2014 - Image of the Week #45

Welcome to TDP forum's "Image of the Week" competition. Each week photographers may submit their images to compete for the title of "Image of the Week." Weekly winners will then compete on a monthly, quarterly and finally in an annual poll for the title of "TDP Image of the Year."

• There will be only one weekly winner.
• This entry period for Week 45 will be from Monday November 3rd through/including Sunday November 9th.
• Please supply a title for your image.
• This is an open competition for landscape, portrait, architectural, macro and any other appropriate photographic style.
• Images should have been either recently taken or processed.
• Enter as many times as you would like.

This week will be judged by jamsus

Good luck!!

To get this week started....

"Independent Clock"

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/...4149e231_b.jpgSmall-1899 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Clock tower on Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Canon 5DIII, 24-70 II @ 61 mm, 1/80, f/2.8, ISO 2500 (hand held)

Landscape: Grey Skies

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3949/...830ce0ba_h.jpg
DOCK by jerrytech1, on Flickr

landscape:

looking up
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5610/...0f5f6b80_c.jpg
IMG_57922 by zachary T., on Flickr

landscape:

silhouette!
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5597/...202178c4_c.jpg
IMG_57071 by zachary T., on Flickr

Entry #1 for week #45 "mourning dove"

1DX
700mm
ISO 4000
f/5.6
1/2000

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....51189250-5.jpg

"Baby"
I just finished combining this guy. Spliced his head to a different body shot. It was a little more tricky than I anticipated due to the shadows. His head was tipping as him mom was holding his hands.

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s12/v...67701586-5.jpg

"Welcoming a New Family Member"
This is Grandpa and Great Grandpa meeting the newest addition to their family (my son, born 11/4)
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3948/...528852da_c.jpg_H8A3235 by sambisu, on Flickr

"4 Generations"
And all 4 generations together
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3953/...bf2c4d7d_c.jpg_H8A3234 by sambisu, on Flickr

Not sure if I'm breaking any rule submitting that second picture since I didn't actually take it (since I'm in it). But I did set everything up and then just had someone else take the picture.

"FREEFALL"
composite of 6 images, 3 of helicopter, one of each jumper and background
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5610/...08679b43_b.jpgFreefall by syncro_kombi, on Flickr

La Paz airport

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3944/...7d4877c3_b.jpg

curious for feedback on this photo as well. A lot of editing happened and curious how obvious it is to people other than me.

The entries are good as other times, and to pick one is really difficult.

This week my preference goes on "Welcoming a New Family Member" of sambisu.

I'd like to explain why. Is not my genre, i do not like portraits\pictures of family situation etc, but i did not even look at the title and i already know what was happening there, and the "focus" on the hand is really really "heavy", nice shot sambisu!

Andrea (jamsus)

Wow...thanks! That image obviously carries a lot of emotion for me and I wasn't sure if that would come through at all for others.

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Originally Posted by sambisu

Wow...thanks! That image obviously carries a lot of emotion for me and I wasn't sure if that would come through at all for others.

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You know, it is a classic. But classic doesn't mean trivial.

I liked it also if it wasn't my favourite genre :)

I was debated between some images, but at last i choosed that for that reason.

Congrats sambisu! Great shot with a lot of emotion.


... as the winner has been selected...Kombi...that shot cracks me up. Hilarious and really well done.

Nick....first off, another great image. But, as you asked, I can see a few things, the only one that I'd try to work on is the halo just above the plane. I'd try to get tighter to the plane with the (assumed) highlight/exposure reduction.