2015 Image of the Week #8

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 8 will be from Monday February 16th through/including Sunday February 22nd.
• 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 DavidEccleston.


Good luck!!

I'll get things started....

"Warm Thoughts"

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/...09cc8f18_b.jpgsmall-6355 by kayaker72, on Flickr

David, Piazza Michelangelo

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/...dc951dca_c.jpg
David, Florence by Andrea Magnelli, on Flickr

"Sun's Rays"
Taken with a 6 stop ND filter to capture the clouds movements.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s7/v156/p789443647-5.jpg

"Portrait Painting"
I have always wanted to try smudge painting and Valentine's Day brought on this opportunity. It was very time consuming, but a whole lot of fun. Definitely doing that again.
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s12/v...41598358-5.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/...7d1bf484_c.jpg
Our Valentine's Day Image by budrowilson, on Flickr

"Owl Scowl"

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8574/...9bbb0833_h.jpg
Owwl by jerrytech1, on Flickr

Jerrytech1,

I look at this photo "Owl Scowl" and can't help but wonder how many times I've walked right past a photo like this and never had a clue it was there!! :)

"Reaching"
http://www.alderimages.com/img/s12/v170/p41891292-5.jpg

Sunrise Snowscape....this was my yard today following a very unusual heavy snow here in Kentucky (12-14 inches). We see snow regularly in winter but this much only happens every decade or so!

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....79490361-5.jpg

Playing around with my 100-400 II and snapped this one of my new roommate's cat. Wish I had stopped down a little bit so I could have caught her other eye better, but I do like how it turned out.


"Rat the Cat"
170mm
f/5.6
1/80th
ISO 500
http://i.imgur.com/zxN3iZf.jpg

Bluebird has the blues.....

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....84364737-5.jpg

Landscape: Point Imperial Morning

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8597/...22c6f769_c.jpg
Point Imperial - North Rim Grand Canyon by ernogy, on Flickr

Portrait: "Retro Life"
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8639/...1def57f1_b.jpgRetro Portrait by syncro_kombi, on Flickr

There are some really excellent photos this week. I do not envy Dave....

But Kombi, I really have to give you some props for that shot. It looks like the real thing. Spectacular. I'd love to hear what went into making that shot.

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Portrait: "Retro Life"
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8639/...1def57f1_b.jpg
Retro Portrait by syncro_kombi, on Flickr

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Wow! That is really well done. You really paid attention to the details to keep everything from the period you are trying to portray. The only thing I saw that was not from that period is something obscure that gets missed in a lot in these kind of photos. That is, the ear rings... back then, they would be clip on and not pierced.:)

Pat

I call this one "Desert Sentinel". It was taken 2/19/15 in SE New Mexico.

Attachment 2395

Now to figure out how to make it look "normal"?

Geek...welcome to the forum...you are in good company ;)....and, nice shot!

As a quick FYI. Many post links to their photos outside TDP, such as Flickr. But, if you want to upload directly to the forum, you can. To get the photos to be larger than thumbnails, you can double click the image and then select the size you would like it to appear.

Welcome to the forum.

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Now to figure out how to make it look "normal"?

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To make you feel better, I do not think I have ever seen anyone's first post of a picture show up as anything other than a small thumbnail that has to be clicked on to see it big. So you are in good company.

It just goes to proving posting images here is not a very intuitive process. Doing it through flickr is easier, and you can limit view-able sizes w/o re-sizing the file... which saves a step (and time).

Pat

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Welcome to the forum.


To make you feel better, I do not think I have ever seen anyone's first post of a picture show up as anything other than a small thumbnail that has to be clicked on to see it big. So you are in good company.

It just goes to proving posting images here is not a very intuitive process. Doing it through flickr is easier, and you can limit view-able sizes w/o re-sizing the file... which saves a step (and time).

Pat

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Kayaker72 and Pat, I appreciate the encouragement! And yes, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to resize the image so that it would post. Sounds like flickr is the way to go.

:Architectural:

"Looking up"
https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8608/...f5e7fd8a_c.jpg
Looking up by zachary T., on Flickr

It's Monday where I am, barely, and I have a stupidly busy day ahead, so I'm posting a bit early. Hopefully nobody on the West Coast had a last minute image planned... there's always next week!

I like Kayaker's "Warm Thoughts". It's going down -35C here this morning, which makes this picture very inviting, and I imagine a lot of us are wishing we were there. As inviting as this picture is, no, it's not my selection.

Everyone knows I'm a sucker for shots of our furry friends, and DavidWare's "Rat the Cat" shot is really nice. I like to color combo, the eye detail, the catchlights, and the merle-y nose... but it's not my choice either.


The extra effort put into Kombi's "Retro Life" shot puts it on top. Nicely setup, and the aged yellow tinted image with some vignetting all add to the retro feel.



Congrats Kombi!


And finally, welcome Geek. I like your shot too. Very saturated, which can be a tricky look to pull off nicely. I'm curious... Is that just the top of that plant, or is that down at ground level? It looks like there might be blades of grass just the to left of the main plant, which would put this down near ground level... and that makes me wonder what's up with the barbed trip-wire?

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Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

And finally, welcome Geek. I like your shot too. Very saturated, which can be a tricky look to pull off nicely. I'm curious... Is that just the top of that plant, or is that down at ground level? It looks like there might be blades of grass just the to left of the main plant, which would put this down near ground level... and that makes me wonder what's up with the barbed trip-wire?

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A Big Contrats to Kombi, Great shot!!

This is actually the top of a palm yucca and the top stand of a 5 strand barbed wire fence. There is a small hill behind that makes the silhouette appear to be closer to the ground. I now know to be a little more careful editing on my laptop. The picture was not quite so saturated on that display. I noticed the difference after posting, but decided to just leave it.

Thanks for the encouragement!

Congrats Kombi! Like that retro shot.

great shot kombi :D

Congrats Kombi! That was an overall excellent shot! Great subject, lighting, idea and execution.

Thank you so much everyone!
It was a fun shoot. I have a couple more from the shoot I've edited up on flickr.
https://flic.kr/s/aHsk5aLj7K

Enjoy!