2017 Image of the Week #5

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 5 will be from Monday January 23rd through/including Sunday January 29th.
• 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!!

"Cinciarella"

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Cinciarella by Andrea Magnelli, su Flickr

The ice sculpture festival is on at Lake Louise -- always worth a visit!

True North
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-...qnhzWMB-XL.jpg

I think I'll try one more car shot...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/734/32...b4fe0546_c.jpg
The Lights Over Broughton Street, Take 2 by Sean Setters, on Flickr

"Twain Twacks"
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/758/32...50d7101c_k.jpgIMG_7834-2WM by gerard melillo, on Flickr

Who ?
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/330/31...df3ce87e_b.jpgGreat Gray Owl by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/415/32...7fdfbbc0_o.jpgSunset by Kari, on Flickr

I was bit late to get picture of the pearl clouds, but managed to get crepuscular rays.

3 image hdr with Sigma 15mm f/2.8 EX DG Diagonal Fisheye

Northern Flicker (yellow shafted)

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....88308964-5.jpg

Sorry for the minor delay in selecting the winner. My ISP decided to release a firmware update that bricked hundreds of thousands of cable modems yesterday. Thankfully my wife managed to snag a replacement this morning before they ran out of stock.

I'm giving this week to Joel's fantastic Northern Flicker. Clear and sharp, smooth background, and a large subject.

Stuart's Grey Owl is an awesome shot of a rare bird, but due to the poor shooting conditions, isn't the winning shot. Stuart, hopefully you get to see that owl again, but with some sunshine. Good job getting the AF to track in poor light and falling snow.

I also like Jamsus' colorful Cinciarella. Wish our birds were as colorful as these guys. Fairly sharp and lots of feather detail.

I really had a hard time deciding between these three. Consider yourself all winners if you like. ;)

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Originally Posted by DavidEccleston

Stuart's Grey Owl is an awesome shot of a rare bird, but due to the poor shooting conditions, isn't the winning shot. Stuart, hopefully you get to see that owl again, but with some sunshine. Good job getting the AF to track in poor light and falling snow.

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Just to voice an alternate opinion, I think the lighting for Stuart's shot is perfect and I love all the falling snow in the shot. It creates drama and adds a lot to the overall setting of the image. I'd be beyond delighted if I got a shot like that. Anyhow I don't want to take anything away from Joel's shot, which is also stellar. I like the fact that we have different judges each week for this challenge, because of the various perspectives we get from each.

I also love the falling snow look, and I'm impressed with AF tracking a flying bird in snow. But, I don't like the lighting for two reasons.

First, the overcast day brings a need for higher iso, thus noise, thus loss of detail.

Second, the overcast/snowy conditions bring completely flat lighting, where I'd prefer to see some directionality to the lighting, helping to define the shape of the bird.

It's an awesome shot (we really do have 3 winners), but it's missing a tiny bit from being first.

Congrats! nice work everyone!

I totally agree that the light is flat and a bit of sun would have given it some depth . I also agree with you choosing Joel's shot over mine, awesome detail and colours.I will definitely try and find him again when there is better light.

I should also point out that as for the autofocus tracking , it was snowing very lightly and I didnt like the very small flakes. I wasnt able to clean it up to my liking so I added more snow in photoshop.

Thanks....I appreciate the kind words and am honored to be picked this week.

Stuart. I think the shot is outstanding. Given moments you had to get it right. Wow.

Joel's is great as well.

Thanks to all for sharing