POTW 8/16/09

<p>Rick-<br>

If you have a direct link to the photo (http://blah...blah...blah...), copy that link, then in your message posting box click the little green square button (looks like a tree if you get really close to your screen and when you hover your mouse pointer over it it says "Insert/edit image") and then paste that link into the fill-in box. This will link your photo right into the body of your message. This is how I do it to link in from Photobucket.</p>

<p>Hey Rick, Welcome to the dark side over here....:)</p>

<p>I'm slow today. just got in from Alabama bout 1 hr ago... I work slower in the dog days HEAT ..2 from Decatur, AL</p><div></div>

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<p>Excellent work this week everyone! I'll post comments Tuesday!</p>

<p>Only one for me this week since I had another good post earlier. This is from the same set, same day. We finally had a day off to go enjoy the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This pine provided the perfect shade...<br>

Family Portrait</p><div></div>

<p>Once again, the only shooting I have done is models. This time at the Disney Center Music Hall with Mandi Myers. Here's 3 from the 7 best. <br>

<a title="Mandi VI by Mr. Gosh Darn Wonderful, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3829378036/" title="Mandi VI by Mr. Gosh Darn Wonderful, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2397/3829378036_439f4686cf.jpg" alt="Mandi VI" width="500" height="346" /> </a></p>

<p><a title="Mandi V by Mr. Gosh Darn Wonderful, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3829377854/" title="Mandi V by Mr. Gosh Darn Wonderful, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/3829377854_06d0921736.jpg" alt="Mandi V" width="500" height="346" /> </a></p>

<p><a title="Mandi III by Mr. Gosh Darn Wonderful, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/3828578585/" title="Mandi III by Mr. Gosh Darn Wonderful, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2485/3828578585_f44bb92518.jpg" alt="Mandi III" width="346" height="500" /> </a></p>

<p>Rick, nice to see some of your work on the POW. That's a real nice shot of the loon for shooting from a canoe. Where is the lake? </p>

<p>Denise, that first photo with the raindrops on plants reminds me of one I saw made by Laura Gilpin.</p>

<p>Here are my comments and favorites for the week:<br>

Camus W. - "Lambton Quay" is a very powerful shot. Love the perspective and b&w.<br /> <br /> Haig T. - #2 is just awesome. The colors are so bright! It's a mood changer.<br /> <br /> Markus M. - I love the prevention campaign sign. LOL. I didn't even see the condom until you pointed it out. <br /> <br /> Dorus O. - A siren's calling is spectacular. I feel like I'm underwater and he is about to fall in...<br /> <br /> Nick S. - Meteorology is great. <br /> <br /> Somanna M. - #2 is a fabulous sunset photo. It should be framed.</p>

<p>John<br>

That first one is a weedy thing growing low to the ground, saw when walking, grabbed the shot, found it terribly interesting for photographing, got home and a similiar plant and photo exists on one the iMac's screen savers! Wasn't until I downloaded it that it twigged. Go figure. </p>

<p>To.... John W.</p>

<p>This Lappajärvi is almost in a straight line to the south of Rovaniemi for about 370km or just above 230 miles. Despite the fact that I'm a finn my home country is Sweden and has been for the last 45 years. This Lappajärvi is the place were my parents have their summer cottage....</p>

<p>To.... Hin.<br>

That second picture is just awesome.</p>

<p>Ok, my favs for the week 8-) This week was tough to narrow it down to three for me...really tough.<br>

My favorites this week in no special order....</p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=752446">Haig Tchamitch</a> 's picture of the boat in the lake is spectacular in every way. The calm waters with the snow topped mountain in the background is great. The black and white conversion is great as well. </p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=3914968">Maria McManamey</a> 's wedding image is fantastic. I especially love the composition of the capture. The tones and the mood is great...I would love to see more from this series. :)</p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2364938">Steve Dean</a> 's third image of his wife. What a great improvement from last week, but what I really like is the look she is giving you. How precious is that 8-) The composition is nice and love the dark back ground so that she is the focal point of this picture...</p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=2359340">dorus oshiva</a> 's...Well what can I say...Your PP skills are flat amazing and combined with your photography skills is simply lethal. Wow...great photographs you made there, especially the one of your boy...Fantastic!!!</p>

<p><a href="../photodb/user?user_id=4154934">Somanna Muthanna</a> 's second image needs to be hung on a wall...! :)</p>

 

<p >My favorites of the week:</p>

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<p >Leo P, that last one has electric reflections. Great on a monitor.</p>

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<p >Camus W, the family shot is good, but I wish the kid’s other hand was being held. Oh well.</p>

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<p >Haig, both are really nice. I like the perspective on the Sunflower shot. You really ought to come back out for September shooting when the light gets better. Thanks for your kind words.</p>

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<p >Bob M, I love that trout shot. Nice size too.</p>

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<p >Markus, CTI albums had the best cover art.</p>

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<p >Dorus, that first shot of the boy, a siren’s calling is exceptionally artful. His expression is perfect for the shot. I suggest you enter it somewhere and get famous. My fave # 1 for the week.</p>

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<p >Dave Hollander, That’s quite an example. Just lovely the color rendition and the form is so intriguing. My fave # 2.</p>

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<p >Nick S. I see the Dorus influence there. You should start a thread for posting vertical building and sky shots.</p>

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<p >Sommana, nice second shot, it is very dreamy.</p>

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<p >Rick W, No 2 Storm Over The Lake, is my kind of shot.</p>

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<p >Jemal, all three are engaging. The latter two are pretty, but in the first she really grabs you. Nice matching of skin to building there. My fave no. 3</p>

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ME</p>

 

<p>My favourite's this week are:</p>

<p>Leo's second shot - the elderly couple? - I love the simple-ness and the warm light. It's well composed.</p>

<p>Haig's first shot - the boat - is clearly a great shot. I'm not usually much of a 'photo-shopper' but I think you could consider editing out the platform on the left. Great shot though.</p>

<p>I also really like Jemal's first portrait shot, the lines from left and right and the glance away work really well.</p>

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<p>Justin, Rainout is probably my favorite from this week. Good to have you back.<br>

Leo, I dig the tankers!<br>

Maria, good to see you out and about, excellent shot!<br>

Denise, 1st one- that's an eerie/awesome shot!<br>

Hin, You have a lot of patience!<br>

Jemal, 1st one is my fave, I like the grain. Well done.</p>

<p>Hey Jermal, can I ask you about your first shot? Lately I've noticed a lot more fashion/glamor photography has gone to an over-processed, overexposed look. You first shot isn't extreme, but it is trending that way. I think it makes the models look unappealing. Can you discuss why this has become is the fashion? Is it a backlash against the micro-surgically correct digital images which can be produced by today's mega-mega-pixel cameras?</p>

<p>Here's my submission(s) for the week. Pentax Super Takumar 85mm f/1.9 wide-open on my Canon 40D. Some post done in LightRoom.</p><div></div>

<p>I like almost everything this week. But most of all I like:<br /> Justin's first shot<br>

Leo's first<br>

Camus' second<br>

Haig's second<br>

Steve D's third<br>

Markus' Prevention<br>

Oshiva's second<br>

Somanna's second<br>

And all of Jemal's modelling shots. It is great that some people are just so darn good lookin'!<br>

Javier, I don't know what to make of your first shot. I can't say I like it, but it is interesting.<br>

And Hin, I love the two meteor shots.</p>

<p>Good work all!</p>

<p>Went shopping in the Hudson Valley Mall area, on 9W, in Kingston, NY last week and saw the following within 15-20 minutes of each other, in two different parking lots:</p><div></div>

<p>and these shadows in the sky</p><div></div>

<p>and last - all taken w/K10D DA 50-200</p><div></div>

<p>nice work this week... does the quality ever go down? Anyways sorry it's a been sometime to comment, and I'm afraid this time I'm just going to give a shout out to ones that stand out for me:<br>

Justin's Rain Delay<br>

ME's fern shot<br>

Haig's 2nd shot: nice balance of exposure and that is my dream lens!<br>

Javier's series just needs to be mentioned! <br>

Ben P: your b&w version.<br>

Dorus: def. the 2nd shot.<br>

Sigmar: 3 bolts in the same shot, nice!<br>

Nick's 2nd shot.<br>

Denise's 1st shot.</p>

<p>Jonathan R - I can't speak for everyone. I did that 1st shot in an extreme manner to emphasize the forlorn look on her face. I thought the coarser look made the picture more appealing. That's it. She's a pretty woman, but that wasn't the mood I was shooting for. I agree that it does make her look less attractive, but that wasn't the point really. It was about the emotion. No backlash. It was one of those times that the Post Processing made the art better than when it came out of the camera. </p>

<p>I understand. But have you also noticed the same trend as you look around?</p>