Image of the Week..Week#13

[Steve U]

Entry period will be from Sunday to Sunday, with this week closing on the 15th September.
Only two categories; Portrait and Landscape
Portrait- Anything with eyes, 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 and this week judged hopefully by JRW one of our pro's that always has "real world" advice.

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.
Start posting your new shots here.

[Steve U]

Kick it off with an image from one of the events that I attended.

Portrait Photog.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2827/9718331437_334506ed8a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steves_life/9718331437/)
Photog (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steves_life/9718331437/) by Steve's Life (http://www.flickr.com/people/steves_life/), on Flickr[/img]

Thanks for viewing.

[Steve U]

Should have cropped that right hand corner, didn't look as bad on black.

[Local Hero]

Here is my entry. I was getting out my gear when my son wanted to help out taking a few shots. after I was done I setup my stuff so he could take some portraits of his monkey.

My son was taking a picture of his monkey with the 6D and 50mm f/1.4. I took the behind the scenes shot with a 60D and 40mm f/2.8 pancake.

This is also the first image I've tried the VSCO film affects on and I think I like it. I was hesitant to try it out but so far I'm liking the results. This is one of the classic film effects but I don't recall which one.

http://patricklandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Helper.jpg

[sedwards]

here are my entries
the first one i was just driving around and happend to see a bunch of deer. I was pretty far and only had a 200mm lens so i couldnt crop very much , but i still like it.
portrait "Supper time"
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3678/9711692523_a11406f292_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94381946@N07/9711692523/)
supper time (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94381946@N07/9711692523/) by sedwards679 (http://www.flickr.com/people/94381946@N07/), on Flickrr

i noticed a little creek at the bottom of a gulley while driving so i pulled over and snaped a few pics at the bottom. it was nice and quiet , all you could hear was water trickling.
landscape"tranquility"
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5449/9698366460_6ee29b4451_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94381946@N07/9698366460/)
IMG_0244 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94381946@N07/9698366460/) by sedwards679 (http://www.flickr.com/people/94381946@N07/), on Flickr

[Jonathan Huyer]

Virtually all my shots are landscapes, so I should start balancing that off a bit with a portrait once in a while. Here's one of me and my smarter half, a little ways north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, a few days ago. This shot was a group effort --- I set it up, another person clicked the shutter, and a third person operated the flashlight.

1988

[Steve U]

Very cool Jonathan.

[bouwy]

Here's my, what else but a shot of one of my grand kids, playing on the beach which looks like a muddy affair.

Landscape: Where is my shovel and bucket
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3703/9721082823_1460ea7437_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45623289@N02/9721082823/)
IMG_2798-2allegra (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45623289@N02/9721082823/) by bouwy1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/45623289@N02/), on Flickr

[bouwy]

I attended a Beach Wedding couple years ago, and the boys obviously had enough of the all the hustle and bustle and decided to escape. They were unaware that it was an out going Tide...

Landscape: Long wait
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6041/6858021864_90b2ab5fbe_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45623289@N02/6858021864/)
IMG_3877.JPG (http://www.flickr.com/photos/45623289@N02/6858021864/) by bouwy1 (http://www.flickr.com/people/45623289@N02/), on Flickr

[Jonathan Huyer]

Wally I really like the "long wait" shot a lot. It definitely tells a story! And the fact that there's a sailboat out in the distance makes us complete the dream in the boy's mind.

[Kayaker72]

Some great images so far this week....

Steve---great self portrait

LH--classic capture...you are raising him right :)

Jonathan---how many people have a picture like that...ok...how many that don't live in Yellowknife...epic picture

Sedward---I really like both

Wally---I agree with Jonathan...great story...two great shots

[Jonathan Huyer]

Jonathan---how many people have a picture like that...ok...how many that don't live in Yellowknife...epic picture

Thanks! I saw a tour guide doing this for his clients on an earlier night, and I thought I'd give it a try. It took several trials and errors, but fortunately the aurora was long lasting and we had the time to play. I returned the favour to the people who helped me out, by taking their pictures too. This is a very good time to travel to Yellowknife, since the lakes aren't frozen yet and the aurora is quite active. Another good time would be March/April next year... but bring your woolies!

[Kayaker72]

Ha....I remember your post last March...I think September is the best time to go.... :cool: For night photography, do you usually use the 24 f/1.4 II or can you get by with other lenses? I've tried it a couple of times and haven't been too happy yet.

Part of the crazy weather that has been going on in the US, Wednesday was 96 F with humidity and today is expected to be 70 F and dry. In the transition we picked up 3.5 inches of rain and had a number of thunderstorms roll through....granted, nothing like what Colorado has seen...

Landscape "26 Degree Swing"
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/9736311041_2a88fc2415_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/9736311041/)small-6701-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/9736311041/) by kayaker72 (http://www.flickr.com/people/kayaker72/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/9736291521_55f39f7715_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/9736291521/)
small-6727 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/9736291521/) by kayaker72 (http://www.flickr.com/people/kayaker72/), on Flickr

[Jonathan Huyer]

Ha....I remember your post last March...I think September is the best time to go.... :cool: For night photography, do you usually use the 24 f/1.4 II or can you get by with other lenses? I've tried it a couple of times and haven't been too happy yet.

Hey Brant -- great lightning shots! I rented the 14 mm f/2.8 last March and used it a bit alongside the 24 f/1.4. It worked well and it's definitely on my long-term wish list. I liked the fact that it doesn't warp the horizon when you tilt it up, like some other ultra-wide angle lenses do. The 24 f/1.4 is great at f/2.0 but you'll get noticeable coma wide open at the corners (on a full-frame). The big advantage is faster shutter speeds for aurora (which can move pretty fast). But for straightforward star photos, you can probably do perfectly well with a 16-35 zoom lens at f/2.8, or something equivalent.

[Joel Eade]

Landscape entry for week#13 : "Sunrise over Lake Cumberland"

1DX
17-40mm f/4L @ 40mm
ISO 200
f/7.1
1/640

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v27/p2074758680-5.jpg

[Joel Eade]

Portrait Entry for Week#13 "My Son"

1DX
70-200mm f/2.8L II IS USM @ 200mm
f/7.1
ISO 200
1/160

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v31/p2115022088-5.jpg

[cls]

Today I got out of bed way too early for a Sunday and left home at 5.30 a.m. for some dawn shooting. The results were rather poor but I had a good time and got a few keepers. I like this one and decided to post it to this week's landscape category - I think it kind of describes the upcoming autumn mood. (I only wish they had used another rope.)


"The Boat"
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2886/9762218076_496607896c_o.jpg

Thanks for viewing!

[Kayaker72]

Portrait Entry for Week#13 "My Son"

......is Jim Harbough? ;)

[Joel Eade]

Good choices.....congratulations to the winners!

[Steve U]

Thank you JRW, congrats CLS and all the other entries.
Now on to the next one and I will try and get together the winning entries for the Photo of the Month as well and ask Sean to give me a hand with that again.

[cls]

Thanks jrw and congrats Steve!