos. One, was this small branch with a water droplet taken for Creative Blur and the second was a peaceful scene captured during the Rocks and Sticks theme. For this entry, I photo shopped the scene into the water droplet.
  • David Drachsler – Lily in our Shenandoah County garden, June. 1/250 at f6.3.
    David Drachsler – Lily in our Shenandoah County garden, June. 1/250 at f6.3.
  • Charlotte Rosenfield – Bug trapped outside, I’m trapped inside - Taken with iphone and slightly edited with Photoshop Elements. It is a favorite because it represents, for me, the heaviness and sadness that dominated the year.
    Charlotte Rosenfield – Bug trapped outside, I’m trapped inside – Taken with iphone and slightly edited with Photoshop Elements. It is a favorite because it represents, for me, the heaviness and sadness that dominated the year.
  • Buck Myers – Black Eyed Susan - Tripod mounted Nikon D500 with 200mm macro lens, f/5 at 1/1600 sec. Large aperture used to separate subject from background. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and converted to black and white with Silver Efex Pro.
    Buck Myers – Black Eyed Susan – Tripod mounted Nikon D500 with 200mm macro lens, f/5 at 1/1600 sec. Large aperture used to separate subject from background. Edited in Adobe Lightroom and converted to black and white with Silver Efex Pro.
  • Buck Myers – Alstroemeria - Tripod mounted Nikon D500 with 200mm macro lens, f/20 at 1/3 sec. Very small aperture used to maximize depth of field. Edited in Adobe Lightroom.
    Buck Myers – Alstroemeria – Tripod mounted Nikon D500 with 200mm macro lens, f/20 at 1/3 sec. Very small aperture used to maximize depth of field. Edited in Adobe Lightroom.

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