Something for the Weekend - Part 240 - Prickly Issue

[davescm]

Hi,
Thanks to everyone who put forward an image for our last 'Misty Mountains' challenge. 

This week we stay outdoors and start with this prickly thistle. In the background are the walls of Dunstanburgh Castle on the North East Coast of England. What can you make from this week's image?

The “rules”:

• Use the starter image as at least part of your own image entry.
• Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright, etc.
• Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert. This is not just for our forum “regulars”.
• There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off your skills, or bring a bit of humor and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!
• The starter image is made available for you to use in this forum challenge only.

To download the starter image, hover over the image and click on the circle with the arrows at the top right. Then, when the image opens in its own window, right click and choose “Save Image As/Save Target As” (or similar depending on your browser).

When posting back your image — please use the blue reply button in this first post and use the 'Insert Photos' icon at the top of the reply box. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry, then please use the grey reply button next to their image post.

Have fun!

Dave

[War Unicorn]

Is anyone else having a problem upvoting? I can't seem to do so for anyone's images here.

[jane-e]

@War Unicorn 

When upvoting fails for me, I refresh the page one or more times until it works.

Jane

[War Unicorn]

Weird. It's working now and I didn't do anything since mentioning it.

*sigh* lol

[Trevor.Dennis]

It comes and goes with no pattern.  I was able to upvote your 'weird' post above (that's probably confusing because all of your posts are wierd 😉 ) and I upvoted Greg's Witch no problem, but I have repeatedly tried to upvote JR's image on page 2 without success.  I have tried a hard reset, different browsers, signed out and back in again, but nothing works.  The secret forum we are not allowed to talk about says it knows about it, so we have to assume it will be looked at and fixed.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Same here Jane.  It's not a lost focus thing because just clicking on it would fix that.  I've been having to Ctrl F5 to do a hard reset before it will accept input from me.  It's been doing it for a few days now.

[Greg_S.]

Dave, when I first read the prompt, I thought you were referring to Dunsinane Castle. 

[davescm]

"Double, double toil and trouble..."  Nice one Greg!

Dave

[JR Boulay]

Tourism development

[Trevor.Dennis]

I think Joni Mitchell would have something to say about that! 😉

BTW I have tried to give your image a like, but even after a hard reset, it's not letting me.

Just tried a different broswer, and signing out and back in, but still no luck. It looks like it is broken.

[davescm]

Oh no, not that! It's a very good job you have made of it though, JR.

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

When I first had this idea I had it in my head that The Day of the Triffids and The War of the Worlds were the same story.  People watched the pretty meteor storm, went to bed and woke up blind to a world full of Triffids and Tripods with lasers.  I even found images with Triffids and Tripods together.  When I realised I had got it wrong, I did't want to change it, so I'll claim artistic license.   BTW  The couple in the blue shirts gave it their best shot, but it was hopeless and they both got eaten by the Triffid.

[davescm]

Artistic license is what SFTW is famous for, Trevor! 🙂

Dave

[DeanUtian]

Catching up with SFTW and in a rain mode. 🙂

[davescm]

We could do with a bit of that Dean, it's hardly rained here for a month.

Dave

[SG...]

Dinner time!

[davescm]

They both have sharp points, but I think I know which one is going to win 🙂
Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

They both have sharp points, but I think I know which one is going to win 🙂
Dave

By @davescm

This is a stretch, but I imediately thought of this video after reading your post Dave.  It doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I laugh and laugh at the unexpected ending.   WARNING There is an F-bomb @0:36

[davescm]

One for the Darwin awards, Trevor.

Dave

[Brad @ Roaring Mouse]

Might as well go "Literal".

[davescm]

A thorn amongst roses, to invert the common phrase. I like the idea and the execution, Brad. 🙂

Dave

[Christelle RD]

What an amazing picture of walls of Dunstanburgh Castle on the North East Coast of England! Thank you Dave 🙂
Summer is coming :sun:

 

[davescm]

A nice job opening up those thistle heads, Christelle. 🙂

Dave

[Christelle RD]

Thank you Dave ☺️

[Rollan Banez]

[davescm]

You know I've always wanted to photograph the northern lights, but never managed to be out on the right night 🙂

Dave