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Gallery Picks for the week ending March 4, 2013
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!
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!
Carterofmars
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*** by Keith
*** by Keith
This, to me, is a great photo and image for the light and grain.
*** by Keith
This, to me, is a great photo and image for the light and grain.
porktaco
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Mother and Daughter Portrait © 2013 Arvay
a really well built photograph. the women hold each other up, and the lines in their faces and bodies converge towards the top border. the light is gorgeous and luminous and magical.
ana © 2013 Bonatto
so powerful and direct. i don't know that i would have the stones to take this photo. strong lighting and from-above thin shadows enhance the feeling. i think it's great.
Kallia X100 1- Feedback © 2013 Mcary
lush, classy, beautiful, simple. well lit, cleanly constructed.
Hiding a Laugh © 2013 Hteasley
i don't know that this is the greatest photo in the world but it's the kind of photo i like to take. indoors, low light/available light, intimate moment. it really shows off the particular image quality of the m9.
Baby Sharks © 2013 Barnwulf
dreamy, moody, tonal, rhythmic between mountains, clouds, grass and billboard. the utterly absurd caption is icing, but there's plenty of cake underneath. i wish the jpg were bigger.
GXR M © 2013 Rhl-oregon
hospitals creep me out, and photos of people who are, to use robert's most wonderful term, outbound make me sad. but i liked this whole series a lot. it was fantastically tender. no melodrama, no misplaced emotion. just real. i thought this was the strongest of the bunch, symbolic of the whole and very strong in both composition and subject.
Untitled - Photo 200844 © 2013 Semrich
photo of the week for me. there are all sorts of little things i like about this photo. the line of the building that runs through his knees, the small bits of fabric at the bottoms of his shorts flapping back in the wind, the balance in the bottom between the huge concrete pier and the rounded wave, the musculature in his shoulder echoed in the ribs. the big things i like are the amazing balance and timing and tone, but the little things help a lot.
a really well built photograph. the women hold each other up, and the lines in their faces and bodies converge towards the top border. the light is gorgeous and luminous and magical.
ana © 2013 Bonatto
so powerful and direct. i don't know that i would have the stones to take this photo. strong lighting and from-above thin shadows enhance the feeling. i think it's great.
Kallia X100 1- Feedback © 2013 Mcary
lush, classy, beautiful, simple. well lit, cleanly constructed.
Hiding a Laugh © 2013 Hteasley
i don't know that this is the greatest photo in the world but it's the kind of photo i like to take. indoors, low light/available light, intimate moment. it really shows off the particular image quality of the m9.
Baby Sharks © 2013 Barnwulf
dreamy, moody, tonal, rhythmic between mountains, clouds, grass and billboard. the utterly absurd caption is icing, but there's plenty of cake underneath. i wish the jpg were bigger.
GXR M © 2013 Rhl-oregon
hospitals creep me out, and photos of people who are, to use robert's most wonderful term, outbound make me sad. but i liked this whole series a lot. it was fantastically tender. no melodrama, no misplaced emotion. just real. i thought this was the strongest of the bunch, symbolic of the whole and very strong in both composition and subject.
Untitled - Photo 200844 © 2013 Semrich
photo of the week for me. there are all sorts of little things i like about this photo. the line of the building that runs through his knees, the small bits of fabric at the bottoms of his shorts flapping back in the wind, the balance in the bottom between the huge concrete pier and the rounded wave, the musculature in his shoulder echoed in the ribs. the big things i like are the amazing balance and timing and tone, but the little things help a lot.
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M4 Delta 3200 by Rhi-Oregon
M4 Delta 3200 by Rhi-Oregon
M4 Delta 3200 by Rhi-Oregon
robklurfield
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Joe, thanks for the mention.
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A few of my many, many, many selections this week. Beginning with a stunningly sensitive, poignant and intimate series from Robert...
GXR M © 2013 Rhl-oregon
GXR M © 2013 Rhl-oregon
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Another from Robert in a different vein...
And, continuing on the subject of grain elevators, a nice segue to Richard G's take on the same topic.... I especially like the houses in the foreground of this image which give us a sense of the monumental scale of the silos and how close they have been to the lives whose livelihood depends on their looming presence...
GXR M © 2013 Rhl-oregon
And, continuing on the subject of grain elevators, a nice segue to Richard G's take on the same topic.... I especially like the houses in the foreground of this image which give us a sense of the monumental scale of the silos and how close they have been to the lives whose livelihood depends on their looming presence...
Richmond Grain Silos © 2013 Richard G
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Children of Mea Shearim by Alex Krasotkin
Children of Mea Shearim by Alex Krasotkin
Love the balance in this one and I think the posters on the wall add
and don't detract from the photo.
Children of Mea Shearim by Alex Krasotkin
Love the balance in this one and I think the posters on the wall add
and don't detract from the photo.
robklurfield
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Doomster caught something rather sad here as it was unfolding....
Icebear caught Christian McBride and Ravi Coltrane in performance....
Coltrane, taking after his famous father on soprano
An amazing series of portraits from Yprimayadi.... this first one if my favorite, but they are all excellent.
Caught © 2013 Doomster
Icebear caught Christian McBride and Ravi Coltrane in performance....
Untitled - Photo 200980 © 2013 Icebear
Coltrane, taking after his famous father on soprano
Untitled - Photo 200978 © 2013 Icebear
An amazing series of portraits from Yprimayadi.... this first one if my favorite, but they are all excellent.
west papua #4 © 2013 Yprimayadi
west papua #2 © 2013 Yprimayadi
robklurfield
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Alex struck a nice balance in his composition while capturing someone else doing some fine balancing, too.
Dougwillobee recording the decay of Detroit...
A superb composition from Bushwick1234
Lawrence Austin
Luigi. I prefer his image of people looking La Gioconda than I did seeing the old gal in person (I don't mean the lady in the middleground, I mean Mona herself). I especially like the expression of the fellow on the left.
Can you have better timing than Richard does here?
And another from Richard. Quite an intense stare. And that face brings to mind the word tonsorial.
Jim shows us some irony with the baby sharks in the middle a great flat, dry basin with no water in sight for miles and miles....
Bonatto left me feeling as if I was intruding on a very private moment here....
Untitled - Photo 200952 © 2013 Kiev Ilegalac
Dougwillobee recording the decay of Detroit...
Downriver Steel Plant © 2013 Dougwillobee
A superb composition from Bushwick1234
Never! © 2013 Bushwick1234
Lawrence Austin
Untitled © 2013 Lawrence A.
Luigi. I prefer his image of people looking La Gioconda than I did seeing the old gal in person (I don't mean the lady in the middleground, I mean Mona herself). I especially like the expression of the fellow on the left.
Paris, 2013/23 (Morning at the Louvre_04) © 2013 Luiman
Can you have better timing than Richard does here?
Untitled - Photo 200844 © 2013 Semrich
And another from Richard. Quite an intense stare. And that face brings to mind the word tonsorial.
Untitled - Photo 200843 © 2013 Semrich
Jim shows us some irony with the baby sharks in the middle a great flat, dry basin with no water in sight for miles and miles....
Baby Sharks © 2013 Barnwulf
Bonatto left me feeling as if I was intruding on a very private moment here....
ana © 2013 Bonatto
robklurfield
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I like the spare minimal and muted colors here from Bk1970, one of our masters of recording decay and oxidation.
A super portait, pregnant with unexplained meaning, from Steve Kessel.
Joao gives as a nicely creepy series from a doll hospital.
Robert
No title © 2013 Bk1970
A super portait, pregnant with unexplained meaning, from Steve Kessel.
Carl © 2013 Steve Kessel
Joao gives as a nicely creepy series from a doll hospital.
Parts © 2013 Joao
Robert
Xe1 35 1.4 © 2013 Rhl-oregon
hteasley
Pupil
Thanks for the mention, adam. I appreciate it.
I have a shamefully large number of picks. But out of ~480 photos or so, maybe it's not so many....
Lady Boxer © 2013 Jcrutcher
Quicksand © 2013 Peter_jones
Untitled - Photo 200620 © 2013 Maiku
Pacific ocean #262 © 2013 Lynnb
I have a shamefully large number of picks. But out of ~480 photos or so, maybe it's not so many....
Lady Boxer © 2013 Jcrutcher
Quicksand © 2013 Peter_jones
Untitled - Photo 200620 © 2013 Maiku
Pacific ocean #262 © 2013 Lynnb
robklurfield
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a great portrait filled with emotion from Hefring
Harry's image needs no further explanation
Part of a very sensitively recorded series at a cemetery from Harry...
Peter Jones. This shot is simply pretty.
GSGary capturing some hounds hot on the trail of...?
Untitled - Photo 200644 © 2013 Hefring
Harry's image needs no further explanation
Just Totally © 2013 Hteasley
Part of a very sensitively recorded series at a cemetery from Harry...
Leaving his Wife © 2013 Hteasley
Peter Jones. This shot is simply pretty.
Quicksand © 2013 Peter_jones
GSGary capturing some hounds hot on the trail of...?
4 Shires Bloodhounds © 2013 Gsgary
hteasley
Pupil
Busted © 2013 Harlee
**** © 2013 Keith
Paris, 2013/21 © 2013 Luiman
ana © 2013 Bonatto
**** © 2013 Keith
Paris, 2013/21 © 2013 Luiman
ana © 2013 Bonatto
hteasley
Pupil
Untitled - Photo 200749 © 2013 Sazerac
Two from Semrich: Untitled - Photo 200772 © 2013 Semrich
Untitled - Photo 200842 © 2013 Semrich
No title © 2013 Bk1970
Two from Semrich: Untitled - Photo 200772 © 2013 Semrich
Untitled - Photo 200842 © 2013 Semrich
No title © 2013 Bk1970
hteasley
Pupil
Never! © 2013 Bushwick1234
west papua #4 © 2013 Yprimayadi
for the sake of pink © 2013 Paulfish4570
Dignifying Down & Out © 2013 Robklurfield
Truly amazing week. And, thank you, Rob, I am honored.
west papua #4 © 2013 Yprimayadi
for the sake of pink © 2013 Paulfish4570
Dignifying Down & Out © 2013 Robklurfield
Truly amazing week. And, thank you, Rob, I am honored.
robklurfield
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I doubt Alex could have conjured up a better title for this one than...
Gsgary showing us a thing or two about Kodalith...
and, then, a thing or two about excellent timing.... (and why we should always have a camera readily at hand)
Luigi wrote that he hadn't quite opened his eyes when he shot this one morning recently. Here's what I wrote in reply: "Luigi, keep your eyes closed. This is terrific. The de-focused look is absolutely perfect for this image. It totally dehumanizes these people, subsuming them to their environment and their urge to pursue upward mobility. Brilliant."
Authorities © 2013 Alex Krasotkin
Gsgary showing us a thing or two about Kodalith...
First Kodalith Ortho shot © 2013 Gsgary
and, then, a thing or two about excellent timing.... (and why we should always have a camera readily at hand)
Leap © 2013 Gsgary
Luigi wrote that he hadn't quite opened his eyes when he shot this one morning recently. Here's what I wrote in reply: "Luigi, keep your eyes closed. This is terrific. The de-focused look is absolutely perfect for this image. It totally dehumanizes these people, subsuming them to their environment and their urge to pursue upward mobility. Brilliant."
Paris, 2013/18 © 2013 Luiman
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bk1970
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Thank you for the mention, Rob and Harry!