July's photo topic was "Summer". Here are all of the entries.

Photo 1


Photo 2


Photo 3


Photo 4


Photo 5


Photo 6


Photo 7

 

I shoulda entered mine

I didnt think it was "summery" enough but it woulda fit right in.

 

What happened to all the sunny summer days and blue skies? - or is it just because I'm an Aussie that I associate those things with summer?
All but two of the pictures look to be cloudy and only one has blue sky.

Nonetheless - some really nice pictures - enjoyable to see them.

 

Ever heard of smog?

 

Those angry storm clouds in #3 are most assuredly a summertime phenomenon.

 

These are quality pix but none seem to evoke anything that says "Summer". I was sure there would be several beach shots with awesome sunsets (or sunrises), maybe a few 4th of July shots. Nontheless, every photo with a MINI.... is good

 

I like #6, summer means lots of mountain biking for me!

 

The lack of beach shots surprised me, but mountain biking definitely says summer!

 

Just wondering, is rule #6 of the photo contests not being enforced anymore? It looks like a good chunk of photoshop was employed in 3 of the photos.

 

Fair point! I used to live in Sydney where smog and summer definitely went together. Completely forgot about that now that I live in Melbourne...

And another fair point! I forgot about tornado season. (They're very rare here, and nothing like the US size.)

Two of them are HDR images, #3 an excellent one - so not Photoshop as such. But I think they all still clearly look photographed, which is part of rule 6. Up to Dave I guess. Nonetheless, a good reminder - I've probably been well outside the boundary on at least one occasion in previous months, so I'll take that on board!

 

My first thought too!

 

I don't see anything wrong with tasteful HDR or tasteful editing. Some of the past entries were like eye bleeding photoshop insanity though, definitely going out on a limb.

 

Agreed.

I had a good idea for this topic, but ran out of time!