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Get ready JPG - for this challenge we are taking you out of your photographic comfort zone!

For decades, photographers have altered the light, color, and focus of their photographs by building filters out of different combinations of materials.  These days there are so many amazing filter effects in Photoshop that it's easy to forget that we can create innovative new effects ourselves.

How, you ask?  Take the space between the subject and your camera lens, and make it your own!  Do it with a homemade filter!  Plastic, films, fabric, gels, nylon stockings, dried milk... there is a world of possible effects you can bring to your image.   You can even use floppy disk or slide film to make infrared or color filters.

You have three weeks to complete the challenge.  So brainstorm, create a filter, snap some photographs, and submit your favorite filtered shot to the challenge!  Make sure to write a caption about what you used to build your filter  If you make a number of filters or want to show the effect of a particular filter with a before-and-after sequence, then consider writing a how-to story and submitting it to this photo challenge by checking the "submit" check box at the bottom of the story writing page.

We're excited to see what you come up with! (No store-bought filters please)

This challenge will close on Tuesday, June 16th.

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