Best of Gallery Picks For Week Ending July 23, 2012

[barnwulf]

Luigi, Thank you for including my photo here and for your generous comment. - Jim

 

[lynnb]

thanks Robert blu, Paul and Luigi for the mentions

 

[astro8]

Thank you mlehrman, lynnb and paulfish!

 

[Richard G]

Paul, thanks for noticing my picture.

 

[robklurfield]

Luigi, thanks.

 

[paulfish4570]

thank you, lugi.
and i gotta say rob's 0:00 photo should have been in my list of picks ...

 

[chambrenoire]

this is a fantastic photo. if it's posed, it's very clever, understated and well executed. if it's found, it's superb.

Hi Adam!

It's a "found" photo, absolutely not posed, the girl was fast asleep 🙂 There is a yearly meeting of enthusiasts of old American cars in Sweden called Powermeet. People cruise around in their cars and drink beer and have fun. I guess this girl was just tired and had enough! But the car was driving around with her like that.. Hehe, quite wild 😀

http://www.gallerywall.se/powermeet/ here's the complete series of pics I took!

 

[chambrenoire]

Btw - thank you very much for the mentions! I'm glad you liked my snapshot 🙂

 

[porktaco]

that series is fantastic.

what were you shooting with?

 

[paulfish4570]

what a fun, fun series. most of those shots could have been made here. all of those kids sporting converse all stars; i wore those 50 years ago; they are VERY popular nowadays over here, too.

 

[chambrenoire]

that series is fantastic.

what were you shooting with?

Thank you!
It was a very rewarding event. I saw pictures everywhere all the time, quite exciting when you get into the "mood" and capture it with your camera. For once I felt I succeeded!

I used a Canon 5D Mark II with manual Olympus OM Zuiko 28mm f/2 lens (almost all shots, also had the Zuiko 50mm f/1.4 MC and a Zuiko 100mm f/2.8) . Raw files developed in Camera Raw and filtered through Silver Efex.

 

[chambrenoire]

what a fun, fun series. most of those shots could have been made here. all of those kids sporting converse all stars; i wore those 50 years ago; they are VERY popular nowadays over here, too.

It really is a global world now! Both good and bad, I guess. The uniqness kind of disappears...

I have too large feet to wear Converse 😉 I mostly use my New Balance sneakers when I'm out snapping!

Thanks for the compliments. Will not hi-jack the thread no more (sorry!).

 

[Pete Chipman]

Thaks, Ferider! If you go to my gallery where the original image is posted, I've worked on t a bit more.

Pete.