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INTRODUCTION

Judy and I concluded 2 years of our photo challenge as of December 2015  (Project '14/'15 Judy and Diane). Since were still inspired by this project, for 2016 we decided to continue and invited our photographer friends to join in.   We are pleased that 5 friends have taken the challenge.  The group members are:  Diane, Judy, Carm, Maggie, Julian, Kas and Joe.

We look forward to seeing lots of creative and unique images every month.

THE GROUP OF 7
JANUARY - WINTER

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          DECEMBER - RED


          Photographer "seeing" red.

           Great work Group of 7!   Looking forward to another year of creative images!

NOVEMBER - NOVEMBER

Once again, a broad range of interpretations.  Kas was so  busy with her work this month that she didn't have time to create meaningful images.  So instead, she included images that reflected what her November was like, which I thought was creative!


OCTOBER - HARVEST

"For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.  For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad."  ~ Edwin Way Teale

What a great selection of "harvests" from land and sea!



SEPTEMBER - DREAMY

"Everything that's lovely is but a brief, dreamy kind of delight." ~ William Butler Yeates


AUGUST - DOORS

JULY - CIRCLES

Interesting  variety of circular forms.



JUNE - YELLOW

What I love about this selection is that they were all taken of very ordinary things or parts thereof and created into something extraordinary!


MAY - LEADING LINES

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.  May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." ~ Edward Abbey


A wonderful and diverse collection of "trails".
APRIL - REFLECTIONS

Creative minds!  Great variety of reflections on reflective surfaces including  water, mirrors, windows, metal, marble, wood and plastic as well as one metaphorical reflection!

MARCH - COLOURS

"If light is the spiritual quality of painting, colour is surely its heart and passion." ~ Robert Reynolds

There is certainly a lot of passion in these images!  I continue to be amazed at the differing perspectives of the topic!

FEBRUARY - DISSIMILAR (VISUAL CONTRAST)

"Contrast is what makes photography interesting." ~ Conrad Hill

Kas was unable to participate this month due to Windows 10 & inability to interface with Photoshop.  The 1st 2 images are  mine were taken at my favourite resort in Cuba.  

What a great collection of creative images from all, but I think a Honourable Mention should go to Julian's image of Maggie and him!

JANUARY - SIMPLICITY

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" ~ Leonardo da Vinci

All 7 photographers contributed their unique images of 'simplicity'.  What great and varied interpretations by everyone!  We had winter images from Ontario (Guelph, Rockwood & Niagara Falls) as well as Nova Scotia.  Looks like we are in for a  year of visual treats!


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