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Aspendos, Turkey.

One of my daughters has been selected for a 6 month study period in 2024 at the Hobart UTAS (University of Tasmania), she is a biology student (and already a Master in Theoretical Calculus). Why there? Don't really know, she has always dreamed of visiting/staying in Australia, a project that was...

@Danny and @Charzes44 Re Animals - Show Birds Blue waxbill or Uraeginthus angolensis

Iceland. Raudasandur in the Westfjords region.

Once again, France. Let me introduce You to Rocamadour, perhaps the second most visited place in France (after the Mont St Michel). Situated in the valley of the Alzou river in the "Lot"provinde. On the first photo You will see the four parts of the village: the valley with parking lot, above...

I'd suggest using higher ISO (at least 3200-6400) with the widest aperture that You can use (better 1.x than 2.8). All this in order to decrease shutter time. Your pics (nice ones!) show too much movement in the aurora. With shorter shutter times, You can capture more short instances of the...

Egise Saint Cirq et Sainte Juliette, St Cirq-Lapopie, France

"Selfies"in Bruges, Belgium: the "Belfry" and the "Provincial Court".

Would like to nominate this impressive bridge photo by @Escaladeu for the front page. IMO a masterpiece.

Peyrusse-Le-Roc, Aveyron, France. A few people still live in this not-yet-completely abandoned village. This is the most impressive view, probably the remains of some castle (tours du Roc del Thaluc). And yes, we climbed all the stairs to the top.

At the moment I'm deep into the "Falco"series by Lindsay Davis. Twenty volumes describing the adventures of Marcus Didius Falco, a private eye during the reign of the emperor Vespasian and sons (1-2 century). What is so special about this series is first the description of life in Rome and...

Kykkos Convent, Cyprus.

A big thank You, Walter @wee-pics. An image from around 2010 I believe taken in Zinal, Switzerland. Was just playing around with some old files and this B/W rendition looked OK to me.

first, all images into Photomatix Pro>Contrast Optimizer; then into ACR and PS to increase tonality and structure.

And don't forget the "batwing"

I think his subject just learned the price for one photo...

Don't worry @Stiga , I'll include both of them. The results.... In the category "black & white", my choice is between @kae1 and @theoldsmithy; I prefer Ken's picture for its better control of noise and detail (e.g. the books on the left side). In the category "colour", yet again @kae1 and...

Seems I forgot to post the fact that the competition is closed, so @Stiga could sneak in - lucky You.

Closed; voting to follow.

Closing the door at around 1400 hr CET.

Main entrance, Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena, Madrid, Spain.

The vultures are extra.

This is Digital Darkroom Derby #104, a digital image editing/processing challenge. Please read the rules here. Short version: Host provides the challenge image and selects the winner, who then becomes the next host. This one won't be easy... The library of the university of Salamanca. Picture...

TXS, Rose. Not only cropping, but also experimenting with the HDR settings in ACR. For the next competition, I have something very technical in mind. See You soon.