2020 - Image of the Week #14

[Kayaker72]

Welcome to TDP forum's "Image of the Week" competition. Each week photographers may submit their images for the title of "Image of the Week." Weekly winners will then compete on a monthly, quarterly, and in our annual poll for the title of "TDP Forum Image of the Year."





Week 14 entry period will be from Monday, March 30th through/including Sunday, April 5th.
Please provide a title for your image.
This is an open competition for landscape, portrait, architectural, macro, or any other appropriate photographic style.
Images should have been either recently taken or processed.
Enter as many times as you would like.




This week will be judged by Sean Setters.

[Karsaa]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49720151651_14a7229970_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iKALRZ)Lake Reflection (https://flic.kr/p/2iKALRZ) by Kari (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kasaari/), on Flickr

[Tounis]

View from Riffelberg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49726169118_17647051a4_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iL8BDq)Riffelberg (https://flic.kr/p/2iL8BDq) by Pierre (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tounis_9/), on Flickr

[cls]

"By the Sea"
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49734037317_2d324010ea_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iLPWA2)
By the Sea (https://flic.kr/p/2iLPWA2) by cls-70 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cls-70/), on Flickr

[Jayson]

Since the only thing I can shoot is from my front porch...Grackle Getting a Drink.

https://www.alderimages.com/img/s/v-10/p3876517543-5.jpg (https://www.alderimages.com/wildlifeinnature/ee70ef6a7)

[Joel Eade]

Spring time in my backyard

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3877030993-5.jpg

[cls]

"Anemone Hepatica"
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49738911478_4739dc3827_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iMfVvh)
Anemone Hepatica (https://flic.kr/p/2iMfVvh) by cls-70 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cls-70/), on Flickr

[Dave Throgmartin]

Isolated Bald Eagle

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49739482193_74fe252b5f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iMiRac)2020_02_29_3343_LR_upd_14x11 (https://flic.kr/p/2iMiRac) by dthrog00 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dthrog00/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Dave

[Sean Setters]

Well, this was a tough one. I appreciate Karsaa's Lake Reflection, but I feel like it needs a foreground element. I like Tounis's mountain, but I feel like it's a forced "rule-of-2/3s", and I want more of the foreground elements leading to/highlighting the mountain. Dave's bald eagle framing makes him look majestic, but the abundance of in-focus branches are somewhat distracting (although they do balance out the image a bit).

In the end, I'm going with cls's "Anemone Hepatica." I liked the image's dreaminess, yet the in-focus elements are sharp and stand out well. And for what it's worth, cls's "By the Sea" was a close second or third, as I really liked the human element in the scene.

[Kayaker72]

Congrats Claes!

[Zach]

awesome job Claes

[cls]

Thanks guys!

[Jayson]

Congrats Claes!