Tuesday, February 21, 2012
I Believe I Can Fly!
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic capture marjorie64 :-)
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peregrinations ...
February 13th, 2011
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic photo loicg :-)
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see the full serie on black here : www.behance.net/gallery/prgrinations-asiatiques-/2851427
Tre occhi (Explored FP)
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful photo Robin DF :-)
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Monday, February 13, 2012
La Défense #2
February 2012
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous photo sistereden2 :-)
Girl in the corridor
February 2012
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this awesome photo tanakawho :-)
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Standing Guard
January 28th, 2012
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous capture cgrantk, well spotted.
La coupe * Istanbul
January 28th, 2012
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic black and white image sistereden2 :-)
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Ground Doves
January 20th, 2012
3-WAT TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with his fantastic photo DHARIN :-)
Closing In
January 20th, 2012
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic photo benjeev :-)
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Droplet Highway
January 14th, 2012
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this amazing macro S q u a r e E y e s :-)
A rose, alone in the rain
January 14th, 2012
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous capture denty1 :-)
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Strobist info:
Nissin off camera Flash fired on half power, from above left.
Shelter
January 14th, 2012
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful photo mynamesdonny :-)
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Really is Better On Black
One from the archives. Taken almost a year ago...and I just decided to pull it into post pro and see what I could do. Taken somewhere in between Austin and Dallas.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
You never walk alone!
January 7th, 2012
TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful capture karospictures :-)
Lonely Cadillac
TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful photo Sherlock77 (James) :-)
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connections
January 7th, 2012
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous photo weltreisender2000 :-)
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View On Black
Saturday, January 07, 2012
A Land of the Forgiven
December 30th, 2011
TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this stunning photo Peter :-)
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Jean de La Fontaine (1621 – 1695)
Pont Saint-Louis * Paris
December 30th, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous capture sistereden2.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Rain-flection days
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this incredibly cool photo Anne :-)
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Elise at Thunder Bridge
December 18th, 2011
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fun image John Pearman :-)
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Copyright John Pearman www.johnpearman.co.uk
Trocadéro * Paris
December 18th, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous photo sistereden2 :-)
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La ville des pas perdus
La vie oblique
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Baa, baa, blackbeige sheep
December 10th, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this amazing capture i eat stars :-)
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The folder with my flickr "in-waiting" photos is about to burst. I have waaaay too many pics that haven't been posted.
This is from back in 2009 on my hike in the Peak District. Being the animal lover I am, I kept deviating from the group's path and jumping at every opportunity to catch one of these cute creatures :))
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Untitled
December th, 2011
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this amazing photo Riccardo Villani :-)
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Fujifilm X100
Padley Gorge
December 10th, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous landscape atomstitcher :-)
Via Flickr:
The lovely copper and green shades of the gorge in Autumn. Flickr was massively washing out the colours of this one, so I had to make an overly saturated version to look correct after upload. Weird.
Nikon D300s
Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/21 @ f9
Lee 0.6S GND
5 stop HDR
Best viewed large on black.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
The Smaller Hoover Dam
November 30th, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful photo Brandon Townley :-)
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This is Hoover Dam in Westerville, Ohio...Not the one out west!
HDR Info:
Five tonemapped images, combined using Photomatix.
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Untitled
November 30th, 2011
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fun photo helle-belle :-)
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I still haven't posted last week's selfportrait. I've taken it, but I haven't processed it. I'm far too busy unwinding after a stressful couple of weeks.
So for now, these two rejects from last week's polka dotted series :-)
thankful
November 30th, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic capture ana.gr :-)
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Feliz Martes de Nubes!
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
today I am thankful for the health that my family has.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
FALLEN SOLDIERS
November 21st, 2011
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this beautiful capture P Squared Pics :-)
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With Remembrance Day coming up on Friday its important to remember those who have fallen to make this a world a better place.
The Terminal
November 21st, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo conest with this fabulous capture Stefan's Page :-)
Gas Town Sci-Fi
November 13th, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this incredible image P Squared Pics :-) Amazing!
Via Flickr:
My take on Sci-Fi Gastown in Vancouver. Just another try at some Photoshop fun. Still learning all this stuff.
savannah sky
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this incredibly beautiful photo justbelightful :-)
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Okaukuejo - Sunset Reflection
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous capture Sally :-)
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Pra Patom Chetiya Temple
November 6th, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous capture lifeispixels :-)
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A quiet corner in the temple. A monk was seen walking silently back to his abode as the sky was gradually dimming away.
Sony A55 + Sony 18-250mm SAL18250 lens
Old Fashioned Autumn
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this incredibly beautiful photo Tom :-)
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Photographers notes:
Autumn colors at the historic Cedar Creek Grist Mill near Woodland, Washington. Constructed in 1876, the mill still produces flour, corn meal, and apple cider using the original milling processes.
Out on an outing with John, Pat, and Chad. While I took the requisite standard shot from the bridge, the moss on these trees in the foreground was too much to ignore. A bit of lingering fog helped to even out the lighting.
This is a copyrighted image with all rights reserved. Please don't use
this image on websites, blogs, facebook, or other media without my
explicit permission.
© Tom Schwabel, All rights reserved
woomph
November 6th, 2011
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic catch davidnofish :-)
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quite a few of us snapping here after the high winds
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Beyond the emptiness
October 30th, 2011
TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this stunning image blinked, simply gorgeous :-)
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Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet.
Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain into songs.
Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night.
Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence.
I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way.
~Rabindranath Tagore
Fishing Black Tern
October 30th, 2011
TIEDR FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this incredible catch Jeff Dyck :-)
Via Flickr:
The Black Tern is a "Species at Risk" in Ontario. I was directed to an out-of-the-way cattail marsh by a birdwatcher friend where these terns appear to be nesting.
Man - are these things tough to photograph in flight! Trying to keep the focus tracking on these birds is a real challenge - when they are flying straight at you they have a very thin profile and the focus has trouble locking on and even when you get them side-on they continuously bob, weave and make sudden banking turns that are near impossible to predict - I found the best thing to do was let them dive into the water, then lock-on and catch them on thier way back up into the air...
Dark Passage
October 30th, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this awesome photo Kenny Maths :-)
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A portrait of actress Maureen Beattie as Sister Ursula Mary in '27' a new play from National Theatre of Scotland, which starts its run at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh today.
The play is written by Abi Morgan and directed by Vicky Featherstone.
You can find out more about the play (and book tickets) here:
27
This was taken at a press call earlier today and my thanks are due to Andrew Neilson, the Press Officer from National Theatre of Scotland.
You can see more of my NTS pics in my National Theatre of Scotland set.
bottles on the fridge
October 23rd, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic capture Jody :-)
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Abandoned farmhouse in rural Indiana. The house was left with so much intact, it looked like a movie set.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Knocking Down the Beams
October 15th, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous image Brandon Townley :-)
Via Flickr:
Moments after getting set up, Norfolk Southern train 170 knocked down the clear signal at Flint. If you look closely, you can see a clear signal in the opposite direction on the closest track. This was for loaded ethanol train, 68G, which met 170 just north of these signals.
Head-on Evening-Light Short-eared Owl
October 15th, 2011
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous image Jeff Dyck :-)
In The Air Tonight
October 15th, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous image mynamesdonny :-)
Via Flickr:
Dear Global Climate Change,
I really really really don't like you ;)
This has been the hottest and driest year on record in most parts of Texas. It's almost October, and it was 101 today in Austin. 90 days over 100 degrees and 156 over 90 this year. We actually had some rain today and hopefully it was the last 100 degree day of the year, as a "cold front" is blowing in. As I type it's actually a little wet outside and theres a bit off fall in the air! I've been waiting for this for what feels like forever. I'm soooooo in the mood for some cool crisp air and a nice fall day :)
There were really beautiful clouds this afternnon as some rain thought about moving in...and I was lucky to be near a high spot with a great view of the Austin skyline to capture them.
To me...this is what something starting to change looks like. And I'm all smiles :)
Better On Black
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ODC - In the mood
Rue Vide Gousset * Paris
October 7th, 2011
TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic photo sistereden2 :-)
Standing Tall: Penmon Point, Anglesey
October 7th, 2011
TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this stunning photo TheRedTone :-)
Via Flickr:
Please view on black for best effect (press L) or try it on 500px
This is Penmon Point lighthouse or Trwyn Du to give it it's Welsh name and is located on Anglesey in Wales.
Apologies to those who feel as though they've seen this before. This is actually a different shot to the one I uploaded previously and I feel has a far stronger composition.
Many thanks to the folk at The World Through My Eyes who voted this first place in their weekly competition.
Also thanks to the folk at WelshFlickrCymru who voted it third in their September monthly competition/
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Experiment T&S II
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic image Kim Nation :-)
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Friday, October 07, 2011
Fishing Ghost
September 30th, 2011
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in a 3-way tie in the weekly photo contest with this stunning photo YaYappas :-)
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Monte Clérigo (Aljezur), Portugal
100sec, f/16.0, B+W ND110
going-home
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in a 3-way tie in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful photo zip po :-)
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30 St Mary Axe
September 30th, 2011
3- WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in a 3-way tie in the weekly photo contest with this amazing photo benjeev :-)
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I had a bit of a walkabout in London yesterday and finally managed to take a shot of the Gherkin that was worthy enough to post. I find it such a difficult structure to shoot. The way it's positioned makes it difficult to isolate. I was trying not to shoot it in the symmetrical straight up manner as well but it's tough finding a fresh viewpoint on it, I guess because of the way it's shaped. Hopefully I've managed to give a unique spin to it.
This is the 3rd or 4th time now that I've headed to London to shoot this and it's the only time the weather has played nice and I've come away with a decent image. It can be so frustrating when you put in so much time and come away with nothing and yet, so satisfying when things come together just right. The ups and downs of photography - check out Andy Brown's entertaining post on this very topic.
Here's to a good week ahead.
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wild ocean
September 30th, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this amazing image Dyrk.Wyst :-)
Via Flickr:
I have a new making of / tutorial of this picture online on my dyrkwyst texture blog
I remember a very rocky journey on ferry to Porto Santo...
Processed with new textures I've created.
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Reflecting On Oneself
September 30th, 2011
TIED FOR SCOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this super capture dedrot, so cute :-)
Friday, September 23, 2011
Bathing In Stars
September 16th, 2011
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous capture Mark :-)
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Last week's trip to Hidden Peaks was somewhat disappointing. There was no reward for lugging 45 pounds of gear and food in the back country (though the view was still awesome at 7000 ft). No sunset nor sunrise photography. No astrophotography. The ideas I had just had to wait another week.
This weekend, I drove to Oregon with my cousins and siblings. Car camping this time. Trillium Lake was our first option, but all of the spots including 18 first-come-first-serve spots were taken. A quick call to the ranger station and we found us a spot at Clear Lake. The view wasn't as spectacular as the view from Trillium Lake. Still, we had plenty of fun, good food, and plenty of photo op.
The photo above was taken during our second night. Thanks to my cousin and his girlfriend; they were patient enough to stay still for 30 seconds with bugs swarming their faces.
EXPLORE FP: Hitachi Seaside Park
September 16th, 2011
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this beautiful capture Enigma911 :-)
Friday, September 16, 2011
78/365 I red shoes
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fun image Danube66 :-)
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Descend
September 8th, 2011
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous photo benjeev :-)
Via Flickr:
Malta is so hot.
I don't think I've ever been in such stifling heat before! Walking around anytime between 10am and 4pm was out of the question unfortunately due to the heat so I wasn't able to scope out the place as much as I'd like.
It's a rather surreal place. A tiny island smack in the middle of the Mediterranean. Most people there spoke Italian and Malti but there are still signs of British rule everywhere: people drive on the left side of the road, there are places called Clapham Junction and Victoria and even the beer is sold in pints.
I saw only wisps of clouds in the 5 days we were there. The rest of the time, the sky was completely clear and sunny. It's a very dry, very rocky island - brilliant for long exposures! The coast is peppered with these ladders that help you into the water off the rocks, which is great since they make such intriguing subjects.
I'm a little gutted I didn't manage to shoot as much as I'd like but I'm glad to be back. Hope you've all had a great weekend.
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Breaking Dawn
September 8th, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this stunning landscape Mark :-)
Via Flickr:
Chasing the right light has become an obsession. It's quite amazing how quickly light turns to the different shades of the spectrum in a short span of time. The photo above was taken only a few minutes before the photo on my previous post.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Seriously?
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous capture Manny Estrella :-)
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Hitting The High Notes
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted second place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic image Will Gortoa :-)
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Wednesday, September 07, 2011
233/365
August 31st, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful image enrikegarcialayunta!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Shyness
August 23rd, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous macro -clicking-
Via Flickr:
"...
Gió thở hay là hoa thở nhỉ?
Ô hay người ngọc biến ra hơi."
Thơ HÀN MẶC TỬ
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- Front Page Explore Canon 50D (August 20, 2011).
- 1st Place Winner in the Weekly Photo Contest and displayed on Front Page of "The World Through My Eyes" group.
Lake Effect
August 23rd, 2011
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for second place in the weekly photo contest with this fun, creative image Jeff__ :-)
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Trying out the Fuji "underwater camera" again (water and light wasn't right to get anything good underwater but part of this camera's appeal is to take it out swimming and not worry about ruining another camera.
Switchback
August 23rd, 2011
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for second place in the weekly photo contest with this stunning b&w photo Funchye :-)

















































