Gallery picks for the week ending February 21, 2011

[batterytypehah!]

Gallery Picks is an opportunity for you to post a heads up to what you have seen during the past seven days at RFF that you like.
There's no membership requirement, no criteria (except past seven days), no voting, no limit to the number of photos mentioned, and everybody mentioned is a winner.

Anybody can start the thread on a Monday.

Anybody can join in, it's a community event!

 

[batterytypehah!]

Brad Bireley, "Curbside"

PhotoMat, "Grain Bins and Gathering Storm"

Maiku, "R0015170"

luiman, "Strange Stones_01"

 

[batterytypehah!]

paulfish4570, "rope-"

 

[semrich]

Here's mine:

PhotoMat, An unusual sight composed and captured wonderfully. Makes me want to go right out with the 7II loaded up with Velvia.

Liquid-Sky, I like the gradient tones transversing against the clouds, Makes me appreciate B&W film.

paulfish4570, great textures and a full range of mid-tones makes this stand out.

p.giannakis, as others have said, this is remiminisent of my teenage years of swinging from a rope and dropping into the river, though higher up and further out.

MIkhail, very original and creative, looks almost like an abstract painting with the exception of the sharp eyes looking through it.

smiling gecko, truly a middle American iconic scene, well done.

Etabeta, I like how this was captured without appearing posed. I like the colors.

 

[Brad Bireley]

Thanks batterytypehah!

 

[Brad Bireley]

A couple of my favorites.....

SteelSpeed by quietmouse

Spinning by Stravinsky

 

[leica M2 fan]

freeranger ****

freeranger ****

I like the beautiful rich blacks and the great lighting on the wall.

 

[leica M2 fan]

mudride I walk the line

mudride I walk the line

The leading lines add interest to the total image, very nice.

 

[robklurfield]

Etabeta

Maiku

smiling gecko

MIkhail

Frank Version Two

p.giannakis

 

[robklurfield]

JeffNYC

Raid

newspaperguy

chris7521

kkdanamatt (at the Jersey Shore)

 

[robklurfield]

Stravinksy

GeorgeH (I had trouble deciding between "Lazy Sunday 3" and "Lazy Sunday 5)...

tkrap

I've just realized that I've posted more than a dozen images from this week, working my backward from the morning's post and I'm only as far as Saturday. I think this says a lot about how much talent there is on RFF. So, I'm going to yield the floor to other speakers as I'm feeling a little greedy with this thread. To all those great artists who posted between Monday and Friday, I'll get to you eventually.

 

[leica M2 fan]

Maiku R0015170

Maiku R0015170

This image has everything to like about it, vantage point, shadows, strong balance and symmetry, great composition- I like it!

 

[leica M2 fan]

tkrap talking, walking, dreaming

tkrap talking, walking, dreaming

Like the composition especially subject placement.

 

[leica M2 fan]

Elias K *

Elias K *

Like the shimmering light.

 

[luiman]

batterytypehah! tank you!

barnwulf

photony texas

tigerphil

gho

Maiku

mudride

Jeicob

f16sunshine

ChEc

Mikhail

 

[Maiku]

My photo was mentioned three times by Leica M2 Fan, batterytypehah and luiman. Thanks to you.

robklurfield I just posted that photo. Thank you!

 

[robklurfield]

I knew it was freshly posted, but I liked it a lot.

My photo was mentioned three times by Leica M2 Fan, batterytypehah and luiman. Thanks to you.

robklurfield I just posted that photo. Thank you!

 

[ChEc]

Thanks! Here are my picks:

Trooper, Cold Day

Rogrund, Rosesweb

Machspees, L101617

Maiku, img720

Mikhail, Snow Day

hteasley, Minimal

 

[hteasley]

Thanks, ChEc.

A lot of amazing photos this week. Last week, I ran into what Rob described above: I worked backwards, posted a dozen or more picks, and only got through three or four days of submissions, and felt like I'd take over the thread if I posted more. I'm trying to not do that this week, but it's difficult not to. Annoyingly good pictures, you know.

Harlee, Docks on the Dneiper River

 

[hteasley]

Rogrund