Image of the Week...Week#9

[Steve U]

Entry period will be from Sunday to Sunday, with this week closing on the 18th August.
Only two categories; Portrait and Landscape
Portrait- Anything with eyes, people, animals
Landscape- Country, town, city, sea, abstract, things (water drops, smoke, flowers, candles and so on)

Each category will have a winner each week and this week judged hopefully by David Ware, who is a prolific poster of high quality shots.

Then a poll to sort out monthly winners.

Please supply a title for your image and what category you are entering in. Enter as many times as like, old or new images.
Start posting your new shots here.

[Steve U]

I'll kick off again, with a rare self portrait.
Why Worry

Why worry by Steve's Life, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.

[bgood]

I'll kick off again, with a rare self portrait.
Why Worry

Why worry by Steve's Life, on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.

Fantastic shot Steve. I wish my self portraits looked as compelling. Great work!

[Sean Setters]

Great shot Steve! I saw that one on your Flickr photostream and thought you did a good job capturing yourself.

Portrait (couldn't decide between the two):


Dakota Grey - A Basket of Love by budrowilson, on Flickr


Dakota Grey - Weighing In by budrowilson, on Flickr

Landscape:


Dakota Grey's New World by budrowilson, on Flickr

[Steph]

Very cute!!

I can imagine both parents standing just out of the frame ready to jump if the baby moves Or, at least, that's what I would do...

Edit: About Sean's 2nd picture (and 1st too)

[Sean Setters]

Very cute!!

I can imagine both parents standing just out of the frame ready to jump if the baby moves Or, at least, that's what I would do...

Edit: About Sean's 2nd picture (and 1st too)

You're exactly right! The baby's mother and father were just out of the frame on both sides with their hands up just in case. :-)

[Jonathan Huyer]

This shot is just 8 hours old.... a pair of Perseids from last night's show. I was up for two hours, with the camera shooting continuously, before snagging this great reward. I was trying different settings through the night, starting with 30 seconds at ISO 400, then 15 seconds at ISO 1600, and finally 8 seconds at ISO 3200 (which is this shot). Of course the higher the ISO, the brighter the meteors will appear. I used my spiffy new 24 mm f/1.4 prime, wide open. This view is just a half mile from my front door, by the way.... I do like living here!

"Perseids over Canmore"

[conropl]

...I used my spiffy new 24 mm f/1.4 prime, wide open.

Really cool shot. I have been think a lot lately of taking pictures like the one you posted here, and it is that desire that has put this lens at the top of my wish list. However, I may have to opt for the sigma 18-35 f/1.8 instead since it seems to look better on a crop body based on Bryan's testing, and his review he posted today. Again... well done, and well worth the couple of hours.

[cls]

@Jonathan: That's a really cool shot of the Perseids. I had some plans myself to try to get a shot of them, but yesterday night was all overcast/rainy. Thanks for sharing!

[Steph]

Landscape: dry, very dry



Portrait: coffee - Italian style