Weekly Photo Challenge No. 191 - Something New

[Sepiana]

ATTENTION!!!

There is no longer a "next Sunday" posting deadline. You can grab your camera, take your photo, and post it in this thread any time you wish to.

Hi everyone,

Would you like to participate in the Weekly Photo Challenge? Just take a photo that is your interpretation of the theme and post it in this thread.

- Your photo(s) should be your own, i.e., they should not have been taken by someone else.
- Photoshopping is allowed but should be kept to the basics only rather than a total transformation.

- Grab your camera, experiment, and, most of all, have fun.

[pontiac1940]

Double for your money.
A new amaryllis flower bud and my new 2019 © brush. 
The amaryllis flower stalk will grow 50 cm or so in the next 2 or 3 weeks and then huge flower will unfold. 
Okay, it is still not 2019 where I live, but it is January 1, 2019 somewhere. 

Happy New Year! 

Clive
The potted bulb was placed on the dining table in a sunbeam...the sun here is low off the horizon. The background was in shade and I also placed a black felt backdrop to make sure there were no details. The base of the flower (top of bulb) was  shaded using a couple of objects (a hat and a candle) placed on the table to block the sun. A couple of minor low-grade highlights in the lower foreground were cloned away. 

[jackscrap]

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This is my new pastime, drawing, watercolour and then finished in Snapseed. It’s a great time waster!

[pontiac1940]

"It’s a great time waster!"
No such thing if it makes you happy! That's the only thing that counts. 
Love the drawing! Bright and lively! A wealthy friend (ha ha NOT me for sure) who worked all over the world and sailed his yacht (yes, yacht) all over the world has art from, yes, all over the world  and has some paintings that look like your fun painting. Very nice.  
Clive

[billz]

Thanks Sepiana. I went around the corner from last week's shot for the New Market Theater.

[tonyw]

The beaver have been very busy in a local park with new trees chopped down and a new lodge being built on the edge of the lake. It's an impressive structure - lots of branches held together by mud.

Here's what's a left of a tree recently chewed down by the beaver - I couldn't do it better with an axe :



And here's their lodge. No need to build a dam here as humans have already done it for them so the water level stays pretty much constant in the lake.



Tony

[Sepiana]

Dec 31, 2018 21:41:51 GMT pontiac1940 said:

The amaryllis flower stalk will grow 50 cm or so in the next 2 or 3 weeks and then huge flower will unfold. 

The potted bulb was placed on the dining table in a sunbeam...the sun here is low off the horizon. The background was in shade and I also placed a black felt backdrop to make sure there were no details. The base of the flower (top of bulb) was  shaded using a couple of objects (a hat and a candle) placed on the table to block the sun. A couple of minor low-grade highlights in the lower foreground were cloned away. 

Clive, great interpretation of this week's theme. I really like the composition -- uncluttered, black background, spot-on focus. Your "lighting" efforts paid off!

[Sepiana]

Jan 4, 2019 9:48:29 GMT jackscrap said:

This is my new pastime, drawing, watercolour and then finished in Snapseed. It’s a great time waster!

Jackie, what an interesting "Something New". It looks like a lot of fun. Beautiful and colorful results!

Thanks for mentioning Snapseed! I have an old version of it on my computer but haven't used it for a long time.

[Sepiana]

Jan 4, 2019 21:32:01 GMT billz said:

Thanks Sepiana. I went around the corner from last week's shot for the New Market Theater.

Bill, beautiful image - sharp, amazing details! I love your going back to the scene of "Something Old" to get "Something New".  Very clever!

[Sepiana]

Jan 6, 2019 18:45:51 GMT tonyw said:

The beaver have been very busy in a local park with new trees chopped down and a new lodge being built on the edge of the lake. It's an impressive structure - lots of branches held together by mud.

Here's what's a left of a tree recently chewed down by the beaver - I couldn't do it better with an axe :

And here's their lodge. No need to build a dam here as humans have already done it for them so the water level stays pretty much constant in the lake.

Tony

Tony, this takes the top honors. Impressive work by the beavers and impressive capture of it by you.  I envision these two shots as a diptych with the caption -- Busy as a Beaver.

[hmca]

Never got around to this last week......a gift from a friend : )

[whippet]

Very appropriate for you, Helen.
The shadow looks really good, too.