Arjay
Time Traveller
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.
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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!
randomm
Well-known
My picks of the week
Totenmond 2 by haempe
Grotesque or Cool? by Frank Petronio
random events #4 by Keith
Cleaning up Washington DC by Darkhorse
Storm at Sea by filmfan
Totenmond 2 by haempe
Grotesque or Cool? by Frank Petronio
random events #4 by Keith
Cleaning up Washington DC by Darkhorse
Storm at Sea by filmfan
Liquid-Sky
Unregistered consumer
From CarlosM
From hteasley
i like the lines & colors.
From hteasley
i like the lines & colors.
Liquid-Sky
Unregistered consumer
From tkrap 
From tbarker13 
simply for the gorgeous feel of womans.
From tbarker13 simply for the gorgeous feel of womans.
Arjay
Time Traveller
Here are my picks of the week (at last - work got into my way 
):
Petronius - Rollei_35_089_15. I chose this one because Petronius surprises me times and again with images that strike a chord in my semi-conscious memories of being on the move. Is this a dream or a memory - I don't know. And exactly this ambiguity makes this picture so exciting to me.
Bingley - SFMOMA. What a lovely play with silhouettes, light and reflections - and a great composition too.
Icemendicant - Silhouette & Sky. Beautiful BW conversion with rich tones in the sky and just enough detail on the boat. The seagulls on the rigging are the icing on the cake...
Machspeed - Incomprehensible Stubbornness. Just look at that face - it tells a story that is moving people all across Europe from France to Romania (illegal Gypsy expulsions from France to Romania), and that is relevant for present history. I love the picture, even if I don't agree with the comment.
Petronius - 4-0802
Superb composition, and a rare example of a well-executed color key image that works as a picture.
Hteasley - Xing. Superb colors & structures, and some magic light. It takes so little to make compelling pictures, yet it's so hard to see these opportunities ...
Eyal_bin - *****. It's the things that are not in this picture, yet are alluded to that make this shot so extraordinary.
Graksi - Go Away. This shot makes me think of one of my favorite Brassai photographs... Nicely geometric, yet so emotional.
):Petronius - Rollei_35_089_15. I chose this one because Petronius surprises me times and again with images that strike a chord in my semi-conscious memories of being on the move. Is this a dream or a memory - I don't know. And exactly this ambiguity makes this picture so exciting to me.
Bingley - SFMOMA. What a lovely play with silhouettes, light and reflections - and a great composition too.
Icemendicant - Silhouette & Sky. Beautiful BW conversion with rich tones in the sky and just enough detail on the boat. The seagulls on the rigging are the icing on the cake...
Machspeed - Incomprehensible Stubbornness. Just look at that face - it tells a story that is moving people all across Europe from France to Romania (illegal Gypsy expulsions from France to Romania), and that is relevant for present history. I love the picture, even if I don't agree with the comment.
Petronius - 4-0802
Superb composition, and a rare example of a well-executed color key image that works as a picture.
Hteasley - Xing. Superb colors & structures, and some magic light. It takes so little to make compelling pictures, yet it's so hard to see these opportunities ...
Eyal_bin - *****. It's the things that are not in this picture, yet are alluded to that make this shot so extraordinary.
Graksi - Go Away. This shot makes me think of one of my favorite Brassai photographs... Nicely geometric, yet so emotional.
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petronius
Veteran
Thank you for the kind words about my picture Arjay, but this one
was shot by CarlosM!
was shot by CarlosM!
hteasley
Pupil
Thank you to Arjay and Liquid Sky for the mentions: high compliments.
Some of my favorites:
Carlos M, 4-0802
saturnales, La maison de chasse
maejenu, Ayoke
Machspeed, 2 taken apart
Paul, Dawnbreak
haempe, Totenmond 2
Some of my favorites:
Carlos M, 4-0802
saturnales, La maison de chasse
maejenu, Ayoke
Machspeed, 2 taken apart
Paul, Dawnbreak
haempe, Totenmond 2
Martini
Well-known
hteasley
Pupil
More favorites:
md2008, Broom
f16sunshine, Drink No Drink
Machspeed (again), Morning thoughts
Rob, Singing Cow
md2008, Broom
f16sunshine, Drink No Drink
Machspeed (again), Morning thoughts
Rob, Singing Cow
paulfish4570
Veteran
Maeniu:
ThomasM
tigerphil
Petronius
jordanstarr
ricnak
Bingley
Zorkikat
ThomasM
tigerphil
Petronius
jordanstarr
ricnak
Bingley
Zorkikat
hteasley
Pupil
I like the "Pick a Pair" theme to your posts: two photos from two different photographers in the gallery. May be worth a thread itself.
paulfish4570
Veteran
Darkhorse
snausages
Bike Tourist
Machspeed
mgeary
Rob
luiman
Eyal Bin
Walter Leporati
gho
snausages
Bike Tourist
Machspeed
mgeary
Rob
luiman
Eyal Bin
Walter Leporati
gho
semrich
Well-known
Here are the photos I've selected for this week:
Bingley - "SFMOMA".
I especially like all the squares, retangles, verticals, and capping all that off the two slanting rays of light coming from the door with the two people framed in the two glass doors. A lot to look at here.
Chuck Cates - "~".
Wonderfull composition and lighting, makes me want to go out and take a shot like this.
Frank Petronio - "Bong Hit".
I like the precision and exactness of the moment that gives off real sensuality. Nothing in the backqround could distract from that.
Martini - "Pano 2".
The neon glow of the colors and that little bend in the yellow line to the left calls to enter and follow it.
tigerphil - "Lacey Shadows,10".
What more can I say other then well seen and captured for the Fineness and intricacy of it's texture.
Mackinaw - "Mackinaw".
How could you not like accidental originality, I don't know how you could duplicate that if you tried. The few times I've done that I would like to have it work out so well.
CarlRadford - "Tea Plucker".
I like the intensity in the gaze and the tones.
Walter Leporati - "Marathon 2010".
Been there done that years ago, I can almost feel the empty cups under my feet. Nice presentation of a scene repeated every mile for 26 miles, empty cups in the foreground great legs and action in the background.
Bingley - "SFMOMA".
I especially like all the squares, retangles, verticals, and capping all that off the two slanting rays of light coming from the door with the two people framed in the two glass doors. A lot to look at here.
Chuck Cates - "~".
Wonderfull composition and lighting, makes me want to go out and take a shot like this.
Frank Petronio - "Bong Hit".
I like the precision and exactness of the moment that gives off real sensuality. Nothing in the backqround could distract from that.
Martini - "Pano 2".
The neon glow of the colors and that little bend in the yellow line to the left calls to enter and follow it.
tigerphil - "Lacey Shadows,10".
What more can I say other then well seen and captured for the Fineness and intricacy of it's texture.
Mackinaw - "Mackinaw".
How could you not like accidental originality, I don't know how you could duplicate that if you tried. The few times I've done that I would like to have it work out so well.
CarlRadford - "Tea Plucker".
I like the intensity in the gaze and the tones.
Walter Leporati - "Marathon 2010".
Been there done that years ago, I can almost feel the empty cups under my feet. Nice presentation of a scene repeated every mile for 26 miles, empty cups in the foreground great legs and action in the background.
robklurfield
eclipse
bike tourist. "The Unbearble Whiteness of Being" - funny title (bowing to Milan Kundera) and a great shot.
Frank Petronio. "Grotesque or Cool." I voted cool. Most of Frank's models perform as actresses rather than models under his direction. They're not vamping much as playing roles. It takes a special skill to get folks to shed their inhibitions and perform this way. A big part of the skill is trust.
Machspeed. great composition. luck and timing are inextricably linked. a less lucky photographer would have seen her on a day when she was wearing jeans and a tee shirt. a less talented photographer wouldn't have clicked at just the right moment on the one day she was wearing this great polka-dotted dress. perfect shot.
malcD. nice sense of the frenzy of the hounds.
harrejesus. their movement has a circus-act quality to it. almost two movers on a tightwire. nicely done. great tone and a somewhat stark background have me think about the great migrations of people during troubled economic times. maybe these are the modern day Joads.
Walter Leporati capturing the essence of the 2010 NYC Marathon. And to think: some has to clean up all these paper cups; a marathon in itself. I love Walter's choice of angle and the lush tonality here.
another by Walter. This fellow's knowing expression and wizened visage tell us that he's a dyed-in-the-wool New Yawker who's seen it all and he's nonplussed about Walter pointing a camera at him.
Another by Dick Thorton. Great title: "A prayer is answered."
Frank Petronio. "Grotesque or Cool." I voted cool. Most of Frank's models perform as actresses rather than models under his direction. They're not vamping much as playing roles. It takes a special skill to get folks to shed their inhibitions and perform this way. A big part of the skill is trust.
Machspeed. great composition. luck and timing are inextricably linked. a less lucky photographer would have seen her on a day when she was wearing jeans and a tee shirt. a less talented photographer wouldn't have clicked at just the right moment on the one day she was wearing this great polka-dotted dress. perfect shot.
malcD. nice sense of the frenzy of the hounds.
harrejesus. their movement has a circus-act quality to it. almost two movers on a tightwire. nicely done. great tone and a somewhat stark background have me think about the great migrations of people during troubled economic times. maybe these are the modern day Joads.
Walter Leporati capturing the essence of the 2010 NYC Marathon. And to think: some has to clean up all these paper cups; a marathon in itself. I love Walter's choice of angle and the lush tonality here.
another by Walter. This fellow's knowing expression and wizened visage tell us that he's a dyed-in-the-wool New Yawker who's seen it all and he's nonplussed about Walter pointing a camera at him.
Another by Dick Thorton. Great title: "A prayer is answered."
leica M2 fan
Veteran
petronius Rollei_35-091-09
petronius Rollei_35-091-09
The petronius magic at work again this week.
petronius Rollei_35-091-09
The petronius magic at work again this week.
robklurfield
eclipse
Machspeed. Even the human in the image has lost all signs of being human because of the Machspeed abstracted this image. The cabinet has vaguely menacing robotic quality to it the nicely complements the disembodied hands. Perhaps this was the precursor to all those Kindles and other e-Readers - a reading robot with Frankstein hands and a Fritz Lang Metropolis head.
TennesseeJones. We know the juggler has good timing; they all do. But TJ managed to draw our attention to the chef in the window. For some reason his title made me think this could be a Roger Greenaway film, perhaps a sequel, this one titled: "The Cook, The Photographer his Lover and Juggler."
Keith. Try as I might to replicate this shot myself, I could make a lump of laundy in clothes dryer look as sexy as Keith has made this lined-dried laundry look. Even the curtains or are they placemats, look intriguing.
darkhorse is planning to take the plunge with a home darkroom. I await the results if they're going to be anything like this great image. "Cleaning Up Washington, DC." Couldn't be a more aptly timed image and socio-political commentary for our times. People of all political stripes seem to be realizing the US government is a mess. I'm not sure one pail and mop will be sufficient to do the job.
Martini. Everything Martini posts has an other worldly surreal look to it.
ZorkiKat. "Imelda." great timing on this shot. I think you captured classic Imelda, but well-tempered by the seemingly suspicious gaze that the lady behind her is casting at her. and, if the shot weren't already completely perfect, you managed to catch the "Diva" sign in the background too at the same time Imelda is doing her diva routine. Couldn't be better.
TennesseeJones. We know the juggler has good timing; they all do. But TJ managed to draw our attention to the chef in the window. For some reason his title made me think this could be a Roger Greenaway film, perhaps a sequel, this one titled: "The Cook, The Photographer his Lover and Juggler."
Keith. Try as I might to replicate this shot myself, I could make a lump of laundy in clothes dryer look as sexy as Keith has made this lined-dried laundry look. Even the curtains or are they placemats, look intriguing.
darkhorse is planning to take the plunge with a home darkroom. I await the results if they're going to be anything like this great image. "Cleaning Up Washington, DC." Couldn't be a more aptly timed image and socio-political commentary for our times. People of all political stripes seem to be realizing the US government is a mess. I'm not sure one pail and mop will be sufficient to do the job.
Martini. Everything Martini posts has an other worldly surreal look to it.
ZorkiKat. "Imelda." great timing on this shot. I think you captured classic Imelda, but well-tempered by the seemingly suspicious gaze that the lady behind her is casting at her. and, if the shot weren't already completely perfect, you managed to catch the "Diva" sign in the background too at the same time Imelda is doing her diva routine. Couldn't be better.
robklurfield
eclipse
Keith has become a master of goat portraiture, in this instance, truly capturing this fellow's personality and rendering him with great dignity (and some nice bokeh).
Jamie Pillers. Nice composition and great timing. I like the contrast between the woman and the dressmaker's dummy. the sign with the words "recapture" and "vintage" make this complete. also, the wide space between her and the dummy help. nicely done. Jamie says she a regular in his neighbor and that's he's accumulating enough material to do a sizeable book on her. I look forward to seeing that work.
Jamie Pillers. Nice composition and great timing. I like the contrast between the woman and the dressmaker's dummy. the sign with the words "recapture" and "vintage" make this complete. also, the wide space between her and the dummy help. nicely done. Jamie says she a regular in his neighbor and that's he's accumulating enough material to do a sizeable book on her. I look forward to seeing that work.
robklurfield
eclipse
a great week by Machspeed with another image of distinction. I like the composition and the way he managed to capture the look of expectancy on this gentleman's brow.
Luiman. A nice painterly, impressionistic image shot by Luigi from bus speeding through the scenery on a rainy day.
Two by Petronius. I love the contrast the little white dog provides in the first.
and, in the second, the dehumanizing sense that once we enter the hall of bureaucracy we are nothing more than pawns in chess game as the world whirs by in a blur.
Jack Conrad. The hand-letter signs made me think about Walker Evans. Perhaps a sign of the times.
isogb. I like the way the truck in this image appears ready to simply fall out of the frame.
RobertoV. A nice gleam in her eye. I like a woman who can smoke a cigar and still look feminine.
Luiman. A nice painterly, impressionistic image shot by Luigi from bus speeding through the scenery on a rainy day.
Two by Petronius. I love the contrast the little white dog provides in the first.
and, in the second, the dehumanizing sense that once we enter the hall of bureaucracy we are nothing more than pawns in chess game as the world whirs by in a blur.
Jack Conrad. The hand-letter signs made me think about Walker Evans. Perhaps a sign of the times.
isogb. I like the way the truck in this image appears ready to simply fall out of the frame.
RobertoV. A nice gleam in her eye. I like a woman who can smoke a cigar and still look feminine.
motion_runner
Established
A new start by Mike Meal
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robklurfield
eclipse
Harry & Paul, thanks.