Week 33 by Judy

Mandarin Beauty

We went camping in Fort Pierce, FL this weekend. While camping, we visited the nearby St. Lucie County Aquarium. It's a small aquarium, but had some very interesting marine life. This is a Mandarin Dragonet fish. It's such a beautifully colored fish, with such unique markings, I just had to take a photo of it. Did some cropping and applied Topaz Warm filter on it.

Week 32 by Robin

Barbie on a Stick

I found a small Barbie doll and decided to use her head in a creative photo. I lit her from behind and a little in front. I used Topaz B&W and Adjust to change to duo-tone and make other creative adjustments. I always disliked Barbie dolls and all the silly stuff that went with it. My childhood dolls were a sock monkey, a rag doll, a whole bunch of Wishnik Troll dolls and space aliens. What dolls did you play with? :)

Week 29 by Judy

LOL!

This is Gunner; although, my husband calls him Tripod, because he only has three legs. One of his owners accidentally ran over one of his hind legs with a golf cart when he was a pup and it had to be amputated. I say "one of his owners" because he really has made himself the neighborhood dog. He eats and sleeps at various homes, ours being one of them. He visits almost daily. He barks at the door until we give him something to eat and drink and then he usually goes on his merry way. He gets around just fine, in spite of his handicap. This picture was taken during one of the rare times that he decided to grace us with his presence and hang around for awhile. I think it looks like he's having a good laugh, but really he's yawning. Dogs always make me smile.
I used a low strength of Topaz's clarity filter and some cropping.