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

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06-18-2013, 06:39 PM
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/v...58207008-4.jpg
06-19-2013, 12:43 AM
Busted Knuckles

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Originally Posted by ahab1372

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)
06-19-2013, 01:29 AM
ahab1372

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

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Originally Posted by Busted Knuckles

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
06-19-2013, 03:03 AM
bgood

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Originally Posted by Raid

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/7277/7...6d2ed27b_c.jpg
The Eyes by B_R_T, on Flickr
06-19-2013, 03:06 AM
bgood

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Originally Posted by Mark Elberson

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.
06-19-2013, 04:21 AM
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.
06-19-2013, 07:41 AM
Raid

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

The eyes grab you, I have got to try this with a big girl.
06-19-2013, 03:18 PM
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/6127/5...e77c0ff8_z.jpg
110714-0006-RLR-Edit-2-2.jpg by rlriii13, on Flickr
06-19-2013, 10:02 PM
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....85041572-5.jpg
06-20-2013, 03:06 AM
bgood

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

Good suggestion. I'll have to give it a try and see if it softens the eyes a bit.
06-20-2013, 09:32 PM
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/7359/9...b16d6a11_b.jpg
A late Spring par Tounis_9, sur Flickr
06-20-2013, 09:34 PM
Steve U

You might have to be geographically banned from image assignments Pierre, it's just not fair...... :)
06-23-2013, 08:06 AM
cls

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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.

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06-23-2013, 11:35 AM
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.
06-23-2013, 12:46 PM
Joel Eade

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

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....66569450-5.jpg
06-23-2013, 09:52 PM
Tounis

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Originally Posted by Steve U

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 .

Quote:

Originally Posted by conropl

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.
06-23-2013, 09:53 PM
Steve U

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

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