Image of the Week.....Week#1

[Steve U]

Thought I would try and start something here to get some more images for us to look at.
I would like to try and keep it casual and keep it fun. Entry period will be from Sunday to Sunday, with this first one closing on the 23 June.
Only two categories; Portrait and Landscape
Portrait- People, animals
Landscape- Country, town, city, sea, abstract, things (water drops, smoke, flowers, candles and so on)

Each category will have a winner each week, voted by the thread starter for that week. Then a poll to sort out monthly winners.

Please supply a title for your image and what category you are entering in. Enter as many times as like, old or new images.

Let's see how this goes, have fun and good luck.

[Steve U]

Category- Landscape
Title- Running

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3744/8983958668_a037823882_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steves_life/8983958668/)
Its over (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steves_life/8983958668/) by Steve's Life (http://www.flickr.com/people/steves_life/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.

[Steve U]

So far I'm winning so I will put one in the portrait category just to get that one started. A team effort with me pushing the button and Denise doing all the PP.
Category- Portrait
Title- Halle

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8542/9027342883_3e1103bcf5_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steves_life/9027342883/)
Halle_4a (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steves_life/9027342883/) by Steve's Life (http://www.flickr.com/people/steves_life/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.

[bouwy]

Great idea Steve. Here's contribution.

A snap shot of a friend of mine, who's a brilliant photographer.

Me Mate Bruce

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Thanks for viewing.

[Sean Setters]

Shot just this evening....title below pic with back story on click-through.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7327/9028843441_e6f6b14b07_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/budrowilson/9028843441/)
"I ain't gonna smile..." (http://www.flickr.com/photos/budrowilson/9028843441/) by budrowilson (http://www.flickr.com/people/budrowilson/), on Flickr

[Steve U]

Just read the story attached Sean, that's very funny. He's not smiling and it doesn't look like he's been sleeping very much either. His eyes look sore.
Great shot.

[erno james]

Steve, you always come up with cool ideas. Agreed that more images could be shared here; seems like there's been a noticable drop off in the Assigments of late.

Portrait of a wolf at the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. My kid thought this place was better than Disneyland! Regards, Erno
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7297/9029133443_264e61b1c3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ernogy/9029133443/)
Wolf Discovery Center - West Yellowstone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ernogy/9029133443/) by ernogy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ernogy/), on Flickr

[DavidWare]

The Nubble Light, York, ME
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidware/8573470525/

I can't figure out how to make it link right from flickr like Erno did, I'm new to that site.

[erno james]

Hi David, I took the liberty of adding your shot as follows:

1. click on your image on Flickr
2. on the bottom right, click the icon that shows an arrow pointing up the right surrounded by a box
3. click BB code and make sure the image size is LARGE
4. right click the image to highlight the data and select COPY
5. now you're ready to post the image on The Digital Picture
6. type in this text:



then PASTE, followed by



Your photo should come out like this:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8532/8573470525_5bdc5f11e1_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidware/8573470525/)
The Nubble (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidware/8573470525/) by DavidWareUSMC (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidware/), on Flickr

[DavidWare]

Thank you much, I'll definitely be using that a lot more once I start getting more images uploaded on Flickr.

[Steve U]

Steve, you always come up with cool ideas. Agreed that more images could be shared here; seems like there's been a noticable drop off in the Assigments of late.

Portrait of a wolf at the Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Montana. My kid thought this place was better than Disneyland! Regards, Erno
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7297/9029133443_264e61b1c3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ernogy/9029133443/)
Wolf Discovery Center - West Yellowstone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ernogy/9029133443/) by ernogy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ernogy/), on Flickr
Thanks Erno, great portrait of the wolf.
I have learnt a lot from this site over the years and thought it might increase a bit of participation and generate a bit of interest. The least we will end up with is a nice portfolio of shots to look at. :)
Keep them coming.

[jfindley]

Mt Rainier Lodge


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8443247876_83a2caa226_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnfindley/8443247876/)
_MG_9750 83 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnfindley/8443247876/) by findley.john.s (http://www.flickr.com/people/johnfindley/), on Flickr

[DSLR_Newbie]

Title : My First Born.
Category : Portrait

The photo is of my 6 mo daughter (at the time) and I took this on Easter 2013.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7436/9035902597_8d25e59347_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjthakur/9035902597/)
IMG_7463 (1728 x 2592) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjthakur/9035902597/) by DSLR Newbie Test Area (http://www.flickr.com/people/rjthakur/), on Flickr

[ddt0725]

This is a wonderful idea, Steve!! A lot of nice entries so far!

[conropl]

Mt Rainier Lodge


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8443247876_83a2caa226_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnfindley/8443247876/)
_MG_9750 83 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnfindley/8443247876/) by findley.john.s (http://www.flickr.com/people/johnfindley/), on Flickr


John - I looked at your flikr site, and you have some nice landscapes.

[jfindley]

John - I looked at your flikr site, and you have some nice landscapes.

Thanks conropl. First time I've had anyone look at my site. Really appreciate the visit.

[conropl]

Hi David, I took the liberty of adding your shot as follows:

1. click on your image on Flickr
2. on the bottom right, click the icon that shows an arrow pointing up the right surrounded by a box
3. click BB code and make sure the image size is LARGE
4. right click the image to highlight the data and select COPY
5. now you're ready to post the image on The Digital Picture
6. type in this text:

[img]

then PASTE, followed by
[img]


I don't think you need to bracket the BBCode with [img]. I have seen others explain the procedure the same, but I have never done that. I just copy the BBCode and paste it directly or paste the pict as you describe. So far it has always work for me, and I do not think it is actually doing anything if the "[img]" shows up as text as it does.

Is the [img] bracketing something that has to be done for other brousers maybe?

[conropl]

I do not do portraits much, but I need to start. This is not really a portrait... more of a snap shot. He did not like his picture taken, so I had to just take a quick shot before he knew I was taking it.

Title:
My Son
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3721/8857239583_69d760e4ae_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60479608@N05/8857239583/)

[Steve U]

Some really nice ones coming in. Beautiful portrait Pat, thank you for sharing.

[Steve U]

This is a wonderful idea, Steve!! A lot of nice entries so far!
I have to keep deleting your entries because you are too good.
And also because everyone knows that you are my favourite...... :)

Hey this does spelling corrections now while I type, is that this site, or has my computer worked out how stupid I am?

[Kayaker72]

Steve...this is great. I am glad you started this thread. All, some great shots.

Taken last night in Jacksonville, FL.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2867/9041276305_b02c5b679e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/9041276305/)
small-4057 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/9041276305/) by kayaker72 (http://www.flickr.com/people/kayaker72/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2855/9043499436_0f75c9d696_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/9043499436/)
small-4053 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/9043499436/) by kayaker72 (http://www.flickr.com/people/kayaker72/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing...Brant

[erno james]

That blue on the bridge is wonderful Kayaker...nice long exposure work.

Landscape
Majestic Morning - Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/9040002362_8ee2a01c9c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ernogy/9040002362/)
Majestic Morning - Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ernogy/9040002362/) by ernogy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ernogy/), on Flickr

[Steve U]

Beautiful Brant and ethereal Erno.

[Jonathan Huyer]

Wow some fantastic shots here..! Great work everyone. Here's a "portrait" shot of a cinnamon black bear, taken today in Banff

Canon 1DX, 500 f/4 II lens, 1/500 sec @ f/4, ISO 5000
http://www.huyerperspectives.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-zvp6QDV/0/L/A39Q3703-L.jpg

[Kayaker72]

Congrats Jonathan!!! You got your bear.

[DavidEccleston]

Here's a "portrait" shot of a cinnamon black bear, taken today in Banff
http://www.huyerperspectives.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-zvp6QDV/0/S/A39Q3703-S.jpg
No way! I got a shot of the same bear, look!

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/9002652175_4659998535_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/9002652175/)
Cagney jumping 16" (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/9002652175/) by namethatnobodyelsetook (http://www.flickr.com/people/15493374@N03/), on Flickr

[Jonathan Huyer]

No way! I got a shot of the same bear, look!

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/9002652175_4659998535_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/9002652175/)
Cagney jumping 16" (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/9002652175/) by namethatnobodyelsetook (http://www.flickr.com/people/15493374@N03/), on Flickr

Ha ha that's awesome! Now the question is, did he just escape from the circus, or did he just escape to the circus?

[Steve U]

These are some "beary" good shots.

[Jonathan Huyer]

Just one more from the bear encounter, a brief instant when he turned his attention towards my clattering camera shutter

Canon 1DX, 500 mm f/4 II, 1/640 sec @ f/4, ISO 4000
http://www.huyerperspectives.com/Nature/Wildlife/i-LJckZk5/0/L/A39Q3679-L.jpg

[ddt0725]

LOL! I've been so much enjoying viewing the entries thus far that I didn't even think about which ones to enter myself. Guess I will have to take a look!

[gkphoto]

Category - Landscape
Title - Rose
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/9054931782_8c09ae610d_c.jpg

[ddt0725]

Here are a few recent ones ...

Category- Portrait
Title- Camera Fixation


http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5335/9028678137_25a5890dba_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/9028678137/)
Curiousity (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/9028678137/) by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/dtrociophotography/)), on Flickr

Category - Landscape
Title - One is a Lonely Number

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5459/9038935244_83249a0902_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/9038935244/)
One is a lonely number ... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/9038935244/) by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/dtrociophotography/)), on Flickr

Category - Portrait
Title - "Bambi & Friends"

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/8971804740_b58228faae_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8971804740/)
A yearning for a longer lens moment! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8971804740/) by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/dtrociophotography/)), on Flickr

Category - Landscape
Title: A Beautiful Morning

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/8968046811_9fdd0b8966_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8968046811/)
It's a Beautiful Morning (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8968046811/) by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/dtrociophotography/)), on Flickr

[JJphoto]

haven't posted for a while coz well too busy..haha... Steve, good idea,,, makes me want to take some bird picture again!
made sure Joel hasn't posted any yet:p, so here I go, a bird portrait from backyard...
Category, portrait,
title, blue bird in backyard
http://imageshack.us/a/img259/8571/5tme.jpg

[ahab1372]

Finally went to do some night shots. I actually tried to catch the golden hour on Mount Hamilton, but arrived too late, so I thought I might as well stay a bit and see what the night brings. The moon was too bright for starscapes, but it illuminated the 120inch telescope nicely. And I did not have a flashlight, so I accepted it gladly :)

Title: Big White Lens At Night
Category: Landscape
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2870/9065727682_f9598be36e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76937997@N07/9065727682/)
102_MG_2514 - Version 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76937997@N07/9065727682/) by ahab1372 (http://www.flickr.com/people/76937997@N07/), on Flickr
T3i, EF-S 15-85mm @15mm, f/4.5, 21s, ISO 1600

and this one would be called : "Moving Subject" The telescope was spinning as if they were playing carousel for a children's party, many times right in the middle of an exposure. I also got a few with the lights on inside the telescope, but I did not manage to get a really good shot of that.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/9063501965_614eb82ec3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76937997@N07/9063501965/)
102_MG_2515 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76937997@N07/9063501965/) by ahab1372 (http://www.flickr.com/people/76937997@N07/), on Flickr
same settings as above

both pretty much straight out of camera/Aperture, I currently don't have a proper monitor setup for pp

[Busted Knuckles]

Title: Big White Lens At Night

Yea, that qualifies as a big white lens - but I don't see the red ring......

[ahab1372]

Yea, that qualifies as a big white lens - but I don't see the red ring......
How about you and I go up there one night with a bucket of red paint and a big brush?

[bgood]

This is probably a little late for a photo of the week (last week that is), but I'll submit it anyway. Was attempting a high key image, but ended up liking it a bit more contrasty.
Category - Portrait
Title - Really Dad Another One?

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/9071561297_c78e2ee98d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/9071561297/)
High Key (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/9071561297/) by B_R_T (http://www.flickr.com/people/bthurgood/), on Flickr

[Steve U]

Some great shots coming in.
Entries close this Sunday. We made the first one a week and a half just to get started.
So my time Sunday night, we'll close it and if you miss the cut off, well you just go into week#2.

[Raid]

This is probably a little late for a photo of the week (last week that is), but I'll submit it anyway. Was attempting a high key image, but ended up liking it a bit more contrasty.
Category - Portrait
Title - Really Dad Another One?

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/9071561297_c78e2ee98d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/9071561297/)
High Key (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/9071561297/) by B_R_T (http://www.flickr.com/people/bthurgood/), on Flickr

That's very good will have to try this myself.
It would be interesting to see what this shot would be like if you allow only the eyes to have colour.

[Mark Elberson]

This is probably a little late for a photo of the week (last week that is), but I'll submit it anyway. Was attempting a high key image, but ended up liking it a bit more contrasty.
Category - Portrait
Title - Really Dad Another One?

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/9071561297_c78e2ee98d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/9071561297/)
High Key (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/9071561297/) by B_R_T (http://www.flickr.com/people/bthurgood/), on Flickr

Love it! The right side of her face looks a little hot but that may have been your intention. Beautiful image of your beautiful daughter :-)

[Jayson]

Kids took me to the safari park for Father's Day. I couldn't help but grab a few shots out the drivers window.

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v115/p1658207008-4.jpg (http://www.alderimages.com/p196376427/e62d63b20)

[Busted Knuckles]

How about you and I go up there one night with a bucket of red paint and a big brush?

OK - I will be out in So. Cal. in late July early August.

Seriously though we could go up to Big Sur or some other interesting place on Fri/Sat (Meetings are always on Thursday for some reason)

[ahab1372]

OK - I will be out in So. Cal. in late July early August.

Seriously though we could go up to Big Sur or some other interesting place on Fri/Sat (Meetings are always on Thursday for some reason)

I'm all for it. I'm almost certainly around, Europe will be later in August if all works as planned. Let me know when you have dates.
Anyone else wants to join a west coast meetup?


Arnt

[bgood]

That's very good will have to try this myself.
It would be interesting to see what this shot would be like if you allow only the eyes to have colour.

Here's one from the same shoot (different daughter) where I did leave the eyes colored, except on this example I didn't amp up the contrast.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7277/7660102530_676d2ed27b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/7660102530/)
The Eyes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/7660102530/) by B_R_T (http://www.flickr.com/people/bthurgood/), on Flickr

[bgood]

Love it! The right side of her face looks a little hot but that may have been your intention. Beautiful image of your beautiful daughter :-)

I agree Mark, it's a little hot on the right side, but I guess I shouldn't expect much different as it was shot with high key in mind and a goal of sort of fading out the right side of her face into the background. Instead, I looked at it and then added the contrast back in post.

[DavidEccleston]

bgood, I love the first daughter shot. Perhaps dial down the saturation on the second one's eyes? The sudden saturation coupled with the enormous pupil doesn't work to my eye.

[Raid]

bgood, I love the first daughter shot. Perhaps dial down the saturation on the second one's eyes? The sudden saturation coupled with the enormous pupil doesn't work to my eye.

The eyes grab you, I have got to try this with a big girl.

[rlriii13]

There was a writeup a while back on how to do a quick and dirty version of this in Lightroom. I'd link to it, but I can't seem to find it. (Maybe someone can help me find it.) The PP on this one took me like 90 seconds. Not nearly as good as bgood's images, but it was quick!

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6127/5949939633_d2e77c0ff8_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlriii13/5949939633/)
110714-0006-RLR-Edit-2-2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rlriii13/5949939633/) by rlriii13 (http://www.flickr.com/people/rlriii13/), on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

This is my Portrait Entry.

It's a Bluejay and somewhat ordinary but what struck me about this frame is that I saw a ghostly face in the trees immediately when I saw the image on the back of my camera. Does anyone else see the weird face in the background? It gave me the creeps!

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v85/p1685041572-5.jpg

[bgood]

bgood, I love the first daughter shot. Perhaps dial down the saturation on the second one's eyes? The sudden saturation coupled with the enormous pupil doesn't work to my eye.

Good suggestion. I'll have to give it a try and see if it softens the eyes a bit.

[Tounis]

I finally had some time to go hiking last saturday. It was the first weekend with a nice weather since what looked like an eternity. As you can see there is still a lot of snow on the mountaintops. It was the first time I carried my tripod all the way up there. The little villages you can see in the valley is the place I'm coming from. Every picture I posted on the forum this Winter came from this valley.

Taken with my 6D and 17-40.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7359/9086024831_07b16d6a11_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tounis_9/9086024831/)
A late Spring (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tounis_9/9086024831/) par Tounis_9 (http://www.flickr.com/people/tounis_9/), sur Flickr

[Steve U]

You might have to be geographically banned from image assignments Pierre, it's just not fair...... :)

[cls]

Several great contributions to this thread!

Mine may not do too well in the tough competition but still I choose to add this shot from yesterday evening. The idea was to try to use the rising full moon in some way. I played around with the moon and the navigation mark differently placed in the frame, and when this boat drove by it sort of improved the balance.

1870

[conropl]

CLS - Great wall hanger. Yesterday was a great day to get a moon shot. Well done.

Tounis - That is a great shot, and the wild flowers in the forground really threw it over the top... great composition.

[Joel Eade]

This is my second entry....Pileated Woodpecker Portrait

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v112/p1666569450-5.jpg

[Tounis]

You might have to be geographically banned from image assignments Pierre, it's just not fair...... :)

Well, without this little advantage I don't think I would be able to post much here, as I can't really compete in terms of skills. On the other hand, I'm not cheating as much as I could. The Matterhorn, for example, is just an hour away from my place, and I still haven't posted any pictures of it :p .



Tounis - That is a great shot, and the wild flowers in the forground really through it over the top... great composition.

Thanks a lot for your comment Pat.

[Steve U]

Great entries everyone, 2 final picks have been selected and moved to the new Image of the Month thread.