2014 Image of the Week #5 & 6

[Kayaker72]

This entry period will be from Monday January 27th to Sunday February 2nd for Week 5 and Monday February 3rd through Sunday February 9th for Week 6.

Only two categories of images will be judged:




Portraits -- Anything with eyes; people or animals
Landscape -- Country, town, city, sea, abstract, things (water drops, smoke, flowers, candles, and so on)



Each category will have a single winner each week. This week will be judged by David (DavidWare)

Please supply a title for your image and which category it is entering. Enter as many times as you would like, old or new images.

Good luck!

[Jayson]

Landscape - Hoarfrost

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v104/p995409628-4.jpg (http://www.alderimages.com/macro/e3b54bedc)

[Kayaker72]

Anyone object to just rolling this into a combined thread for weeks 5 & 6 with David the judge for both? Feel free to post or PM me if you do object. Otherwise, later today, I'll modify the post.

Thanks,
Brant

[Sean Setters]

Sounds like a plan (by the way - I changed the title to reflect the combined weekly contest).

[Sean Setters]

Okie dokie....here's my landscape entry for Week 6:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2871/12224033585_e2501f4773_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/budrowilson/12224033585/)
360-Degree Panorama: Public Square Park, Nashville, TN (http://www.flickr.com/photos/budrowilson/12224033585/) by budrowilson (http://www.flickr.com/people/budrowilson/), on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Anyone object to just rolling this into a combined thread for weeks 5 & 6 with David the judge for both? Feel free to post or PM me if you do object. Otherwise, later today, I'll modify the post.

Thanks,
BrantOK with me!

[Vern]

A male bluebird portrait 2138from Feb 1st.

[DavidWare]

So I will be making my decision next Sunday then? And still just two pictures or do I have to pick 4 now?

[Sean Setters]

You'd be judging all the pictures that get submitted to this thread up through Sunday. Maybe you could judge them Sunday night? Or Monday sometime?

[Kayaker72]

Sorry everyone, I got busy today and didn't keep up with the thread. I know this is a reversal in my thought process, but in the interest of fairness, I recommend that Jayson's excellent "Hoarfrost" be the Week 5 Landscape winner, as no portrait was entered, there will not be a Week 5 portrait winner. Then we can keep using this thread going forward for Week 6 with DavidWare selecting a single portrait and a single landscape winner from this thread entered from February 3rd through February 9th. Sorry for any confusion.

Thanks
Brant

[sedwards]

ok here is my portrait entry. title " is it spring yet ? "
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3699/12297469133_c4480c2671_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94381946@N07/12297469133/)
IMG_3686 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/94381946@N07/12297469133/) by sedwards679 (http://www.flickr.com/people/94381946@N07/), on Flickr

[Jayson]

Landscape - Pinewood Derby

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v132/p608649046-4.jpg

[Tounis]

I didn't have much time lately and the weather wasn't helping. Anyway, here's one from late 2013.

Landscape : Another view of the Mont Blanc

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7454/12295007575_94ac35ff9e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tounis_9/12295007575/)
Another view of the Mont-Blanc (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tounis_9/12295007575/) by Tounis_9 (http://www.flickr.com/people/tounis_9/), on Flickr

[Vern]

Sorry everyone, I got busy today and didn't keep up with the thread. I know this is a reversal in my thought process, but in the interest of fairness, I recommend that Jayson's excellent "Hoarfrost" be the Week 5 Landscape winner, as no portrait was entered, there will not be a Week 5 portrait winner. Then we can keep using this thread going forward for Week 6 with DavidWare selecting a single portrait and a single landscape winner from this thread entered from February 3rd through February 9th. Sorry for any confusion.

Thanks
Brant

What about my bluebird portrait? :(

[Kayaker72]

What about my bluebird portrait? :(
Hi Vern. It looks like your bluebird portrait was submitted on Monday February 3rd which would place it in week 6. Davidware will be judging all photos submitted between Monday February 3rd and Sunday February 9th to select the Week 6 winners.

Again, I apologize for the confusion.

[Jayson]

Received a little snow

Landscape - A Little Rime On The Side

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v103/p679400316-4.jpg (http://www.alderimages.com/snowflakes/e287ed37c)

[Jayson]

Portrait - Squirrel

Food is hard to come by sometimes around here. This little guy attacked my son's cub scout project and took it home for the family. Son was a little disappointed that the Dark-Eyed Juncos we have in the area weren't able to have some, so I had to make another.

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v117/p53473157-4.jpg (http://www.alderimages.com/nature/e32fef85)

[Sean Setters]

Portrait Entry: Self-Portrait Using DSLR Controller

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3817/12390163575_de83bdec21_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/budrowilson/12390163575/)
Self-Portrait Using DSLR Controller (http://www.flickr.com/photos/budrowilson/12390163575/) by budrowilson (http://www.flickr.com/people/budrowilson/), on Flickr

[DavidWare]

I tried picking my winners yesterday, but the site was down for me, so here we go.

For my landscape winner, I chose Tounis' "Another View of Mont Blanc", what an outstanding shot!

And for my portrait winner, I chose Jayson's "Squirrel", another great capture.

Everyone had some great entries and it was a bit tough to narrow them down. Thanks again for having me judge this weeks contest!

[Jayson]

Thanks Dave! Congratulations Pierre! That was a great shot.

[Tounis]

Thanks a lot David and Jayson. I'm happy you liked it.