WINNERS: Change

Good morning everyone, and welcome to today's edition of challenge winners!

Candace had the best angle this challenge with her front door wreath.

Best overall goes to Jen, with her desert sunset.

Jen also received the most combined votes.

Congratulations, ladies!

(Please scroll down to see M24 business and today's tutorial.)

VOTING: Change

Okay everyone, let's vote! Some fun pictures were submitted for this challenge!

Let's see who you thought should win

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Get your votes in, and I will be back a little bit later today with some Mission 24 business!

Happy Monday!

Waiting for a change

Here in Alaska we are waiting for Spring/Summer. If you notice the tree, it still has no leaves. It has some buds on it though so maybe by next week we will have greeness!

I didnt write down the camera's settings. Next time.

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Change

This one was a little harder, how do you capture change??

So for mothers day my family went to a Iris Garden for a change of scenery. Well that didn't really satisfy me for the topic and knew someone had already gotten that idea.
So as my daughter and I were taking pictures of what few flowers were in bloom, only a few iris, and Rhody's she made note that the bees could sure use a change in bloomed flowers.

TA DA, light bulb went on and the chase was on. I went from one bee to another and got two shots i wanted to post but here is one of them.

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Here is the other one that i had to share!!!

Some Things Never Change

(50 mm, f/1.4, 1 sec, ISO400)

Taken in the dark at 9:30 pm with no flash. I love my lens.

I've mentioned my home town of Mantua Ut before. I remember as a little boy my Dad would give me and my sisters 25 cents every Saturday and we would walk to the one store in Mantua and buy penny candies. The other day while taking my girls fishing in Mantua I was able to do the same thing for them. the shelves still held the same selection of penny candies. Some things never change.

A Change of Scenery (and a little off balance)

20mm, F 16, 1/60s

Instead of taking Rumba on a walk down the same old street today, we hiked Rattlesnake Gulch in Millcreek Canyon. It has a great view of the city especially at sunset (or on a night with a full moon).

20 mm, F 8, 1/500 s

Rod playing on the monkey bars.

18 mm, 160 sec, F 13

This one is a bit blurry (which I'm okay with since Rod is in motion). But it is so fun I had to include it. :)

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Changing the way I cook

Lately I have been foregoing the stove and oven and busting out the dutch ovens and briquettes. Baked beans have never tasted so good.

The specs: 50mm, f/4, 1/160, Iso200

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A Day in the Life...

Happy Mother's Day! Along those lines, I started to think about all the things I change... I change the sheets, I change the loads of laundry, I change children's clothing (and my clothing), not to mention I change LOTS of diapers!

Change the Way You Gamble

You can now change the way you gamble. Take a quick flight out to San Jose Airport, drive a few exits down the road and head southeast to a park right in downtown. If you book ahead you to can play this...
ISO 400, f2.8, CC is welcome. But if you want to play this you can be the players piece with a hat or you can roll the huge dice. This is a once in a lifetime chance and all you have to come up with is the change from your life savings $1500. No monopoly money accepted, sorry no COD's.

Spare Change

Okay, clearly not an original idea. I DID take this earlier--but so far several had already taken my ideas and after changing several times I just couldn't keep taking new pictures. :)

Taken using only lamp lighting.
ISO 320, 62 mm, f7.1, 1/20 second

Habits Change

I had so many different ideas for this one. Then they either just didn't work out or someone posted similar shots just as I was pulling out my camera (like the coins- dag nabbit) and I was just determined to be original. This is what I have really been working on changing. My exercise habits! I really want to lose my baby weight before I get pregnant again and my son really needs a sibling. So my bad habit of sitting in front of the TV with my bucket of ice cream has got to CHANGE!

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Spring brings change

This is one of the many seedlings currently waiting to be transplanted into my garden. It is always amazing to me how much a seedling changes as it grows.

50mm, iso 400, f/5.6, 1/80 sec. sooc. cc

~Love Change~

My littlest sister turned 15this weekend, and with the trip, we have been busy. I did take this of her though, and represents such a change. In my life,in hers, and all of us as a family. ~love change~



Oh! I ran a cross-process cofee shop action on it....... :)

Change

Loose change.(looks like Janelle and I had the same idea.) I was taking some pictures of a pile of change when my 4 year old wanted to play with it. I got this shot, and thought it added a bit more interest.

Shot in manual, natural lighting, f5.6, 1/25, iso 200. I added a vignette, and adjusted the lighting.

Change: Loose Change

This was my initial solidly formed "change" idea. I took several shots, but wasn't thrilled with it. I got an idea that maybe I could take a picture of my husband changing a tire. I asked him if he'd be willing to pose for a picture shoot for me changing a tire. He said, "So, you want me to pose naked?" I was a little confused, and told him that I was certain that no one on here would want to see pictures of him naked. His ego was slightly bruised. A few hours later, he left to go help a friend whose car battery was dead, and I told him that if he was willing to do the picture for me, to leave the car in the driveway instead of pulling into the garage. Later, after he got home, I asked if the car was in the driveway. He looked at me like I was crazy and asked why. I said "So we can do the photo shoot. I'll have you get the spare tire out, the tire iron and the jack..." He laughed and it all made sense now. He had thought I asked him to pose for a photo shoot "changing attire." Whoops!

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The Changing Front Door

I love wreaths. My front door always reflects the changing of seasons with a new one. When I saw this one out shopping a few weeks ago, I knew it was just made for me. I love how the main circle part is just brown stick-like branches (isn't that a sophisticated term?) and the front is little white blossoms. I love it. :)

Oil Change

With all of the silly car problems that we have had this year, we are on a first name basis with the folks at Midas. I went and got my oil changed the other day. After the car was done, I looked at my sticker and noticed they put a personal thank you on it! I died laughing.
I guess that is what happens when half your salary goes to one place....

Changing Shape

In honor of Mother's Day, here a picture of my changing shape as a once-again mother-to-be. This is me today, ten weeks pregnant, excited about the changes going on in my body - on the inside and the outside. As a third time mom, my shape is definitely changing a lot faster than it did the first time around!

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A Different View

My scenery has definitely changed as we've started our vacation in Idaho.

I used to visit family in Idaho when we lived in Arizona and always commented about how green Idaho was, I realized after moving to New Jersey that Idaho is indeed a desert.

I was going for moody black and white with this conversion - but I think I may have made it a little too moody ;)

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Color Change

It's amazing how much a little paint can change the beauty of an old horseshoe. I'm making a home-made horshoe game to play when we're at the beach. I got a box of 25 clean used horseshoes off of ebay for $4. Sadly, they were kind of boring...and a little discolored, so I decided to spray paint them, and WHOA! What a CHANGE! Much more fun and exciting!

socc, added border in photoshop.