Image of the Week...Week#9

[DavidWare]

It will be my pleasure to judge this weeks selections. I'm sure it's going to be difficult. Looking forward to everyone's entries!

[erno james]

Steve, you're cute, but the Coffee Girl is a tad cuter. You know my thoughts on your self portrait already; one of your best!

Jon, you nailed the Perseids! Great work. Does Canmore stand for "CANnon can do MORE?"

[Jonathan Huyer]

Jon, you nailed the Perseids! Great work. Does Canmore stand for "CANnon can do MORE?"

Thanks! You could be right, but I'm also curious if living here makes me a Canmoron..?

[Jonathan Huyer]

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.

Thanks Pat, and yes that lens review does look very good! You're probably right that the 18-35 would be better for the crop body. The 24 mm prime is just barely wide enough for sky shots on a full-frame body, but I'm definitely happy with it.

[Kombi]

Landscape




Portrait

[sedwards]

portrait
i call this one "howdy"

_MG_6837-3 by sedwards679, on Flickr

[ddt0725]

Steve, that self-portrait is superb and should be entered in many contests! A sure winner IMO!

Landscape
After The Rain


After The Rain by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr

[Steve U]

Thank you Denise and Brian, but you guys probably just don't worry enough.
The treatment and processing on that rose is just superb Denise.

[Steph]

The treatment and processing on that rose is just superb Denise.

I agree, it looks great and very natural. What did you do and with what? I'm willing to give it a try one of these days.

[ddt0725]

I agree, it looks great and very natural. What did you do and with what? I'm willing to give it a try one of these days.

Thank you! This is a photo of a rose from my garden. I used the "quick selection tool" in CS6 to remove the rest of the rose bush and used a painterly texture by French Kiss set at normal blending mode for the background. I believe I also added another layer of the texture over the entire image at very low opacity with a soft light blending mode.