Welcome to our weekly community wrap-up. It's been another very exciting week on the Light Stalking forums with great photography by the community and the discussions in the forums have been amazing and very inspiring the past few weeks.
Here is the Photo Of The Week that is judged by Federico every week. This week's photo of the week is by Patrick. Read more about it here – Photo of the Week – October 24th
The weekend photography challenge from last week was “Urban Geometry” and members came up with their creative interpretation of the theme by capturing very interesting shots – some of them are shared below.
This week, we have a new challenge that has some very beautiful submissions already. Join the challenge here – Shadows and Light
Here are some Urban Geometry photographs from the past week's challenge that we thought were great and should be included here:
Here are photos shared by members in other forums like General Photo Chit Chat, Landscape Photography, Macro Photography, etc.
David shared images of some old boats in Peggy’s Cove. Check the rest of the images here.
David is also working on some “Oil on Water” photos. Take a look at them here.
Discussions:
- How long have you been Practicing – Patrick started this discussion and is just curious in a general way how long the members have been doing photography.
- I have been in photography for… – Rob started this discussion – Have you guys ever noticed that somebody who leads with how long they have been doing Photography is usually about to say something to offend somebody else?
- How do you improve? – Rob started a very interesting discussion on how photographers may fall into a few different groups. Join it here.
- Steve started a discussion on Magnetic Filters. Join over here to participate.
If you are someone who captures images with your smartphone, we have a Mobile Photography Challenge where you can post your mobile photos and also check out the works by other photographers. The images must be captured and edited on a smartphone. Join to submit the photos over here.
There are also some members' picks that are featured. These can be chosen by any of the members and are put in a whole new thread of their own and called out as being a great addition and shot for the forums. Check out those stunning captures here.
Patrick started a thread late last year – “Community Inspired Photo Story Challenge” – capture a story in 3 to 6 photos that hold personal significance and post them with a brief description. While that thread was started to be completed within a week, it has been open with ongoing submissions for the past year and is still open where members can post their stories.
Here are some throwdowns to follow and post your own photos, or you can start your own throwdown too.
- Spooky – Tersha has started a throwdown, just in time for Halloween. Visit the link here to check out more images and to participate.
- Breaking the rule of thirds – Rob Wood has started this throwdown and he doesn't care how you do it, just do it!
Here are some images and do check the thread to see some very compelling shots.
- Trees That Go Bump In The Night – Robert has started a throwdown and invited members to share their unusual photos of trees (Not Your Normal tree photos)
- 2025 Reflections Throwdown – Started by Patrick, in this throwdown, use a unique way to capture your own reflection, whether abstract or otherwise. There are many beautiful images to go through for some inspiration. Patrick himself has been doing one a week and it is amazing to see how reflections can be interpreted creatively, especially self-reflections.
- Your Pets – Share photos of your pets here.
- Rob started a new throwdown – “Abstract Flowers” – a very interesting one and it has some very creative and absolutely stunning shots already. You can participate here and we have shared some recent images below.
And, there are images posted in the Shark Tank forum where members request for constructive criticism/feedback on their photos.
- The gamer
- Time Change
- Slightly abstract – from hotel in Darwin, Australia
- Play that funky music…
- Centered silhouette
- Surfers
If you'd like to join in with our members, feel free to join us on the forums. We'd love to see you there, and we are a friendly bunch.
