Striking Compositions Challenge

Was not sure my photos would reach "All-Star" level in Gurushots "Striking Compositions Challenge".  With a day left in the challenge, my group of photos reached that level.  My selections are shown below.  As usual, photo files can be ordered by clicking on the "download" button beneath the photo.

AshlandOreDock             Now dismantled ore dock in Ashland, WI

TheWindow                Monument Valley Tribal Park, AZ/UT

ManyGlacierView                   Glacier National Park, MT

TetonBikeView                     Grand Teton Mountains view from the park's bicycle trail

On Two Wheels Challenge

It should be no surprise, with all of the photos of my bicycles on bike trails, my group of 4 photos reached the "All-Star" level in the Gurushots "On Two Wheels" Challenge.  Here ate the photos I submitted.  You can purchase a photo file of the photo by clicking on the "download" button.

TunnelD         Tunnel D on the Mickelson Trail in South Dakota

BikingtotTunnel2      Fog rolls out of tunnel 2 on the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in Wisconsin

BikeTrick      Somersault on a bicycle at exhibition by the Twin Cities Fun Factory at Cuyuna Mountain Bike Festival

ColoradoCrossing          Artistic reditoion of a photo of my road bike on the bridge across the Colorado River near Moab, Utah

BreakwaterBikegs

My Trek 7200FX along the Kenosha, WI breakwater.     October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/100 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.33, 0.33, -1.67 EV) Processed from RAW by Photomatix Essentials 4 

Gardens Challenge

 These and other photo files can be ordered. Note the "Download" button under each photo.

With about 4 hours left in the challenge, my seclections for the Gardens Challenge reached the "All-Star" level

GardenRespit  -- At Washington State Park, Palm Coast, FL

GardenEntrance  --  Riverfront Garden in La Crosse, WI

RiverfrontGarden -  La Crosse, WI

Cacti  -  Cactus garden at the Phoenix, AZ botanical garden

BikeatBreakwater

Trek 7200FX  at one of the observation areas on the trails in Kenosha, WI Harbor   October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/200 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2 Infrared treatment by Topaz Labs B&W Effects filter

BikeAlongBreakwater

Trek 7200FX along the breakwater 0n the Pike Bike Trail, Port of Kenosha, WI   September 21, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/400 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

BikeLeanonGiraffe

Giraffe "sculpture" and my Trek 720FX along the Pike Bike Trail in the harbor area of Kenosha, WI  October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/320 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+1.67, -0.33, -2.33 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

TrailsideSculpture

Sculpture along the Pike Bike Trail in the harbor area, Kenosha, WI   October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/320 sec   18.2mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+1.67, -0.33, -2.33 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

FallonPikeBikeTrail

The Pike Bike Trail in the harbor area of Kenosha, WI    October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/250 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+1.67, -0.33, -2.33 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

KenoshaTrolley

Trolley car running around downtown and harbor of Kenosha, WI  October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/200 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

BikeatBreakwater

Trek 7200FX bike at the Kenosha, WI Harbor breakwater.      October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/200 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

SculpturenPlanter

Sculpture framing a planter on the Pike Bike Trail, Kenosha, WI harbor.   October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/6.3 at 1/250 sec   18.2mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2

BeachGuard

Cannon on display at Eichelman Park, Kenosha, WI   September 21, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/2500 sec  6.9mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.oo, 0.oo, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2 and cropped with Photoshop Elements 11

RailTypeSculpture

Sculpture along the Pike Bike Parth in the Harbor area of Kenosha, WI lakefront.   October 26, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/200 sec   12.8mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+1.67, -0.33, -2.33 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2 

BikeGardenEntrance

Garden in Eichelman Park in Southport area of Kenosha, WI. Picture with my Trek 7200FX bicycle     September 21, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/160 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2 and cropped with Photoshop Elements 11

EichelmanPark

Eichelman Park in the Southport section of Kenosha, WI    September 21, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/320 sec   9.6mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.33, 0.33, -1.67 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2 and cropped with Photoshop Elements 11

BikenArt

Sculpture along the Pike Bike Trail in the Kenosha, WI Harbor area   September 21, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/320 sec   7.5mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2 and cropped with Photoshop Elements 11

PigHornCartoon

Cartoon rendering of a sculpture along the Kenosha, Wisconsin harbor.   September 21. 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.0 at 1/320 sec   15.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2, cropped and further processing with Photoshop Elements 11 and cartoon caricature by Topaz Labs Simplify. 

LakefrontArt

Sculpture along the bike path at Kenosha, WI Harbor.   September 21, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/320 sec   7.5mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2, enhanced with Topaz Labs "Topaz Glow".

RedsonLakefront

Red sculpture and red lighthouse on the shore of Lake Michigan at Kenosha, WI harbor   September 21, 2015

Canon PowerShot S95  f/7.1 at 1/320 sec   6.0mm  ISO 80  Three bracketed exposures (+2.00, 0.00, -2.00 EV) Processed from RAW by HDR Darkroom Pro 2 and cropped with Photoshop Elements 11