2015 - Image of the Week #31

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 31 will be from Monday July 27th through/including Sunday August 2nd
• 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 Conropl
Good luck!!

"...hey!"

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/538/1...01f4251c_b.jpg


Canon EOS 60D
EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
ƒ/8.0
300.0 mm
1/400
ISO 400

The close up

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/425/1...c7b64e08_c.jpgLouisiana Devil's-claw (Proboscidea louisianica) by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr

focus stacked
ƒ/2.8
40.0 mm
1/350
ISO 400

BOKEH
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/431/1...8f7a9451_c.jpgBokeh Tree by Zachary Thompson, on Flickr

"Corny Sunrise"

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s1/v55/p1305287851-5.jpg

"Curious Calf"

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s8/v0/p1360424785-6.jpg

Great entries so far! Here is one from me.

Elliston:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/514/1...76428f5a_c.jpgElliston by Stephen, on Flickr

Stephen

Just back from my annual summer trip back to the Palouse....still looking over photos, but I liked this one....

"Ready to Harvest"

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/285/1...e4c14ea1_b.jpgsmall-9890 by kayaker72, on Flickr

5DIII, 70-200 f.2.8 II @ 160 mm, 1/125, f/9, ISO 160

Blue Moon Over Nags Head Pier
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/391/1...34c38736_k.jpg

"Preening Mallard"

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....56466222-5.jpg

It's been a busy week.
I have wanted to try something since seeing Sean's post about a 17 stop ND filter. I stacked my 10 stop and 6 stop together for this photo taken at 3:30 pm. Taken at f/11, ISO 400, 215 seconds. There was a thunderstorm moving in giving the clouds some great movement.

"200 Seconds"

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s3/v39/p1366140815-5.jpg

Very competitive group of shots this week. I would be happy to have taken anyone of these shots this week. I really had a tough time, and really could not decide. So I decided to chose with a very simple criteria: "if I was in a gallery and had to chose one of these to hang on my wall, and could only buy one... which would it be?"

I pick Jayson's "200 Seconds". Simple subject, yet complicated and unique technique/results; but in the end it is a picture that I could see hanging in my house, office, gallery, etc.

Congratulations Jayson.

Pat

Congrats Jayson....tough week, but that is a great image.....The cloud play is fantastic.

Felicitation Jayson

Congrats!

Congrats! I should have chosen an easier week to submit ;)

Thanks everyone and thank you Pat for the selection! There were some great photos this week!

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Originally Posted by sambisu

Congrats! I should have chosen an easier week to submit ;)

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That was a great shot you had. What lens and aperture did you use? I usually can't get star bursts as nice as that. I was curious about what the number leaf's used in the iris was.

Continued...
Ahh... I looked it up. Your 24-70 II apture was not that small, but the number of blades (I called leaf's) on the lens is 9.

My best landscape lens (24mm II) only has 8 blades on the apture. Odd number of blades will give you twice as many spikes on the star burst, but even number of blades will produce the same number of spikes in the star burst as the number of blades. Your lens will produse 18 spikes and mine will only do 8. I much prefer yours.

Congratulations Jayson! Great shots by everyone here.

Stephen

Great quality work in this week! All inspirational.

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Originally Posted by conropl

Continued...
Ahh... I looked it up. Your 24-70 II apture was not that small, but the number of blades (I called leaf's) on the lens is 9.

My best landscape lens (24mm II) only has 8 blades on the apture. Odd number of blades will give you twice as many spikes on the star burst, but even number of blades will produce the same number of spikes in the star burst as the number of blades. Your lens will produse 18 spikes and mine will only do 8. I much prefer yours.

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Thanks! Yea I love the star bursts I get on the 24-70 II. My wife thought I photoshopped them in to that picture.