Monday, May 28, 2007

28 May 2007 Theme of the Week: Member's Choice

This week's theme was Member's Choice. As always, selecting winners for this week was very difficult, and made especially so by the diversity of subjects and treatments of both classic and fresh subjects. Here are my selections for this week:

Invasion of the Death Pod by eljoh1
invasion of the death pod


Harlequin Flower Beetle by jciv
Harlequin Flower Beetle

Flower-closeup by Falcifer
flower-closeup

Orchid Cactus by There and back again
Orchid Cactus

Sunday, May 20, 2007

13 May 2007 Theme of the Week: Dandelions

One of the classic shots that nearly all macro photographers try sooner or later is a Dandelion. This week our members took a crack at this archetypal theme with amazing results.

From debbry531
PICT0165

From: blender
Dandy Lion

From: dnskct
Dandelion Leaf 1

From: zseike
standing ovation

From: gek-ko
Pusteblume Makroaufnahme

Check out the rest of the amazing images

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Theme of the Week: Textiles and Fibers

The Theme of the Week for Textiles and Fibers started on May 8 had many entries that are inventive and unexpected. Images could include textiles and fibers of any sort and the choice was most difficult. We are proud to announce our three winners here: *esp*, Melisa Taylor and Jenny Leigh.

From *esp*
Bell

From Melisa Taylor:
-- from Melisa Taylor - (?)

From Jenny Leigh:
Frayed And Faded.

Theme of the Week: Sharp and Sharper

Theme of the Sharp and Sharper. This theme from March 26 brought images of sharp focus photos and sharp objects manmade or natural. Many thanks to all that participated.The top three are: OlivemanMC, Melisa Taylor and ~Bellatrix~.
Link: http://www.flickr.com/groups/closer_and_closer/discuss/72157600029151551/

From OlivemanMC:
Mouth

From Melisa Taylor:
-- from Melisa Taylor - (?)

From ~Bellatrix~
Eye lied

Monday, May 07, 2007

Theme of the Week:Plastic

Bright, dull, smooth, textured, as long as it’s made out of plastic.
This week’s theme brought plenty of fantastic colorful images, many thanks to all that participated.

The top three are:


Corny: by OpenCage
Corny

Can you see the other side?: by JillerBeanz
Can you see the other side?

Bratz: by Super G
bratz