Awesome August 8

According to Robert Barney, an author who researched Olympic history, the idea of interlocking rings came to Pierre de Coubertin when he was directing the USFSA, a French sports organization. The symbol was officially adopted after WWI and officially debuted in the Games of the VII Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920.

[Peter de Graaff]

Great commentary

[Mrs. Smith]

This is a fantastic abstract picture! Love the coloring!

[Allison Williams]

Love what you are doing this week. This is a fantastic graphic.

[Sheri]

Love the bright yellow!

[Kerri]

I like the color

[Colleen]

Great info, nice color!

[Henri Russell]

Love your yellow. Your colors are looking great.

[Elizabeth Youngs]

Great color and processing!

[Carole]

Lovely yellow, nicely done

[Lyn]

Love how you've done these with similar shapes!

[karenann]

Love your info ... you are educating me in so many areas, Ann. Love your processing ... it's beautiful. Great textures and colors!! This has a lot of depth and boldness.

[Juliette Packham]

interesting Olympic fact - love the edit on this - great shot

[summerfield]

very nice yellow. i'm still trying to figure out if there's anything yellow in my house. i'm never the yellow person.

[Paula]

And great abstract for the weekly theme?

[Wendy Bowden]

Cool shot, love the brightness of it

[Kathryn Marshall]

Cool shot. This yellow version reminds me of Andy Warhol.

[bkb in the city]

Cool shot

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@peterdegraaff @mrssmith @allie912 @groovygirlrn @kerristephens @httpgeffed @henrir @lyoungs1023 @melorac @lyno @karenann @sparkle @summerfield @paulavdmerwe @wenbow @daisy

Thank you Peter, Carla, Allison, Sheri, Kerri, Colleen, Henri, Elizabeth, Carole, Lyn, Karenann, Juliette, Vikki, Paula, Wendy and Kathryn!

Thank you so much for all the great feedback. I'm glad you're all enjoying the Olympic history lessons- I'm learning it right along with you! And thanks for the compliments on the abstract aspect of the shot. @paulavdmerwe I will have to check the weekly theme out. I often forget to look there! @sparkle Thanks for stopping by Juliette! @summerfield- I'm sure you have something and I'm sure you'll come up with a creative way to photograph it too! @daisy Wow Kathryn- Andy Warhol?! Thanks!

And thanks to all who liked the processing. It's the duo-tone effect in iPiccy- the colors adjusted to emphasize the yellow.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian!

[Joyce Wells]

It is very Warholy/ Warholish? Love the bright yellow, and the black really sets it off!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@sparkleplenty1 Thanks Joyce! Yes, it had to be black with the yellow for this shot. The star just seemed like night time but blue wasn't night enough.

[alia_801]

You're doing a great job of this challenge! I like your starry theme :)

[Livia]

Cool processing for yellow! And thank you for the little nugget of Olympic history. 8)

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful colour contrasts and a great narrative, Ann.

[Carole Imes]

Love your colorful abstract and interesting trivia about the history of the rings.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@alia_801 Thanks Alia! I think my creative side wanted to do the thumbnail thing again! Once I settled on the silver shot, I thought why not do the same subject all week for the colors. But "this is a silver star", "this is a blue star", etc. seemed rather boring, thus the info commentaries emerged!
@myautofocuslife Thanks Livia! I'm glad you're enjoying "the class".
@sangwann Thanks Dione! I'm glad you're enjoying the info.
@cimes1 Thanks Carole! I'm glad like the Olympic "lessons".

[Bev]

I love the editing on this... What a lovely color of yellow. Well done :)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@prttblues Thanks Bev!!

[Karen Williams]

powerful and punchy image. Great composition - love the strong yellow and black. Makes an immediate impression on the eye.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@kandernob Thank you Karen! I wanted a yellow that had no hint of gold since that's the last shot of the week.

[Laura]

Love the colours.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@la_photographic Thanks Laura!

[Ellen Young]

I love how you used the same metal mold to make your colors! This looks great in thumbnail..and i like you was still thinking of the thumbnails when i was getting this weeks photo's !! lol! Great Job..thanks for all the research also!