2014 Image of the Week - #8

This entry period for Week 8 will be from Monday February 17th to Sunday February 23rd.

Only two categories of images will be judged:

1. Portraits -- Anything with eyes; people or animals
2. Landscape -- Country, town, city, sea, abstract, things (water drops, smoke, flowers, candles, and so on)

Each category will have a single winner each week. This week will be judged by Pierre (Tounis).

Please supply a title for your image and which category it is entering. Enter as many times as you would like, old or new images.

Good luck!

I had some fun with the kids during the last really cold day. It wasn't cold enough to get them flying, but leave them on the wand for a minute and you got some interesting patterns.

Landscape - Bubbles
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s5/v123/p873576312-4.jpg

Jayson...great concept and capture.....

Bit of a different type of Landscape for me....

"First Church"

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7388/1...174d7821_o.jpg
Small-3497 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Portrait:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/1...f3fa5530_c.jpg
Amanda and the Fisheye Portrait by budrowilson, on Flickr

Landscape:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5482/1...df965cf2_c.jpg
Historic Train Depot in IR by budrowilson, on Flickr

my portrait entry. "snow camo"
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/1...65d26290_b.jpg
IMG_4112 by sedwards679, on Flickr

Portrait - Pandas in the Snow

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s10/v99/p443538761-4.jpg

Some great entries everyone. Owls trapped at Logan International Airport (Boston) are released south of Boston early in the season and north of Boston, at Parker River NWR later in the season. BillW gave me a tip that they were going to release one on Saturday. So, I was able to see one up close....

Portrait...."These Eyes"

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7410/1...112c810e_o.jpg
Small-3839 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Great pictures everyone ! I think it's time to announce the winners. Both categories were close, as I liked pretty much every picture you posted.

The Landscape winner is "Bubbles" by Jayson. As Brant said, that's a great concept and I liked the structure of the bubble and the colors.

The Portrait winner is "These Eyes" by Kayaker72. It's very difficult to see owls outside of a zoo around here, and it's a wonderful animal. Great catch.

Congratulations to the winners and to the others as well.

Congratulations Brant and thank you Pierre! There were some great entries this week!

Likewise Jayson. Great shot and thank you Pierre. There were some great shots this week....

Congrats guys.

Jason - Very cool shot. I always wondered if that could be done, but always thought it would pop before freezing. I gotta try that.

Pat