... meanwhile in the Southern Hemisphere (Acasia trees in bloom in time for our Summer Christmas)

Thank you so much for participating in the **Beautiful Christmas Plants ** challenge. A great collection of beautiful art. I hope that everyone enjoyed seeing them all as much as I did.

Here’s the link for the challenge so you can look over all the wonderful creations, like and comment on those you feel deserve it.

The next challenge in the Eclectic Domain is Snowy Landscape which has already started.

See the challenge for details. Please pay special attention to the criteria for voting and ask yourself if you can commit to the challenge rules before entering.

I hope to see you there and Pax Vobiscum et Vestris.

Pseudonym @LamoniW ARTIST Thank you for participating in my No Theme challenge and congratulations to the top 3 1 @inigomontoya 2 @Marcus808 3 @kacerka

Hey shutterbugs! Big shoutout to everyone who jumped into Photorealistic Challenge #40 -- and major congrats to the winners!

Once again, the entries were top-notch, and that's a win in my book.

Just a heads-up: photorealism is the main thing you gotta focus on when voting. To keep it real: if an image is stunning but looks like a painting, it can't and shouldn't get a high rating.

With that said, here are my top picks (only advice, of course!) for photorealism models among the many made available by NightCafe: Flux (all), Imagen (all), RealViz (all), Fluently (all), Juggernaut (sp. 9 and XI), Stable Core.

So, have a blast and stick around because we'll be kicking off again soon!

Peace Love and Many Cameras,

Doublecrash