Photo Hunt Challenges

Favorite “Garden” Photo Hunt Entries

Gardens.  I love them! Fruit of the earth is a beautiful thing.  These were my favorite garden photos, but there were so many other good ones too! Links to the photographer’s gallery is attached to each Photo #.

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Favorite “Shadow” Photo Hunt Entries

I’ll admit this was one of the more difficult items on the list (in my opinion anyway!).  We see shadows everyday, but it isn’t always easy to capture an interesting or cool one.  The Participants didn’t disappoint! Here are my favorites.  Links to the photographers’ galleries are included with Photo #.  There is a poll at the bottom but if you’re like me, there are too many good ones to pick just one!

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Favorite “Bridge” Photo Hunt Entries

Isn’t it fun that bridges come in so many shapes and sizes? They are one of my favorite things to photograph (although you know I have many favorites!).  There were several awesome bridge photos captured in the photo hunt! Here are my favorites.  Links to the photographers’ galleries are included with the Photo #.

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Favorite “Sun/Lens Flare” Photo Hunt Entries

Experimenting with sun/lens flare is something I really enjoy, and I also enjoy looking at photography that incorporates this technique.  There were quite a few breathtaking sun/lens flare shots in the participant entries, but these ones here are my favorites!

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Favorite “Sunset” Photo Hunt Entry

I could literally post every single sunset photo from all the participant entries, because what isn’t beautiful about a sunset?! But since I had to narrow it down somewhat, here were my Favorites in this series.  Poll is at the bottom for voting.  Also, feel free to leave comments and praise for all the beautiful photography you are seeing here!!  That’s right, go ahead and rave, rave rave about all these gorgeous photos since it’s very difficult to narrow it down to just one to vote on (especially with a category like sunsets!)

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Favorite “Relaxation” Photo Hunt Entry

I jumped the gun and posted the Celebration Photos out-of-order. but I couldn’t possibly leave out relaxation!  Here are my Favorites.  Links to the photographers’ galleries are included with photo #.  Poll at the bottom of this post so you can vote for your favorite relaxation photo.

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Photo Hunt #2 ~ Participant Entries

Hello and welcome to the new home of the (Sweetsauer ) Photo Hunt Challenges!

I have been very excited to see what/how all the participants would do with Photo Hunt #2 during the month of June, 2009.  It is now Time to check out all of the entries!  If you completed the Photo Hunt #2 Challenge, please add your name/location and the permalink to your entry to Mr. Linky.  I will be going through all entries during the first week of July and then I will be posting my favorites by mid-July.

Photo Hunt #2 Details & Sign-Up

Here is the list of items to photograph (all subject to photographer’s interpretation). **If anyone would like clarification on any item on the list, please leave a comment**

1. A View from Above (looking down)
2. A Macro Shot
3. Laughter
4. Relaxation
5. A Celebration
6. A Sunset
7. Sun/Lens Flare
8.  A Bridge
9.  A Shadow
10.  A Garden
11.  A Park
12.  A Street Scene
13.  Signage
14.  A Summer Activity
15.  A Summer Treat
16.  Earth
17.  Air/ Wind
18.  Fire
19.  Water
20.  Something Vintage (pre-1980)
21.  Something Made of Glass
22.  Something Made of Wood
23.  Something that Floats
24.  Something Railroad Related
25.  Something Round

It is preferred that you take your photos between
today and June 30th.  If for some reason you are stuck on the 30th
without a few
of the items on your list, then you can use a maximum of two photos from your archives, as long as they were taken less than one year ago.

It
is up to you whether you post your photos on your blog as you go, or
wait until  June 30th to unveil them and make it a surprise.  One
thing I ask is that everyone who participates posts all 25 photos in
one single post on their blogs or in a set in an online gallery by June 30th. (See all entries from Sweetsauer Photo Hunt #1 )

A new post will go up here at www.sweetsauer.com on June 30th. I
will be using the Mr. Linky auto-link widget.  Anyone who completes the
Photo Hunt will need to add their name & the permalink of where their Photo
Hunt photos are posted.  Everyone
who adds their name to the auto-link will have their photos considered for my Favorites.   After I go through all of the participants’ entries, I will post my favorite photos for each of the 25 items on the list in a separate blog post with a poll for each (See all of the Favorites from Sweetsauer Photohunt #1).  Please note that I will not include archived photos in my favorites (it hardly seems fair!)  Anyone who votes is encouraged to vote based on their favorite photo, not just for a particular photographer.
Voting is also open to anyone and everyone.

If you would like to participate, please sign-up by adding your name and blog url to the Mr. Linky widget below.  If
you would like to recruit others for the Sweetsauer.com Photo Hunt or
announce your participation, please feel free to post the above badge
on your blogs and remember to link back to this post.

Happy Hunting, I look forward to seeing everyone’s photos at the end of the month!

ETA: You ARE allowed to use Photoshop or other photo-editing software as you’d like (it often adds to the artistic quality of the photo)