Profile was the challenge this week.  My usual model didn't want to participate, so I used this tough flower.  It has survived the 100+ degree weather of the past week.  So it deserves a moment in time. 

 Ansel Adams was the challenge this week.  Even though he is known for his pictures of towering mountains, there were a lot of cloud photos in the group.  This was the best cloud formation Kansas had to offer this week in Osage Co. 

 The challenge for this week was "hands".  A friend suggested a hand of cards.   This is aces and eights, the dead man's hand that Wild Bill Hickock was holding when he was shot in the head from behind in Deadwood, South Dakota. 

 The challenge was abstract auto.  All I got this week was the side of a grain truck.  Not very inventive but at over 100 degrees each day,  it was too hot to look for something more interesting.