February 20th, 2011
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on your win in the weekly photo contest with this fabulous photo cabe26 :-)
Sunday, February 27, 2011
The hardships of life
February 20th, 2011
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on your win in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic photo Quimico Esceptico :-)
Photographers notes:
I like this image. Despite the fact that there are a lot of things going on around the main subject, e.g., the mail box in the foreground, the people in the background, I think they all add to the scene. Although moving in front of the puppet removed the clutter in the background, it also removed part of the hints that let you realize that this is an act that is taking place in the middle of the street to entertain turist.
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on your win in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic photo Quimico Esceptico :-)
Photographers notes:
I like this image. Despite the fact that there are a lot of things going on around the main subject, e.g., the mail box in the foreground, the people in the background, I think they all add to the scene. Although moving in front of the puppet removed the clutter in the background, it also removed part of the hints that let you realize that this is an act that is taking place in the middle of the street to entertain turist.
Bridge into the Fog
February 20th, 2011
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on your win in the weekly photo contest with this stunning photo Tom :-)
Photographers notes:
Here's the second of a few from yesterday's rather productive morning on the Northern Oregon Coast. I specifically chose Astoria as my destination for the morning after reading the forecast calling for overcast and patchy fog along the coast. After Aaron's workshop at the coast, it became apparent to me that these conditions are actually good days for photographing our coastal areas. The alternative destinaton for my morning would have been Mount Hood, but overcast and mountains don't work so well.
A 64x ND filter plus a polarizer were used to drive up the exposure time to >10 sec for the the misty look to the water amongst the pilings, complementing the fog in the distance. No editing was done to this other than resizing and adding the watermark. Below you will find a link to the black and white version of this same shot. I think it is a very strong shot for black & white and was tempted to post it as b&w instead. But I'll leave both here for you to look at. My intention for the morning was actually to shoot some black and white.
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on your win in the weekly photo contest with this stunning photo Tom :-)
Photographers notes:
Here's the second of a few from yesterday's rather productive morning on the Northern Oregon Coast. I specifically chose Astoria as my destination for the morning after reading the forecast calling for overcast and patchy fog along the coast. After Aaron's workshop at the coast, it became apparent to me that these conditions are actually good days for photographing our coastal areas. The alternative destinaton for my morning would have been Mount Hood, but overcast and mountains don't work so well.
A 64x ND filter plus a polarizer were used to drive up the exposure time to >10 sec for the the misty look to the water amongst the pilings, complementing the fog in the distance. No editing was done to this other than resizing and adding the watermark. Below you will find a link to the black and white version of this same shot. I think it is a very strong shot for black & white and was tempted to post it as b&w instead. But I'll leave both here for you to look at. My intention for the morning was actually to shoot some black and white.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Washington in Winter
February 13th, 2011
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this beautiful photo Greag :-)
Photographers notes:
Washington Monument shot through a bare tree in the foreground
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this beautiful photo Greag :-)
Photographers notes:
Washington Monument shot through a bare tree in the foreground
Portrait 127
February 13th, 2011
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this amazing portrait mikeallee :-)
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this amazing portrait mikeallee :-)
Ladybirds on forget-me-not
February 13th, 2011
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in teh weekly photo contest with this stunning image nutmeg66 :-)
Photographers notes:
The morning started out quite pleasantly, with some sun - and loads of ladybirds.
Then the rain came.
Handheld, natural light. I took some similar shots, but closer to the ladybirds, however I preferred this wider view.
3-WAY TIE FOR FIRST PLACE
Congrats on tying for 1st place in teh weekly photo contest with this stunning image nutmeg66 :-)
Photographers notes:
The morning started out quite pleasantly, with some sun - and loads of ladybirds.
Then the rain came.
Handheld, natural light. I took some similar shots, but closer to the ladybirds, however I preferred this wider view.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Against All Odds
February 6th, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic photo Alexandros :-)
Photographers notes:
Αξίζει απόψε να φύγω
σε μέρες που δε ζούσα
Να θυμηθώ όσα να κάνω δε μπορούσα
Χιλιάδες σκέψεις μέσα μου βαθιά
Υπήρχαν λόγοι που δεν ήθελα να σε πιστέψω
Τις μικρές σου αφορμές να γιατρέψω
Πες ξανά πια ό,τι θες και νομίζεις
ονειρέψου με μα μη μ' αγγίζεις
Είμαι σύρμα από ρεύμα κομμένο
Σ' αγαπώ είμ' εδώ κι επιμένω
Να γκρεμίζω τα τείχη που χτίζεις
ονειρέψου με μα μη μ' αγγίζεις
Πεθαίνω απόψε να φύγω σε χρόνια που δε ζούσα
Τον εαυτό μου πάντα μέσα μου κρατούσα
Γνώριμες σκέψεις λόγια μαγικά
Υπήρχαν λόγοι που δεν ήθελα να σε φοβίσω
Τη μικρή σου ενοχή να ξυπνήσω
Τώρα πες πια ό,τι θες και νομίζεις
ονειρέψου με μα μη μ' αγγίζεις
Είμαι σύρμα από ρεύμα κομμένο...
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic photo Alexandros :-)
Photographers notes:
Αξίζει απόψε να φύγω
σε μέρες που δε ζούσα
Να θυμηθώ όσα να κάνω δε μπορούσα
Χιλιάδες σκέψεις μέσα μου βαθιά
Υπήρχαν λόγοι που δεν ήθελα να σε πιστέψω
Τις μικρές σου αφορμές να γιατρέψω
Πες ξανά πια ό,τι θες και νομίζεις
ονειρέψου με μα μη μ' αγγίζεις
Είμαι σύρμα από ρεύμα κομμένο
Σ' αγαπώ είμ' εδώ κι επιμένω
Να γκρεμίζω τα τείχη που χτίζεις
ονειρέψου με μα μη μ' αγγίζεις
Πεθαίνω απόψε να φύγω σε χρόνια που δε ζούσα
Τον εαυτό μου πάντα μέσα μου κρατούσα
Γνώριμες σκέψεις λόγια μαγικά
Υπήρχαν λόγοι που δεν ήθελα να σε φοβίσω
Τη μικρή σου ενοχή να ξυπνήσω
Τώρα πες πια ό,τι θες και νομίζεις
ονειρέψου με μα μη μ' αγγίζεις
Είμαι σύρμα από ρεύμα κομμένο...
The middle of nowhere
February 6th, 2011
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this stunning image toon_ee :-)
SECOND PLACE
Congrats on being voted 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this stunning image toon_ee :-)
tausendmal geknipst...
February 6th, 2011
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful capture *regina*
Photographers notes:
... und trotzdem immer wieder schön ;)
Freudenberg im Siegerland.
THIRD PLACE
Congrats on being voted 3rd place in the weekly photo contest with this wonderful capture *regina*
Photographers notes:
... und trotzdem immer wieder schön ;)
Freudenberg im Siegerland.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Storm Light Over Sapa
January 30th, 2011
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest Tannachy.
Photographers notes:
So after 10 weeks in Asia and 4000 photos later, I have arrived home. Its taken me a whole day to sort through and organise everything before I can start processing and hopefully deleting them.
This shot is just the start of a potential torrent of photos from my travels in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar. I remember this scene very well as it was my last day in Sapa, which is in north west Vietnam. I had a bus to catch in about 2 hours and was wandering back to my hotel when by great luck I got to witness this wonderful light.
FIRST PLACE
Congrats on being voted 1st place in the weekly photo contest Tannachy.
Photographers notes:
So after 10 weeks in Asia and 4000 photos later, I have arrived home. Its taken me a whole day to sort through and organise everything before I can start processing and hopefully deleting them.
This shot is just the start of a potential torrent of photos from my travels in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar. I remember this scene very well as it was my last day in Sapa, which is in north west Vietnam. I had a bus to catch in about 2 hours and was wandering back to my hotel when by great luck I got to witness this wonderful light.
Winter Solemnity
January 30th, 2011
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this amazing capture fesign.
Photographers notes:
The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn.
~ Patricia Hampl
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this amazing capture fesign.
Photographers notes:
The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn.
~ Patricia Hampl
Day 3: Finish Strong
January 30th, 2011
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic catch Max!
Photographers notes:
In the last couple weeks I had started reviewing my shots from 2010 for my annual "Best Of" collection. What I found was a year filled with a couple of obvious highlights and standout photos, but overall a bit of a subpar year photo-wise for me. I was actually having trouble finding 15 images to fill the gallery. So naturally I was hoping my final photo trip of the year might produce something memorable/spectacular.
The trip hasn't been great up to this point, and until today photo ops seemed few and far between. That all changed this afternoon.
A nice couple guided me to where the Lamar Valley's resident river otters had been hanging out the last few days (Yellowstone vets: not the Confluence). We arrived to find three of them slithering in and out of the mostly-frozen Lamar River. That's when two coyotes showed up.
I remembered a shot I had seen here on Flickr depicting some awesome otter/coyote interaction, taken by Ian Gethings during a winter Yellowstone visit a couple years ago. Naturally, I was hoping for something similar between the predatory coyotes and the underdog otters this time.
One coyote slowly circled the pool where the otter was hiding out, and I finally got both animals in the same frame when the otter peeked out. What happened next was completely unexpected.
The otter jumped out of the water, and instead of being pursued, it became the aggressor and went after the coyote. The poor confused song dog turned tail and ran. The otter kept moving like nothing had happened, dove back into the river and headed back to the den.
TIED FOR SECOND PLACE
Congrats on tying for 2nd place in the weekly photo contest with this fantastic catch Max!
Photographers notes:
In the last couple weeks I had started reviewing my shots from 2010 for my annual "Best Of" collection. What I found was a year filled with a couple of obvious highlights and standout photos, but overall a bit of a subpar year photo-wise for me. I was actually having trouble finding 15 images to fill the gallery. So naturally I was hoping my final photo trip of the year might produce something memorable/spectacular.
The trip hasn't been great up to this point, and until today photo ops seemed few and far between. That all changed this afternoon.
A nice couple guided me to where the Lamar Valley's resident river otters had been hanging out the last few days (Yellowstone vets: not the Confluence). We arrived to find three of them slithering in and out of the mostly-frozen Lamar River. That's when two coyotes showed up.
I remembered a shot I had seen here on Flickr depicting some awesome otter/coyote interaction, taken by Ian Gethings during a winter Yellowstone visit a couple years ago. Naturally, I was hoping for something similar between the predatory coyotes and the underdog otters this time.
One coyote slowly circled the pool where the otter was hiding out, and I finally got both animals in the same frame when the otter peeked out. What happened next was completely unexpected.
The otter jumped out of the water, and instead of being pursued, it became the aggressor and went after the coyote. The poor confused song dog turned tail and ran. The otter kept moving like nothing had happened, dove back into the river and headed back to the den.
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