2022 - Image of the Week #11

[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 11 entry period will be from Monday, March 7th through/including Sunday March 13th.
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 cls.

[Kayaker72]

"Snowy Morning"

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51920730912_7192314f46_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n74jpJ)537A7542 (https://flic.kr/p/2n74jpJ) by kayaker72 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/), on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Great Kiskadee in flight

https://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p106004743-5.jpg

The R5 AF with the RF100-500 had no trouble locking focus and tracking this small fast flyer.

This frame was captured just before it dove into a small pond and came up with a large tadpole!

[Zach]

"She's a Lady"

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51925279529_dff59b5b47_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n7sCya)Untitled-19 (https://flic.kr/p/2n7sCya) by Deer Creek Photo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191336345@N02/), on Flickr

[Zach]

"Daffodil Days"

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51917647300_c3f04a1ce7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n6MvL1)Untitled-14 (https://flic.kr/p/2n6MvL1) by Deer Creek Photo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/191336345@N02/), on Flickr

[HDNitehawk]

Catch the Early Morning Sun
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51925501259_f230021c3f_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n7tLt6)Good Morning Meadowlark (https://flic.kr/p/2n7tLt6) by hdnitehawk01 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55888666@N08/), on Flickr

[neuroanatomist]

"Beach Flight"
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51923399817_2820d8943e_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_brain/51923399817/in/album-72157624462563459/lightbox/)
EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II, 1/2500 s, f/4, ISO 250

[neuroanatomist]

"Staring Contest"
(Alternate title: Brant's Owl from a Different Vantage Point :))
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51923399732_bd5d826e06_b.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_brain/51923399732/in/album-72157624462563459/lightbox/)
EOS R3, EF 600mm f/4L IS II, 1/3200 s, f/5.6, ISO 500

[HDNitehawk]

Did I miss the memo. Is it Snowy Owl week?;)

I do have a real question, I haven't posted in a while and mine is a Flickr link. On my work computer it looks soft, but on Flickr it does not.
How are you guys uploading yours?

[Kayaker72]

Did I miss the memo. Is it Snowy Owl week?;)


Are all the owls getting a little boring?;)

"Naptime"

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51924786921_ebeadd1331_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2n7q77V)537A7767 (https://flic.kr/p/2n7q77V) by kayaker72 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/), on Flickr



Did I miss the memo. Is it Snowy Owl week?;)

I do have a real question, I haven't posted in a while and mine is a Flickr link. On my work computer it looks soft, but on Flickr it does not.
How are you guys uploading yours?

Looks sharp on my computer, both in Flickr and here at TDP. Years ago, I thought I noticed that if you have too large of a file when setting up the BBC code in Flickr that it sometimes TDP compressed the images a bit oddly. Ever since, I have always brought photos over here at 1000 to 1600 horizontal pixels. The forum is set up for 1000 horizontal pixels. So maybe something there.

But, like I said, looks sharp to me.

[Joel Eade]

Did I miss the memo. Is it Snowy Owl week?;)

I do have a real question, I haven't posted in a while and mine is a Flickr link. On my work computer it looks soft, but on Flickr it does not.
How are you guys uploading yours?I agree that TDP "softens" images a bit. They always look sharper in Photoshop compared to the uploaded files. Maybe that is due to compression. I usually upload using a URL directed to the image in my Zenfolio account. I try to sharpen the image a bit more than I normally would but I do not resize them to 1000 pixels wide. I may try that though.

[HDNitehawk]

Ever since, I have always brought photos over here at 1000 to 1600 horizontal pixels. The forum is set up for 1000 horizontal pixels. So maybe something there.

But, like I said, looks sharp to me.

I edited and I saved it at its largest file size on Flickr and posted to TDP. TDP downsized it but now it looks better on the TDP side to me.

Thanks

[HDNitehawk]

I agree that TDP "softens" images a bit. They always look sharper in Photoshop compared to the uploaded files. Maybe that is due to compression. I usually upload using a URL directed to the image in my Zenfolio account. I try to sharpen the image a bit more than I normally would but I do not resize them to 1000 pixels wide. I may try that though.

It seems to me I loose something downloading even to Flickr.
In the instance of the pic I poste the sun reflection at the tip of the beak on the computer at home is a perfect little star burst, and you barely make it out on Flickr.
I haven't posted much online in the last few years, if I start to again I think I should switch to a different type format rather than Flickr.

[Joel Eade]

I post on another forum occasionally that limits posts to 250kb and 800 pixels wide,

To achieve this I use a function in Photoshop called "Save for Web"

It is found under File > Export > Save for Web

This opens a window that allows you to easily manipulate the size and resolution of the image.

Also it seems to maintain pretty good sharpness.

[cls]

It looks like last week’s submissions were kind of biased towards flying creatures ;-)
I think there are a few really good submissions, but the one that gets my vote is the "Staring Contest" by John. I think it’s an excellent portrait of the snowy owl – a photogenic creature that I’ve (so far) never seen live.
/Claes

[Zach]

Congrats John!


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[Kayaker72]

Congrats John!

[Joel Eade]

Beautiful image John....congrats!

[HDNitehawk]

Congratulations John, beautiful bird and capture.