MCP Photography and Editing Challenges: Highlights from this Week

This week’s photography challenge encourages you to get up close and personal with macro photography. We loved seeing your take on this theme. Here are a few we wanted to feature, but make sure to check the album on the group page for more.

Submitted Amy Bellair Anderson

Submitted by Michael Zarogoza

Use the photography challenges as a way to grow as a photographer.  Be creative, try new things and shoot these images for yourself.   You have the support of a large group of photographers who can assist you and give you feedback as you work on specific themes and skills.

The team would like to thank everyone who submitted a photo for the challenge. You have one more week on this theme, so come join our Facebook Group and participate now.

Our photo editing challenge continued this week with more inspired edits of Ali Ellen’s magical forest photo.

Several of members of the group have shared great edits this week. Here are a few more favorites:

Edited by Lori Cox

Summer Solstice base action.

PS black and white. Warm adjustment.

Mask eyes, lips, and cheeks to add color.

Clarif-Eye and blur background.

Edited by Pia Rautio

LR Presets (modified): Hi Ho Cherry + Blueberry Banana Twist -tone

PS Actions: Autumn Equinox 30% + Warm Cider 15% And Jenna’s Sweet Shop (from Fusion)

And on top some Texture Play Overlays + some manual editing on contrast, background and red channel

Join us for the photo editing challenge. It gives you a chance to edit other photographer’s images, share them for critique, and see how others edit the same photographs.  Participating allows you to practice editing, learn how to give constructive criticism, and watch what steps or Photoshop actions and Lightroom presets are used in various edits.  Join us to edit the bi-weekly photos.

If you have an idea on how you’d edit the image below, or want to see and learn what others did, JOIN US HERE.

Thank you to Ali Ellen for allowing us to use this photo.  The current challenges are linked at the top of the group. Remember, you can also ask for critique on your edit.

We will have a new edit challenge starting Monday, so come back to see what image you can edit hen.