Ryewolf

The Fire Within - 05/10/2015

I came across my name in The golden Bough by Sir James Frazer many years ago. The wolf or dog is often the embodiement of the spirit of the field in harvest customs and is caught or killed in the last sheaf. The reaper of the last sheaf of Rye is called the Rye Wolf - hence my name.

Excellent phpy and well deserved win.

Thankks Phoenix and Phil, the blue bowl was a lucky find in a local shop for £1.

Sorry Judy, it wasn't taken personally. it's just I've taken part in all the challenges whether I set them or not,, as have the majority of challenge winners, of the 17 completed challenges 14 of them included images set by the challenger. I take the challenge as to produce one image that fits the challenge in the best possible way you can, both creatively and technically and then it;s up to everyone else to vote on it. Regardless of who wins, the challenge on the rest is to keep trying.

I agree, none of the challenges I've set have been beyond the reach of anyone on here, I've tried to make them as open to everyone as possible, I even avoided seasonal things like Autumn, as for our friends in Oz it's spring/coming up Summer. Yes, I've had a run of 3 out of the last 4 challenges, but before that I'd oy had the one, and I've entered every challenge that's been set. Infact a run of 7 in a row where I got 0 or 1 votes spurred me on to try even harder.

Not sure how setting the challenge gives you any sort of advantage when it comes to voting?

Can't say that I have, will have to look out for that series. think the biggest series I've read in the last 12 months as been Simon Scarrows' The Eagle series, which at the time was 11 books, which I read one after another. It seems there's now 3 more...

Ummm, dunno 'bout this, seems a bit counter-intuitive for a challenge.....

Thanks Chrissy, Clicker and Judy. They were very tasty too...

Weekly Challenge #19 - Catching the Light This weeks challenge, should you choose to accept it, invites you to take one photograph that expresses Catching the Light. Any interpretation and post production allowed, so start looking for light.... Photo to be taken and uploaded by midnight Monday 12th Octomber 2015. Voting from Tuesday until midnight Friday 16th October - Winner announced Saturday 17th October. Please don't forget to add a title and the date when the image was taken.

Well voting s now closed. Once again it was very close in the voting, many thnks to everyone who took part in this challenge and also to everyone voted. I shall start the new challenge soon.

Tis close......

I'm currentley re-reading the first four of Conn Igguldons books the first being the Wolf of the Plains, a hsitorical fiction novel about Ghengis Khan, but alsp got a few books by Bernard Cornwell, Giles Kristian, Ben Kane, Anthony Riches and Robert Low - all historical fiction. I prefer the actual books to any sort of electroic form, books don't need batteries and the worst that can happen is the spine on the book breaks but sy=till readable. Last year I read 52 books - all new ones. I'm a big reader.

Last few hours of voting left....

I sorta figured that may be the case on the View New Content page, which I use all the time, I assumed you could pin threads to the top of a specific forum, twas worth asking.

Also worth bearing in mind if you do win, you would have to pay customs fees, if you're outside the US.

New Leisure Centre - Darwen - 29/09/2015

Just a thought, is there a way of pinning the weekly challenge threads, the one that's being voted on and the one when it's the to be taken and uploaded, so that they are always at the top of the New Content Page? Sometimes on particularly busy weeks, like this week for instance, the challange can slip down as far as page 3 on the New Content page.

Voting is now open, many thanks to everyone who took part a great variety of images and approahes.

Cobgrats from me also, great shot,

Well Herr Lumix is supposed to set a new challange, is it possibel he doesn't know he's won?

Well Voting has closed and we have a clear winner with Chris, so over to you for the next challange: Thanks to everyone who took part and voted. Big congrats to Chris, it was close - I couldn't bear to look either, but a well desrved win.

Now that is a longway for broadband connection, ok you are allowed to get a little bit jealous nw, but my fibre broadband connection is just 600 yars away and I can walk to the cabinet in under a minute. But yours looks miles away, so good on ya (I believe that's that's an Oz saying) for being with us and hope whatever thery're doing they do it quick. PS, I forgot to add most of us in the UK would be extremely envious for a view like that from our back door. I know I am....

I'd just converted it from Oz dollars to English money and got the same amount and I'd spend it on the LensBaby Composer Pro System.... £499