Gallery picks for the week ending 27th December 2010

[Keith]

Tuna ... I like this for a lot of reasons. Very balanced composition IMO and although I've never seen or been to Central Park this really conveys to me why I should some day.

gho ... quirky composition and I might have been tempted to bring the backgorund back to verticals to accentuate the angle of the main foreground subject.

Or not!

 

[Keith]

luiman ... very balanced and interesting triptych.

Tuna ... a sense of humour in photography can do a lot with an image that can seem banal. Imagination often goes (and needs to go) beyond the press of the shutter. 😀

 

[filmfan]

LOL !

Tuna

 

[luiman]

Paul and Keith, thanks for the mentions!

 

[Bike Tourist]

Thank you, Paul.

 

[gho]

gho ... quirky composition and I might have been tempted to bring the backgorund back to verticals to accentuate the angle of the main foreground subject.

Hey, thanks Keith! As for the composition, I have been thinking about straightening things up also, but in this case I like the tilt.

Generally I do not like too much digital post processing like strightening, because in the end, it is looking odd.

I find it a bit difficult to get straight lines handheld with a wide angle lens, but for now I am trying to embrace the tilt and being more careful with keeping the camera straight if the subject calls for it.

The more formal road with wide angle lens would lead to a large format camera on a tripod in my opinion.

 

[porktaco]

this week... don't you guys ever give me a week off? the gallery continues to be awesome. there were a lot that were wonderful for me. i'm having a very hard time picking the best of the best...

top of the list, however, is the entire series of walter leopardi bocce photos.

they're all great, so it's hard to pick just one.

also....

cuciureanu

for so many reasons, i like this one. the light. the balance. the perfect focus. the expression. it's superb.

petronius had four or five i could have put in this week. this one stood out perhaps most of all

sereghasu - there's something about the light and about the massiveness of the shirtless man. tremendous.

and this one, which made me think of the movie stranger than paradise

snausages
this might be my favorite of the whole week.

and tuna, for the simple perfection in all his photos. plus, i lol'd.

 

[haempe]

Thanks, Petronius and Carlos.

My winner this week is clearly the "Indoor Bocci" series by Walter Leporati. Great stuff.

 

[keeds]

thanks folks. never been the first pick before. most chuffed... have a great new year everybody!

 

[hteasley]

Thanks, Paul. I need post my picks, but been in the ER all day with a kid who stepped on some broken glass....

 

[ricnak]

Thanks for the mention Carlos M and Filmfan.

 

[hteasley]

Tried to post before, and my browser ate my lengthy post, so I ragequit. Here are my late picks for last week:

tuna, CloudWEB

tuna, CentralPark3

CarlosM, 10-12-008

Walter Leoprati, Indoor Bocci

dwp, 007_resize

Paul, Concrete etching

 

[paulfish4570]

thanks, Harry. hope your young'un is doing OK after the glass incident ...

 

[hteasley]

thanks, Harry. hope your young'un is doing OK after the glass incident ...

She's fine, thanks. Just another bit of daily drama... who knows what it will be today...

 

[paulfish4570]

good to hear.
with two boys 16 months apart, we spent many hours in the ER ...

 

[porktaco]

ragequit is my new favorite internet word