Light Of The Ordinary, Macros And Photography Discussions – The Weekly Light Stalking Community Roundup

Welcome to our weekly community wrap-up.  It’s been another great and exciting week on the Light Stalking forums with some great photography by the community. Members have been submitting high quality photos the past few weeks, which makes it even more exciting.

The weekend photography challenge from last week was “Light Of The Ordinary” and members had their creative take on the theme with very interesting shots – some of them are shared below.

This week, we have a new challenge that has some very beautiful submissions already. Join the challenge here – Everyday Stories

Here are some amazing shots from the past week that we thought were great and should be included here:

Here are photos shared by members in other forums like General Photo Chit Chat, Landscape Photography, Macro Photography, etc.

Robert shared a macro photo of Wolf Lichen here:

Tersha shared a photo of a Parasol mushroom here:

Rob had an attempt at a Tersha shot. Head over here to let him know how he did it.

David captured a photo of a common subject here that looks like an alien craft.

Steve shared a photo from the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. 

Steve shared another powerful storytelling shot of a little girl full on athlete activity

Patrick is working on a series of abstract photos and has kindly shared the process on the thread here.

And, Patrick has also started a new hobby. Head over here to check the photos!

Rob captured a photo of crashing waves om his iPhone. The intent was to get a shot that shows scale Let him know what you think here.

Discussions:

• How do you improve? – Rob started a very interesting discussion on how photographers may fall into a few different groups. Join it here.
• Steve started a discussion on Magnetic Filters. Join over here to participate.

If you are someone who captures images with your smartphone, we have a Mobile Photography Challenge where you can post your mobile photos and also check out the works by other photographers. The images must be captured and edited on a smartphone. Join to submit the photos over here.

Pat shared a stunning photo of the Aurora Borealis along with the Big Dipper to the mobile photography challenge, that was captured on her iPhone! Pat shared her experience when capturing this photo.

The sky was dark without any hint of what darkness was hiding. For the heck of it I grabbed my phone and took a shot of a black sky – a sky hiding beautiful shimmering colors.

There are also some members’ picks that are featured. These can be chosen by any of the members and are put in a whole new thread of their own and called out as being a great addition and shot for the forums. Check out those stunning captures here.

Patrick started a thread late last year – “Community Inspired Photo Story Challenge” – capture a story in 3 to 6 photos that hold personal significance and post them with a brief description. While that thread was started to be completed within a week, it has been open with ongoing submissions for the past year and is still open where members can post their stories.

Here are some throwdowns to follow and post your own photos, or you can start your own throwdown too.

• Trees That Go Bump In The Night – Robert has started a throwdown and invited members to share their unusual photos of trees (Not Your Normal tree photos)
• 2025 Reflections Throwdown – a unique way to capture your own reflection, whether abstract or otherwise. There are many beautiful images to go through for some inspiration.
• Your Pets – Share photos of your pets here.

And, there are images posted in the Shark Tank forum where members request for constructive criticism/feedback on their photos.

 If you’d like to join in with our members, feel free to join us on the forums.  We’d love to see you there, and we are a friendly bunch.