2016 Image of the Week #40

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 40 will be from Monday September 26th through/including Sunday October 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 Joel Eade
Good luck!!

"Tourist"

https://c4.staticflickr.com/9/8155/2...e76d64fe_z.jpg
Ireland by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

Canmore Sunrise (6-shot panorama)

https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscape...85-Pano-X2.jpg

"In for the Winter"

https://c5.staticflickr.com/9/8127/2...607bfdaf_b.jpgSmall-8247 by kayaker72, on Flickr

Fall Morning

http://www.alderimages.com/img/s11/v31/p470006082-5.jpg

Lunch time
https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7748/2...c89d7141_b.jpg1DS31597 by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

Castle Mountain Aurora
The view from Banff at 2:45 this morning

https://photos.smugmug.com/Nature/No...E8A0985-XL.jpg

"Power Lines"

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8558/2...8231a4f7_b.jpgSmall-8149-2 by kayaker72, on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8353/2...094baedd_o.jpgmilkybarn by Kapa¨s, on Flickr

Finally had some weather to try this out again with the new irix f/2.4 15mm blackstone lens. 7 images on vertical panorama. Hopefully finally tonight also can catch good aurora shots. Been so foggy and rainy last weeks.

https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8434/2...d79b5b2f_c.jpg
Self-Portrait in IR by Sean Setters, on Flickr

Dang it guys.....ease up a bit.....these pics are amazing!!!

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Originally Posted by Joel Eade

Dang it guys.....ease up a bit.....these pics are amazing!!!

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Second That!!

https://vimeo.com/185095576

Finally some auroras.

Joel - You have some tough decisions to make. I don't envy you.

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Kalalau at Night

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8204/2...39d2679e_k.jpgKalalau Day and Night 1 by Patrick Hildebrant, on Flickr

https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5328/2...6109c21d_c.jpgBonavista Harbour by Stephen, on Flickr

Stephen

https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8543/2...8e76f392_c.jpg
Braaains! by Dave E, on Flickr

Wow...so many amazing entries this week. I can't recall ever seeing so many superb entries in one week before.

It is a tough choice but.....I am giving the win to Jonathan for Canmore Sunrise. The composition, warm colors and stillness of the water are just great. Also the planning and execution behind the scenes on this one is to be congratulated.

Not easy to pick one this week because all the entrants are so nice.

Well done everyone!!!

Great shot Jonathan!

Wow thanks so much! I thought this contest was over when I saw Brant's "Power Lines" shot... I really like that one.
My shot did take a bit of planning, and a lot of stubbornness. I had made several trips there, and I wasn't going to give up on the spot until I got what I wanted. That particular morning it was actually raining just 5 minutes earlier, and I was fully ready to pack it in. But then a small patch of red appeared, and a few seconds later the sky completely took off. The next minute was completely frantic. I had just enough time to do two sets of panoramas, before the colour vanished. Landscape photography is supposed to be calm and contemplative, but this was as wild as photographing a polar bear right in front of me. I know the saturation in the picture looks a bit jacked up, but trust me it's not! It was a crazy morning, well worth setting the alarm clock for.
Thanks again everyone!

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Originally Posted by Jonathan Huyer

Wow thanks so much! I thought this contest was over when I saw Brant's "Power Lines" shot... I really like that one.

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Thanks Jonathan. Glad you liked the shot. And, it definitely sounds like you earned it. Just to contrast, mine was the last night of a visit back to family in Idaho. My mom and I had talked about photographing that nights sunset. We were at my sisters house, just finishing up dinner, and I realized that I was about to miss it. So, we hoped into my rental, zipped off and I was able to get the reflection off the clouds in two stops (power lines was the second) and then late blue hour in downtown Moscow.

So, planning does pay off. ;)

Well deserved! Great choice Joel and awesome shot Jonathan! That was a heck of a week!