the recipe

The recipe ingredient for this week was "frozen" - images depicting frozen things or taken in freezing weather. Kyle's winning image was both, taken at Abraham Lake in Alberta, Canada on a cold January morning. Barry's excellent intimate image was a close second. Here is the winning photo:

I'm going with frozen elements and sub-freezing temperatures... Here is Abraham Lake in Alberta, Canada.

This week's ingredient was selected by Jeffrey who won our last contest. This time it is "Frozen". These are images that depict frozen elements or are made in freezing weather/environments. Post your favorite image (doesn't have to be recent) that showcases a frozen. Any genre can work for this...

The recipe this week was for High Key images. We had a lot of really nice entries and Jeffrey gathered 7 votes to win in convincing fashion. Tex followed with 5 votes for second place. Congrats to @Jeffrey as our High Key master! Here is the winning photo:

The photographs have been posted and it is time to vote: which is the best high key image? Per wikipedia (the ultimate source for all information): High-key lighting is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. This was...

Here's a take on an icon in New Zealand...

This week's ingredient was selected by Kurt who won our last contest. This time it is High Key images! We've had a recent discussion of high key images in the lets play forum, so this is a good chance to try our hand at it. Post your favorite image (doesn't have to be recent) that showcases a...

Havasu Creek - focusing on the reflected light in the water.

In a crowded field of excellent photographs, @BarryHamilton dominated the voting to become our master of reflections. His winning entry received 6 votes, besting Ben and Doug who each received three. Congratulations! Barry's winning entry:

I love including reflections in my shots and it was really hard to pick a favorite. In the end I had to go with this one from Kirkjufell in Iceland. I couldn't pass up this fantastic of a sunset in such an iconic location.

The Recipe #21 - Reflections This week's ingredient was selected by one of our winners from last time: reflections! Post your favorite image (doesn't have to be recent) that showcases reflections. Any genre can work for this one so I'm expecting to see some creativity. Entries will be open...

This week's contest was exploring motion in still photography. We had entries of several different types of subjects, but the winners both made use of automobiles. Congratulations to @AlanLichty and @Jeffrey for winning this week's edition of the Recipe. In a close contest, they each garnered 4...

Here is a new edit from my sunrise at Diamond Beach in Iceland. In previous versions, I used the multiple frames I took to make sure that all of the ice was sharp and still. For this contest I went the other way. I converted the frames to a smart object and used the mean blending mode to show...

The Recipe #20 - Motion The challenge this week is to share your best image that conveys motion. Entries will be open until Friday morning. Voting will start Friday morning and close Sunday night. To enter, create a new thread in this forum with your image and title the thread: "The Recipe #20...

We have a tie! We had a lot of entries with a great variety of textures and a close vote. But in the end, @Douglas Sherman and @Ken Rennie came out on top with 5 votes each, edging out several people that scored 3. You are the FocalWorld masters of texture! The variety of images submitted made...

It has been a rough week (get it?) but we've collected textures from around the world. Cast your vote for up to three images that best exemplify the use of texture. Voting closes Sunday night and the winner will be announced on Monday. 1) Alan 2) Andrey 3) Barry 4) Ben 5) Doug...

Tough to decide what to use for this one, so I'll go with this scene from Canyon X...

The Recipe #19 - Texture The challenge this week is to share your best image emphasizing texture. Entries will be open until Friday morning. Voting will start Friday morning and close Sunday night. To enter, create a new thread in this forum with your image and title the thread: "The Recipe...

And we have a three-time repeat winner! @Jeffrey once again dominated the voting for our Junk, Funk, and Rust theme with 7 votes beating the field where nobody else had more than two. I'm not letting Jeffrey pick the next topic :-) Here is the winning entry. Congrats!

We've scoured the world and composed our shots - now is your chance to vote for the best examples of Junk, Funk, and Rust. You get two votes this week. 1) Alan 2) Barry 3) Ben 4) Carlo 5) Jeffrey 6) Kyle