2014 - Image of the Week #29

This entry period for Week 29 will be from Monday July 14th through/including Sunday July 21st.

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 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 know that Tounis likes photographs of mountains, so I'll try my luck with this view up Glen Etive towards the two shepherds.

Landscape: "The Long and Winding Road". This road is over 20 km long, single track with passing places.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3879/...5e5e353d_b.jpgBuachaille Etive Beag and Buachaille Etive Mòr by Andrew Stringer, on Flickr
In the Scots Gaelic language, buachaille = shepherd, beag = small and Mòr = big.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Andy Stringer

I know that Tounis likes photographs of mountains, so I'll try my luck with this view up Glen Etive towards the two shepherds.

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Ha....well played....

Landscape: "Can you say Mooselookmeguntic?"

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/...1620b7c5_b.jpgSmall-8457 by kayaker72, on Flickr

5DIII 24-105 @ 24 mm, 1/80, f/9, ISO 100 with 2 stop hard edge Lee Grad ND filter

This was taken from a favorite overlook in the Rangeley Lakes region of Maine....The main lake is Mooselookmeguntic, but you can see a sliver of Richardson Lake too. Rangeley is off to the right of the frame.

looks like we thought of the same time to post kayaker lol.

landscape
"Sunset Road"
http://images2.alphacoders.com/521/521284.jpg

Portrait:
"The Silly Shot"
http://images7.alphacoders.com/521/521283.jpg

Not sure if I've shared this before.
Landscape:
Coffee pot of Sedona
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9...00/NAIT-P3.jpg

Love the Sedona area Kombi....nice shot....

I'll do a second one this week...

Landscape: "On the Trail to Dunn's Falls"

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/...e7bec936_b.jpgSmall-8489 by kayaker72, on Flickr

I'll throw in a couple I took last weekend

Landscape: Blue Cypress Lake sunrise
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/...50a705b2_c.jpg


Cypress and storms
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/...53545e66_c.jpg

Portrait - The Flash

My 3 boys were fascinated with The Flash after watching an episode of Big Bang Theory. So we attempted to make our own flash.

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s12/v...37878685-5.jpg

Nick - All I can say is wow!

Here are a few of my favorites from last night (we had a nice clear, cool night):

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/...c736d517_c.jpg
Little Sable Point -5010 by westmichigan, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5588/...d94f1a83_c.jpg
Lake Michigan Shore-5007 by westmichigan, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/...34cb5e5a_c.jpg
Montague Pier-5019- by westmichigan, on Flickr

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5585/...2f4cd8fc_c.jpg
Montague Pier- by westmichigan, on Flickr

Landscape entry for week #29 : Music City Centre, Nashville

1DX
24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM II @ 24mm
ISO 1600
f/5
1/3200

3 images bracketed @ -2, 0, +2 processed with photomatix pro and CS6


http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....15675205-5.jpg

Landscape entry

"Evening Swim"
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/...c4c17429_c.jpg

7D, EF-S 17-55 @35, f/4
ISO 100
1/500 sec
3-frame HDR (+/- 1.33 EV)

Wow some great shots in this week's collection --- especially the landscapes! I'll throw in a portrait shot, taken yesterday at a mountain bike race I was in. This is one of my teammates flying through his lap. 1/125 second shutter speed.

24 Hours of Adrenalin, Canmore

Attachment 2247

Judging this week contest wasn't easy, especially in the landscape category. I went back and forth between many of your submissions, and had a great time looking at them and trying to come out with a decision. So here it is...

For the landscape category, I'll go with nvitalephotography's "Blue Cypress Lake sunrise". I like pretty much everything on this picture, from the subtle colors to the nice composition and the great setting. The only criticism I could come up with is that mountains are clearly lacking :) . I'm just kidding of course.

For the portrait category, I do really like Jayson's "The Flash". The face is in focus while everything else is moving, and the fact that the boy is on the right part of the picture makes me think he was so fast the camera couldn't catch up with him.

As I said, there were a lot of great entries this week, so congrats to the winners and to all of you who submitted something.

Thanks Pierre! Congratulations Nick! Looking at all of the landscapes this week, what a challenge that would have been choosing. Definitely a whole bunch of wall art this week. Great work everyone!

Pierre - You made good choices in a tough week to have to judge.

Congratulations to the Nick and Jayson... well done.