POW Nov. 15, 2009

<p>#3 Lincoln Center</p><div></div>

<p>Some appreciation of lessons to learn.<br />Doug: Sisters strikes the true meaning of the word.<br />Haig: Pelican is beautiful.<br />Dave: Come and show me all the marvellous images you can find in my garden! We have brown getting ready for white. The Zinnia is great.<br />Robert: Keep on rowing, you have the art.<br />DC: Difficult problem ably handled.<br />Steve: Not many sunsets like these. Beautiful.<br />Michael: Tacoma shot is perfect.<br />Ben: Don't know how you do it but neat stuff and very effective.<br />Camus: Good luck with the first contract. Looks like you will be fine.</p>

<p>Nothing too stellar this week...</p>

<p><a title="Shoes and Bird by Mr. Teflon, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/4101182376/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/4101182376_f589952117.jpg" alt="Shoes and Bird" width="400" height="500" /></a><br /><strong>Bird and Shoe</strong></p>

<p><a title="Hell's Angel by Mr. Teflon, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackfist2k2/4100583215/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4100583215_8f5996cc68.jpg" alt="Hell's Angel" width="500" height="400" /></a><br /><strong>Hell's Angel</strong></p>

<p>I like both of those, Jemal. There's a very interesting texture to the bokeh--not "dreamy-creamy" but very effective in both.</p>

<p>Thanks Dave. They were both shot with the Pentax A 100mm Macro 1:1 lens. It was hard shooting that lens, but its so sharp, which I think created the interesting bokeh.</p>

<p>First some quick thoughts on some of the submissions so far:<br>

Doug's sisters is just a fantastic shot.<br /> <br /> Tony's poplars is very nicely laid out. When I first saw it I thought it was Camus.<br /> <br /> Robert's on the water is great.<br /> <br /> I like Michael's Port of Tacoma.<br /> <br /> Sigmar's abstract gets my attention.<br /> <br /> Camus's stuff always impresses me, the driver shot is great.<br /> <br /> This is just the stuff that really jumped out at me. I think this weeks submissions have been really good from everyone so far.<br /> <br /> I have three more HDRs for this weeks submissions. I recently bought Photomatix and have been living the old saying that if you give a guy a hammer every problem looks like a nail.<br /> <br /> First up is a digital version of the sunset I shot on film last week.</p><div></div>

<p>This is another shot of Smith Rock at sunset.</p><div></div>

<p>This is an old homestead out in far NorthEast Oregon.</p><div></div>

<p>what an exceptional harvest this week, chapeau everyone.<br>

I got only one proper photo to show:<br>

<img src="http://static.zoom.nl/9A02CB4A3C8526F7A304EC970306113F-on-the-corner.jpg" alt="" width="515" height="700" /><br>

.<br>

And this 'press'-work last night in my backyard :<br>

<img src="http://static.zoom.nl/B1064B8FC7E38CDCC1A14560B6488D3D.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="671" /></p>

<p>So, dorus, Martians were trying to kidnap your tree?</p>

<p>Thank you Andrew. Smith Rock & Homestead both do it for me. Congrats.</p>

<p>Heres mine for this week.<br>

K110D with Kalimar 80-200mm f/4.5~5.6</p>

<p>~Jack</p>

<p> </p><div></div>

<p>Two</p><div></div>

<p>Three</p><div></div>

<p>My favs for the week.<br>

Doug Robinson's Sisters is simply a fantastic image!</p>

<p>Robert colameco's homeless man...While many will look at that capture and say, what is so hard about that, I know first hand how difficult those types of images are to make. Easy to look at and critique, but to get out there and do it is tough...Well done Robert.</p>

<p>Hins, silhouette is a great capture. The phone camera family image is very good!</p>

<p>Howard's silhouette is also very good...Nice to see things that are different.</p>

<p>Nice work all.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>My faves:<br /> Doug - Sisters- a real Kodak moment and the worker- Lewis Hine Lives!<br /> Haig - Pelican is perfect<br /> Garry- Drum of Coals<br /> Dave -Candy Apple<br /> Tony - Poplars Bay - great composition<br /> Robert C - The rowers are addictive! - nice catch<br /> DC - Autumn glow<br /> Steve - beautiful sunsets<br /> Hin - #3 - wow<br /> Michael - Port of Tacoma - Great atmosphere<br /> Sigmar - Your Soligor is working great. My 70-160 Macro wobbles - I should take it out anyway.<br /> Camus - You caught it.<br /> Andrew - Great color on Construction<br /> Dorus - I really like your graphic design shots. The green really pops this one.<br /> Jack - #3 - the colors make it.<br /> Javier - Thank you. The sky shot was taken by just turning around from a shot of the park. I spent about an hour at the fountain. I need to sort through and make a thread.<br /> Great work people!</p>

<p>Andrew,<br>

I think that I used to live there!<br>

Well, maybe not that house, but not too awfully far away.</p>

<p>Otherwise, most impressed with Haig's pelican, Sigmar's abstract, Hin Man's phone camera family, and Garry's drum of coals.</p>

<p>Very nice.</p>

<p>John,</p>

<p>That is a couple of miles past Starkey on the way toward Ukiah. I love that country and would move if there was anything for me to do.....</p>

 

<p>Better late than never...<br>

Thank you all for your kind remarks... makes me wanna keep the life I've got! Now for a few remarks of my own: Collectively, one of the stronger group displays I've seen in a while. Here's a few that stood out to me:<br>

Haig - All 3 are awesome but I love the turtle... didn't know you could capture emotion on the face of one!<br>

Gary - You always seem to capture a feel in your photos that eludes me. The coals are really cool. Where did you move to in Asia and are you still teaching?<br>

Dave H. - Stunning shots- simply gorgeous in composition, color and detail. Put them on a wall!<br>

Tony - Poplars - Nailed the composition IMHO. Extremely pleasing to view.<br>

Robert C. - Love the look and feel of the sculler.<br>

Robert B - Good capture of action on #2.<br>

Steve T - Sweet sunsets. I have yet to captue anything that good.<br>

Hin - Great silhouette shots - Love #3.<br>

Bob M. - Seaweed captured and held my attention - nice shot.<br>

Michael E. - Great textures captured on both shots.<br>

Javier - The colors and reflections in your last shot are awesome - wish I was there.<br>

Camus - Nice captures of the kids expressions... made me smile.<br>

Andrew - Smith Rock looks like a painting - Nice!</p>

 

<p>My picks of the week:<br>

 

<p>andrew h. - homestead<br>

dorus o. - green building<br>

Howard T - #3<br>

Camus W. - promo girl and race fans</p>

</p>

<p>I certainly agree with Doug.. an exceptional crop of photos this week.. thanks to everyone that commented, I think that's something that's appreciated by all of us.<br>

One of the photos that I liked a lot and nobody commented on was the first shot by Jack.. I think that scene is perfectly exposed, framed and presented. Maybe I took a closer look because it's the type of scene that I like shooting, but I thought it worth mentioning.<br>

It's also good to see Garry posting again..</p>

<p>Thanks Doug. I'm still in Taiwan, but we've moved out of the city (not that there is much countryside on this little island!). It has resulted in a lot of home repairs as recent mega-typhoons have left us fairly flooded at times, which in turn has left less time for photography.</p>

<p>Thanks Haig - good to be a little more regular!</p>

<p>Jack's #1 should be a post card. It is really beautiful. Thanks for making me take a second look Haig.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/10216032-md.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>Shot with a Canon 40D (Gasp!), with a Super Takumar 50mm f/1.4 at f/1.4 earlier today.</p>