2021 - Image of the Week #24

[Kayaker72]

Welcome to TDP forum's "Image of the Week" competition. Each week photographers may submit their images for the title of "Image of the Week." Weekly winners will then compete on a monthly, quarterly, and in our annual poll for the title of "TDP Forum Image of the Year."

• Week 24 entry period will be from Monday, June 7th through/including Sunday, June 13th.
• Please provide a title for your image.
• This is an open competition for landscape, portrait, architectural, macro, or 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.

[Joel Eade]

Crested CaraCara preening


5D MKIV
600mm f/4L
1/1000 sec
f/4.0
ISO 1000

[Kayaker72]

"Up Early"

537A7865 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[NFLD Stephen]

Red Gates:

Red Gates by Stephen, on Flickr

Stephen

[DavidEccleston]

I know I can't vote for myself, but hey, more fox pics.

I got to try out the 600mm on a CF Gitzo w/ Gimbal. The lens was sharper wide open in lower light than when I had it lightly stopped down when there was a more light. I think the high-ISO noise of the 7Dmk2 was to blame there. My "the light is fading F/4 1/250s and hope for the best" shots were all much, much crisper than my f/5.0, 1/640th shots.


Surveillance by Dave E, on Flickr

[Joel Eade]

Female Hairy WP

[Zach]

"Indian Blanket"
_MG_9326 by Deer Creek Photography, on Flickr

[Zach]

"Duck Portrait"
_MG_8631 by Deer Creek Photography, on Flickr

[Don Miguel]

Finale of the Eclipse of the Super Moon of May 26, 2021. Simple jpg no processing.

[DavidEccleston]

This week goes to Joel's "Crested CaraCara preening". A close-up of an unusual bird, grooming.

Brant, I like the "Up Early" shot, just prefer the CaraCara. Perhaps would like to see a bit more going on, but the lack of things going on, aside from the one fishing boat, is precisely your point.

Stephen, some nice framing w/ the gate pillars, and leading lines with stone edges of the pathway. I'm wondering what the orange/red stuff on the roof is.

Joel, nice Woodpecker. Clean background. But nothing we haven't seen from you before.

Zach, nice flower macro. I'd prefer a wider DOF, or maybe a couple focus stacked images to get the full flower sharp.

Zach, lots of detail in your duck portrait. The B&W treatment is different, but the subject too common.

Don, welcome. With only an edge of the moon eclipsed, it's hard to tell this apart from a shot of a nearly full moon. Like most of us, you don't have enough reach to get much moon in the frame. You'd need to balance the lack of reach with something else interesting in frame.