Korky

Thanks a lot you two - all those results are brilliant. They're far, far better than my humble efforts.

Cyril - The woman in the photograph is my paternal grandmother, Margaret Ann Morris. She passed away when I was about ten years old and up until recently I'd never seen a photo of her as a young woman. In my mind she was always the elderly woman I knew when I was a boy.

Thanks for your efforts, they're much appreciated.

Korky

Can you offer any help as to how I would go about restoring this?

I'm pretty much OK with removing the creases and scratches etc, but restoring the parts of the eye and nose that are missing and the crinkly background have me stumped good and proper.

Thanks

Korky

Yeah! If I brought another camera bag home there would be serious marital strife.

I would expect that a charity shop would be more than happy with it - and you'll feel happy with yourself into the bargain.

Now...... If you're trying to shift a Sony 55 inch OLED TV, gimme a whistle. I'll collect!

Korky

32 minutes ago, Panasonicmike said:

Sounds interesting, have you considered allowing more than one entry per member on the monthly possibly up to 3, just so any one entering at the beginning can be involved still.

That's been taken care of, Mike - all will be revealed in the fullness of time.

I don't think anyone will be disappointed with what we have planned.

Korky

Hello Everyone

This is just to let you know that after much deliberation, Ryewolf, Clicker and myself have decided that the Weekly Challenge has run its course, it's time for it to be put into mothballs and stored in the old cupboard at the back of the office. From July 1st there'll be two new challenges for you to get your teeth into and we certainly hope that you will.

The main challenge will be on a monthly basis and each alternate month will have a theme. The themes will be quite universal so that everyone can enter, but entry photos will need to be taken during the month rather than from the archives. All designed to get you out and about with a camera and then bag a dollop of kudos at the end of the month. We've even got a super-duper, VIP guest judge lined up to cast a beady eye over the entries and pick the top three.

The second challenge has been suggested by SRJ (Simon) and will be a weekly challenge that will be based on the letters of the alphabet. We'll start with the letter A and 26 weeks later we'll arrive at Z, when we'll all be posting shots of zebras. This challenge is designed to be fun rather than competitive - just get creative and enjoy.

Rywolfe and Clicker will be along in the coming days to let you know the details of how things'll work and then on 1st July, off we go.

I hope I've whetted your appetites, so please get involved and please help us to give TIPF a bit of sparkle. Thanks!

Korky

I had this one down as POTW as soon as I saw it - Well done, Mike!

Korky

Spirals in Deep Space 2 - Attack of the Swirly Things

Yeah, you're right, it is very good and well worth a watch.

Mind you, it's nowhere near as good as Breaking Bad and Ozark 

Korky

Snowy Peaks - Austria

Certainly brought back memories of my CC days which were a long time ago. To be honest, the whole CC setup wasn't for me as it all seemed to be based on competition - maybe things are quite different these days.

It was interesting to hear what Peter had to say, but I shan't be trundling round to Chorley CC anytime soon. They probably wouldn't have me anyways!

Korky

I had a Nikon FE back in the day - a lovely piece of kit that gave me much pleasure. I'd never go back to using film, though, I just love digital photography with all all its magic.

Welcome to the forum BTW - dive in and enjoy.

Korky

I'm rubbish at thinking up captions, but I do have a couple of images that might fit the bill.

Count me in, too, mi owd mucker!

Korky

9 hours ago, sjr said:

The talking machines are bad they are listening constantly. me and the good lady wife had a discussion about going in to town on a bus recently we don't do buses and I have never googled buses no need too but the next day I was getting adverts on Facebook for our local bus company, not good.

Now that really is scary - I'll make a point of never discussing my personal itch problem when the talking machine is within earshot. I have a Kindle Fire that always seems to have that Alexa woman turned on to snoop mode. I shall investigate having her put to sleep.

Korky

I can't help either - I just send my Amazon toons (via bluetooth) to the Cambridge Audio sound box that's wired up to the telly.

Can't be doin' with talking to a machine - I don't have Siri enabled on my MaBook either. Am I a boring old twazzock? Or what?

Korky

A terrific POTW from a terrific thread.

Great stuff David & Dee, this one really brightened my day!

Korky

Thank you for all the 'likes' and votes, chums. They really are appreciated.

A new theme will be along very soon - just back from a trip to Y*rkshire and have a few things to do first.

Korky

Theme now set to 'Hot or Cold' ---- Thanks, Rye!

Might be worth letting everyone know where they can get a copy, Jon. I assume it's direct from yourself, or have you got them on Amazon?

Go on, be a rascal and let us have a sneaky peak at a couple of images from within!

Korky

The POTW is a little early this week as Mrs K and myself are out on the crazy razz tonight. Need to be at the Village Hall for 7.30 at the latest as the Beetle Drive starts at 7.45 sharp and the vicar gets a bit rattled if anyone turns up late. He gave Enid Blackshaw a right old roasting last week. Mind you, she did stink of gin and had a roll-up hanging from the corner of her gob.

However....

I've gone for a POTW that instantly grabbed me by its sheer wackiness. It's the first shot from Ryewolf's Two Times Four and I just love it. It tells a great story of what's obviously been a super day out and all the little elements of the photograph come together brilliantly well to both amuse and hold the interest. So much so that I've come back to it a number of times just to enjoy the image a little more. 

And....

I've got to ask the question......... Why IS that glove hanging from those glasses?

Well done, Rye, ya done good!

Korky

Good stuff - Very well done!

Korky

Just now, Clicker said:

I' Drat I've got two or three  for this challenge ... we are only allowed one aren't we ...?

Two or three? I set the theme and I've found it tough enough to find one!

Korky

Out on a Limb

It's as though Adobe actually want to return to the days when most PS users had a pirated version.

How the hell can they sell you a piece of software and then decide it's not licensed and tell you it's illegal to use it?

Shame on Adobe for attempting to cr*p on customers from such a great height.

Korky