Image of the Week...Week#11

Entry period will be from Sunday to Sunday, with this week closing on the 1st September.
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 Jason also known as Alder Images.

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 again, with a portrait of Seger and his Mum.
Portrait Seger
[img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/9...b760c719_b.jpg
Seger by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

Thanks for viewing.

Thanks Steve, I would be honored to judge.

Here is my Portrait for the week. This is a Praying Mantis devouring a moth. Nature is not always butterflies and furry cuddly animals.

Title:
The Reality of Nature

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5514/9...f1bd5819_c.jpg
Praying Mantis by westmichigan, on Flickr

7D @ ISO 200
100mm f/2.8L IS Macro @ f/8 & 1/50 sec (manual focus)
w/ 1.4X extender and 48mm of stacked extension tudes.

Attachment 1971

Portrait Entry Week #11 title: "Eagle Eye"

I had the opportunity for some close ups on this bird which is in a rehab facility operated by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. It has a wing injury that they say may be too severe to ever allow it to live in the wild again.

1DX
500mm
iso 1600
f/7.1
1/800

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....21040380-5.jpg

Nice shots so far. Joel: really like that eagle shot.

Here's a portrait from me of the first coyote I've managed to get a picture of:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7299/9...5b77b326_c.jpg
Coyote_01 by NFLD Stephen, on Flickr

Stephen

Here's my landscape entry. Maybe Brant will recognize this area.
"Gonic Falls"
http://i3.minus.com/ibtgzZwKMCpH0K.jpg

My landscape entry for this week will be a recent moonlight shot. This was a very calm evening with almost no wind - most of the leaves kept still for the 20 second exposure.

"Calm"Attachment 1973

Part of the landscape in my back yard. Its 98 DEG F outside. Just too blasted hot to go out for more than a few minutes. :p

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3761/9...497261d150.jpg
IMG_0002 by clemmb60, on Flickr

One of the many flowers growing in my garden. Do not know what variety it is, so I call this one "Wild Flower"

Landscape: Wild Flower
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3833/9...98788ed5_b.jpg
IMG_2524wildflowerwsxs by bouwy1, on Flickr

My grand kids looking a bit lost on our wild walk.

Portrait: Lost
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3765/9...8877aa0d_b.jpg
IMG_2463lrpeteliese by bouwy1, on Flickr

Quote:

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Originally Posted by bouwy

My grand kids looking a bit lost on our wild walk.

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Granddaughter is quite the cutie - I assume the grandson as well.
Hansel and Gretel?

From this last weekend... used a GND and ND.

Landscape
Title: Standing Guard

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/9...75444d58_b.jpg
Manistee Lighthouse Sunset-6094 by westmichigan, on Flickr

We will close this off now and eagerly await Jayson's decisions.

Well I have done some thinking on the weeks picks, lots of great entries.

For the portrait, I am going to pick Pat's "Reality of Nature". Since I am kind of a bug guy, I know how hard it is to catch one of those little dudes. To actually get it having a snack is that much cooler.

For landscape, I am going to pick Dave's "Gonic Falls".

There were a lot of great entries in the competition this week and it was a tough choice.

Congrats to Pat and Dave....good work:), nice picks Jayson!

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to seeing everyone's entries in next this weeks contest.

Thank you Jayson great choices, congrats to Pat and David.

Thank you, and I thank my wife for calling me on my drive home to tell me she had a praying mantis cornered eating a moth. By the time I pulled up into the driveway, she had my camera out and ready to go; and then she got my bag of goodies and tripod out for me. How lucky am I.:D

Jayson - Thank you for judging... after judging last week, I know it is not easy to choose. There were a lot of great shots.