Image of the Week...Week#5

Entry period will be from Sunday to Sunday, with this first one closing on the 21 July.
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 Jonathan Huyer, who I think lives in about the prettiest spot that I have seen.
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.

I'll kick off with a shot from the weekend and my first solo texture effort after an intensive on-line tutorial by the super talented Denise, who demonstrated incredible patience as she walked me through the process. So thank you to her and I give a promise to keep trying and refining this new artistic skill.
But to my oafish Portrait effort titled;
It was only puppy love

[img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3779/9...2bffdfc7_b.jpg
It was only puppy love.. by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

Thanks for viewing.

I did a bit of recent retouching on a favorite of mine from last year (can't help it I just keep coming back to it and playing with this and that). Anyway, this was an attempt to do a natural light portrait using the sun as a back light and using reflectors as the front lights. Kudos to my daughter for putting up with Dad and my experimenting.

Title: Sunday Staredown

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/9...5584197f_b.jpg
Sunday Staredown by B_R_T, on Flickr

This one is from last week as I was taking candid shots of my nieces and nephews playing in my parent's yard.

Title: What? I'm not doing anything. (just before he tore up Grandma's flower bed)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/9...9063e8c1_b.jpg
What? I'm not doing anything. by B_R_T, on Flickr

Portrait entry: Nice to see you. Saved this bee from drowning in the kids pool. While he was drying, he allowed some portraits. The rest on my blog.

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s9/v90/p1754000026-4.jpg

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Originally Posted by Steve U

Each category will have a winner each week and this week judged hopefully by Jonathan Huyer, who I think lives in about the prettiest spot that I have seen.

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Hey I'd be delighted -- that will be quite an honour. But already I can tell that it will be a difficult job --- these shots are fantastic. The bar keeps rising each week!

Portrait: My Family

This was a selfie taken using the RC-6

• 5DIII with 70-200 f/4 IS and ST-E3 on a tripod
• ISO 200, 97mm, f/5.6, 1/200 sec
• (2) 600 EX-RTs bounced into a silver umbrella camera left
• (1) 600 EX-RT bare, camera right and back for rim

Attachment 1917

Here's a few from a recent shoot:

Portrait: Headshot (my first ever attempt at headshots)
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/9...0bb5606f_c.jpg

Portrait: Face Paint. the girls saw some photos like this and wanted to replicate it.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3715/9...6fa98738_c.jpg

Portrait: Country girl
http://www.nickvitalephotography.com...55164012-4.jpg

Here's two landscape entries from me, creatively named "Catching Lightning 1" and "Catching Lightning 2"

http://i.minus.com/ijdFmL4iIbgqm.jpg

http://i.minus.com/ibvRfxN7D22PqM.jpg

Some great shots everyone.

Here is my Landscape Entry....."Still Standing"

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2855/9...f1636f1f_b.jpg
small-4635 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Thanks
Brant

Some great shots this week, well done guys.
Don't forget to have your vote in the image of the month poll. :rolleyes:

Catagory: Landscape
Title: Sometimes Things are not as They Seem

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2811/9...216a0f59_c.jpg
Reflections -6751 by westmichigan, on Flickr

Edit: The picture is actually upside down. The Birch trees sticking up are the reflection.

Finally have some landscape shots.

Landscape - The old barn

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s9/v86/p1628092098-4.jpg

Landscape - Bloom

This one is from a vine growing on the back fence. Taken at 3x magnification.

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v...55977161-5.jpg

My entry under portraits:
"It's so FLUFFY"

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/9...0281a925_b.jpg
small-4976-2 by kayaker72, on Flickr

A few more for fun...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/9...f0d22406_b.jpg
small-5017-2 by kayaker72, on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/9...2e879a98_b.jpg
small-5042 by kayaker72, on Flickr



Thanks for viewing...Brant

This my week #5 entry in the portrait category: My grand daughter Lilly:o

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....46973794-4.jpg

Here's my two (both taken within the last 8 days):

Portrait:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/9...70de0aed_c.jpg
Terrence and Daughter 1 by budrowilson, on Flickr

Landscape:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3726/9...3a36b8dc_c.jpg
The Daytime Storm by budrowilson, on Flickr

My entries for this week will be two recent shots from a vacation trip last week. We spent several lazy days at the seaside and while the rest of the family were reading I was looking for photo opportunities.

My entry for the landscape category will be one of many sunset shots from the trip (the place is made for sunset shooting):

"Sunset rocks"
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/9...7d03aa35_o.jpg

For the portrait category I selected a shot of a juvenile black-headed gull that was hanging around at the same spot along the shoreline as we.

"Not yet black-headed"
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5529/9...d0d787ca_o.jpg

Thanks for viewing!

Here's a portrait I'll throw into the mix. I got a candid shot of my girlfriend's father at the beach today.
"Kinda Smiling"
http://i.minus.com/ibczyt7huAjF0b.jpg

And here is another landscape one before the deadline. I am going to call this one "Brave" because that's what I was called when bringing my 5D3 out on the water with me.

http://i.minus.com/inwNIJn7V1fGw.jpg

We'll close it here and let Jonathan get started with the judging.:)

Wow these are all terrific... I'm really glad the entry period is just one week long, otherwise there would be far too many excellent photos to choose from. I picked two black & white photos as the winners: In the portrait category, Brian's "Sunday Staredown", for the eye-catching pose, highlights, and bokeh. It's a unique shot that makes you stop and stare right back. And in the landscape category, I picked Brant's "Still Standing", for the leading lines, strong lighting, contrast, and story-telling composition. Awesome job everyone, and thanks so much for the honour of being this week's judge!

Good choices....congrats to the winners:)

Nice picks, very deserving. Congrats Brant and Brian!

Congrats Brant and Brian, well done.
And thank you Jonathan for your thoughtful consideration of the entries.
This is the spirit I hoped this assignment would embody, high turnover, good quality and great diversity. Onwards to week#6.

Nice job everyone, and congratulations Brian and Brant

Thanks everyone and Jonathan. There were some good pictures that still have me captivated. This thread is quickly producing some great shots and is definitely encouraging me to get out and shoot. Thanks again Steve for starting it.

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Originally Posted by bgood

Thanks everyone and Jonathan. There were some good pictures that still have me captivated. This thread is quickly producing some great shots and is definitely encouraging me to get out and shoot. Thanks again Steve for starting it.

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+1...I am just repeating Brian at this point, but thanks Jonathan for the selection and everyone for you kind comments. There have been a lot of amazing shots on this thread which I have been enjoying immensley.