Image of the Week...#14

Entry period will be from Sunday to Sunday, with this week closing on the 22nd 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 Steph, his recent portraits that she he shared are just superb.

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 start with a landscape, not a new one, but it will get the ball rolling.

Landscape Pure Porsche
[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7...df3e91ec_b.jpg
Porsche_5 by Steve's Life, on Flickr[/img]

Thanks for viewing.

Here is a shot from a little while back. Portrait entry - Sad Face


http://www.alderimages.com/img/s9/v96/p1792668075-4.jpg

Portrait entry - Try and catch me.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/9...53898824_c.jpg

I'll post one in the landscape category.


A quiet place.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/9...8770beea_b.jpg
A quiet place by Tounis_9, on Flickr

'Seasons Changing'

Tonight's sunset on Mount Rundle over Vermilion Lakes, Banff. The dusting of snow on the mountain came yesterday... which means it's time to put winter tires on the car!

http://www.huyerperspectives.com/Lan...1E8A3817-L.jpg

Fantastic shots by everyone so far. Steve, is that yours? ;)
Here's my portrait entry, "Scotty and Michelle"
http://i.minus.com/i0o5lttweaMVY.jpg

Agreed, there are a lot of great shots this week. Below are my entries.

Portrait: "Greetings and Salutations"
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3753/9...97ae97f3_o.jpg
small-6816 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Landscape: "Blackbird"
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3805/9...cd63f08f_o.jpg
small-6872 by kayaker72, on Flickr


Thanks for viewing....
Brant

'Momentary Pause'

After several attempts on hikes I finally got a shot of a very elusive little rodent, called a Pika. These cute little critters are like hamsters on steroids. They can be found at the treeline, living among rock piles. They sprint between the rocks and rarely stand still for even a second. You need the patience of Job to get one (and more than a little dexterity to scramble over the rocks with a big lens).


http://www.huyerperspectives.com/Nat...1E8A3873-L.jpg

You are a great hunter Jonathan, for images that is.

Nicely done


Arnt

Here's a portrait for you. I'll call it "To Bee or Not To Bee?"

Clue: It's not a bee.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/9...38975062_b.jpg
Hoverfly on Buddleja by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr

Portrait Entry Week #14

Young Pileated Woodpecker

1DX
500mm
ISO 1600
f/4.5
1/800

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....84067828-5.jpg

This one is closed now. I am still waiting to hear from Steph. We'll give him a little bit longer.

I'm going to step in here and after long consideration award the best portrait to,

David Eccleston love the light and colour, just an eye catching image.

And give the landscape image to Pierre/Tounis who lives in a beautiful part of the world and captures those images nicely.

Really liked the bird, the barn and the bee shot as well and really strong from Jonathan again. Thanks everyone.

Thanks Steve. Congrats Tounis, you've got a ton of awesome landscape shots.

Congrats guys. Well earned.

Very well chosen, Steve. I really liked the backlighting on David's shot --- that is so hard to execute, and he did it perfectly. And Pierre's photo makes great use of a foreground element to add dimension and beauty to the scene. Congrats guys!

Steve, you're too kind.

As I said on the flickr page of this picture, I wasn't very happy with the pictures I got from this place. I made many mistakes while taking them, mainly because my feet were sinking in the little swamp where those flowers had grown, and because I'm not used to taking pictures in a hurry. When I came back home, I thought I wouldn't be able to do anything with it, but in the end I could at least save this one.

It gives me a reason to go back there and do better. I was alone in this valley (and some chamois and marmots) for several hours, in an almost complete silence, and it was great.

Thanks all for your very kind comments, and for the great pictures you keep posting on this forum.