2014 - Image of the Week - #19

This entry period for Week 19 will be from Monday May 5th through/including Sunday May 11th.

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 conropl

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!!

Mother's Day is around the corner so I needed to grab a shot of the little ones for a card or two.

Portrait - Silly Brothers

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s6/v137/p114958954-4.jpg

portrait wascaly wabbit

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/...2aa5d592_b.jpgIMG_7009 by sedwards679, on Flickr

Here is a "portrait" from yesterday:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5331/...b6bde44b_z.jpgMoose by NFLD Stephen, on Flickr

nice closeup , looks like she's blowin you a kiss lol

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Originally Posted by sedwards

nice closeup , looks like she's blowin you a kiss lol

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Yeah, a bit of a slobbery one though!

Good fortune was with me Easter morning as I just dropped off family at the airport at 0415 am, so it was a rush up a volcano to catch sunrise atop Haleakela on Maui's summit. I could hardly believe my eyes as the first light on the distant horizon was sandwiched between two layers of clouds. I am sure that all several hundred onlookers that morning will remember what they did on the morning of Easter, 2014.

Landscape - - - Madame Pele's Fire
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L
3.2 sec
f/22 (to create the starburst)
ISO 125
3-stop reverse GND

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5522/...f4924f3e_b.jpg
Madame Pele's Fire ver 2.0 by ernogy, on Flickr

Landscape:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2926/...55144929_c.jpg
Erigeron pulchellus [16x9] by budrowilson, on Flickr

Portrait:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7396/...e00464a1_c.jpg
Zack Petty Senior Portrait by budrowilson, on Flickr

Landscape - White Clover

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s12/v...90961213-4.jpg

Portrait Entry for Week #19 "My friend, Bob"

Bob is a talented singer, songwriter and guitarist. This is a picture I took of him in a recording studio.

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....50860279-5.jpg

I don't envy Pat....the shots already posted this week are excellent.......

Landscape - Blossom

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s7/v164/p791807331-4.jpg

Sean, tell that cadet he has horrible trigger discipline and shouldnt be holding the magazine like that. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Kayaker72

I don't envy Pat....the shots already posted this week are excellent.......

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Thanks a lot Brant:mad:

It is going to be hard this week, but keep them coming... I can take it.:cool:

Seriously though, some great images this week. I hope we get more.

Pat

Landscape for week #19 "Down on the farm"

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....41026236-5.jpg

Landscape - German Village, Columbus, OH. http://bimmermail.com/GV/gv11-sm.jpg

Great shots everyone....

Portrait: "Tiny Journey"

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2904/...bf291b27_o.jpgSmall-6147 by kayaker72, on Flickr

This was a great week for the "Image of the Week". It makes for a tough decision.

Joel - Any other week you would have been an easy winner. However, this week Erno pulled out an absolutely beautiful capture of a scene that not many get the chance to see. This weeks Landscape goes to Erno.

For the portrait pick of the week, I went with the human element. This weeks pick goes to Joel's "My Friend, Bob". Great shot... great light.

A couple of other comments though:
Jayson - I think the blossom shot is one of the best I have seen from you. I really enjoyed that one a lot.
Sean - I really enjoyed your flower shot. I would have pulled in tighter, but I do not think it would have been near as effective. You taught me something this week... I need look at leaving more negative space. I tend to crop tightly, but sometimes it can be more effective leaving more canvas. Thanks.

Pat

Thanks Pat;)

Agreed on all points, Pat. Erno's shot is jaw-drop inducing. Anytime I see a shot and say "Wow" out loud and make my wife ask what I'm wowing about... :eek::D

And love the portrait, Joel. I find people shots to be the most difficult to shoot and process. I'm always impressed when someone makes it look easy because I know how difficult it is.

Ooh, and this is post #666 for me. Uh-oh.

The kind words here are truly appreciated and also are quite humbling. All entries were really top notch and it seems that there has been more action on the assignments. Congrats to Joel on a beautiful people-scape.

Congrtulations winners! Thanks Pat for your kind words. Much appreciated.