[Peanut]

This weeks photo challenge is AUTUMN.

(I think its about time we have this challenge again)!

Show me how this season affects you. Does it mean glorious change in colour of the leaves? Bringing out the quilts for the chilly evenings/mornings? A change in sports? Are you dusting off your recipe books for those warming comfort foods? Does a steaming hot mug and a blanket over your toes mean Autumn has come for you?

This weeks theme was also inspired by this stunning photo by Millie71 - Autumn at Araluen.

I'm looking forward to seeing your entries everyone!

The rules:
One photo per person which has been taken this week (starting TUESDAY). Everyone is welcome to join in. Competition will start Tuesday with submissions ending the following Monday.

If you wish, please note your rating after your image:
Rating 1 Beginner (just got my camera)
Rating 2 Amateur (learning about settings)
Rating 3 Hobbyist (have a good grasp of the theory)
Rating 4 Semi Pro (improved well beyond when I started)
Rating 5 Pro/serious hobbyist (I'm well experienced and have been doing this for quite a while)

All images must be up by next MONDAY at (9pm EDST, 8pm EST, 7.30pm CST, 6pm WST) for inclusion.

Remember the EB rules state images within posts must be smaller than 500 (wide) x 470 (high) pixels and 100kb.


Challenge history for the winner:

Capturing Action - Peanut
Black and white perspective - Abbygirl
Shadows - winkwink
Props - Jalex
Numbers - apocketfull
Circle - mummy26
Coke - rbat
Abstract - mummy26
The Natural World - Abbygirl
Bokeh - blue4me
Love - Abbygirl
Favourite things - Red Cabbage
Creepy crawlies - Goggles
Four Colours - Nut
Take a walk - Jalex
Christmas - rbat
Relax - Mummy26
Fear - Peanut
Solitude - Mr Gadget
3 - iplantedpeastoday
10 mins from home & low light - staremperor
Hair - Raven74
Somewhere to Sit - paris-stella
Elegance - rbat
Food, Glorious Food - Staremperor
Architecture from a different point of view - ~spirited~
Painting with light - Angel#82
Express Yourself - BlueLavander
Water - rbat
Springtime - madreader
Rustic - ~spirited~

[PrincessPinkenIt]

Great theme this week Peanut
Hoping to get an entry in this week, lacking serious motivation in getting the camera out.

[rbat]

Lovely topic Teri Good luck with the new camera search. What are you using at the moment?

[Mercurial]

Mmm autumn - still about 28 degrees here and balmy summer feeling days!

[Peanut]

That is what I love about "Autumn at Araluen" Mercurial Its not your typical "cool weather" photo but it does evoke the feeling of Autumn with its spectacular golden colour!

Here in Brisbane its still warm during the day, but the early mornings and evenings are getting chilly.

Bec, I currently have a Nikon D70.

[Millie71]

Thanks Teri! I peak too soon, keep providing the inspiration but then cant get a decent entry in!!!

I do have a few Autumn ideas though, the leaves are starting to turn colour :-)

[Mercurial]

Yep Brissy here too. I agree getting up at 5 to work there's a noticeable chill in the air - can't wait for it to cool down a bit more though.

That shot is just awesome Millie - gorgeous colours.

[winkwink]

Yay, another Brissy girl here I'm loving these cooler mornings.

Teri, didn't you get that camera not long ago? Where are you going overseas? Seems to be the week for broken cameras, a friend of mine dropped hers in the water.

Millie71 - stunning shot.

[Peanut]

Wendy, I can add another person to the broken camera tally! On the same day that I took the photo that won last weeks challenge, my father-in-law got swept off his feet when a rogue wave came in and he lost his camera (and mobile and wallet all got a dunking too). It was a little p&s and while we did manage to recover it (the waves sucked it back towards the sea), it had sand all through it. A total write off. I was hanging back far up the washline because I was afraid of just that happening to me!!

I've had my D70 for some time now, it was a secondhand camera and bought because our previous D70 had died. We had all the lens etc so we just bought a replacement camera body. It did the job and worked well for so long, but no longer.

[mummy26]

There's no autumn colours in Melbourne . W seem to have either bypassed them or it's too early. I did take a photo today so if I can't come up with anything else, will just enter it