Gallery Picks for the week ending Monday 8th Nov

[paulfish4570]

tigerphil:

This shot is such a departure from TP's light/shadow compositions. Lots of enrgy in this shot, well composed.

p.giannakis:

The thumbnail of this shot demanded I click on it. I was not disappointed.

Bingley:

These roadside traffic death memorials are everywhere. This is a dignified composition that takes it out of the ordinary.

Jingles 97:

This shot made me want to talk with this woman ...

 

[robklurfield]

f16sunshine has posted some great images recently of our automotive culture. last week he had the images from an iPhone. This week it was these two great portraits of KSK driving some 60's iron.

 

[ThomasM]

To me, photography is expression on the side of the photographer, and feeling on the side of the viewer. So, sorry, no explanations. There are probably "better" photos according to the established aesthetic rules, but these are the ones that touched me; I don't really know why, and I don't want to know.

Keith

Gregowitz

Joao

carino

paulfish4570

jingles97

randomm

 

[porktaco]

did i miss the drawn out discussion elsewhere?

i like the idea of longer comments and fewer photos, if that's where it ended up.

also, thank you arjay.

maddoc, because it goes boom for me. eye is drawn right to the center, background object to keep it from being boring.

gainsbourg - it's so not THE chelsea hotel, but it kinda is

carino - because of the mirror. it's nice enough image without the mirror, but sort of blahblahblah funny guys. with the mirror, it's an excellent photograph.

bogotron - the similarity of gesture - in fact, the flow from one gesture to the other - is wonderful.

 

[paulfish4570]

randomm:

Lovely, velvety presence ...

Newspaperguy:

wonderful composition with so much information ...

Petronius:

Zeno caught lightning in a bottle with the lighting in this shot

luiman:
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Such a quiet, beautiful moment ...

Tuna's marathon man:

Is it safe?

hteasley:

Lighting, composition, timing, Sadie's accidental pose, even the out-of-date Kodachrome pink/purple cast, make this shot ...

nzeeman:

That goofy gaze over his shoulder; well caught ...

dvao:

Lighting, composition, tone, mystery: what is there not to like?

LeiceForEver:

A well-composed model ... 🙂

maeniu:

So much life, well caught.

Peter^:

Strong, diagonal slashes make this composition ...

 

[paulfish4570]

ChEc:

The shooter out-mondrians Mondrian ...

mudride:

I like the way the lines pull the eye toward the young woman ...

f16sunshine:

A composition that breaks the rules but works ...

Ezzie;

such strong sense of geometry, well-composed, well executed ...

keith:

How dare those people look away from such a magnificent beast?

hteasley:

Such pathos.

 

[paulfish4570]

Thank you to all who mentioned some of my photos among these wonderful, wonderful shots.

 

[luiman]

Thanks to Arjay and Paul for mentioning my photos.

Paulfish4570

Inaki

hteasley

Arjay

Ezzie

Israel Alanis

Machspeed

jingles 97

Rob Klurfield

 

[paulfish4570]

this one. I knew I had missed one by Rob that should have been among my picks.

 

[leica M2 fan]

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Here's my try at a self-imposed limit for this week and believe me, it is very difficult.
I like this one by zeroeseight for the wide expanse of the 15mm view and how the interest is right about at the middle of the frame.

 

[hteasley]

Many of mine have been picked already: Paul's misty dock shot, I want to note especially. Wow.

A couple of mine that have not been mentioned yet:

ThomasM, Fog

I'm a sucker for mist and dramatic geometric views. When someone sees incredible geometry in the everyday, like the above, and ChEc's Mondrian-like window, those are shots that grab me.

film4ever, FED2_J3_roll5_7_RFF

I just love the composition and contrast. I love how the solid stone wall is seeming to emerge out of the background glow, so close to me.

 

[hteasley]

And this. Just love the composition and story here.

CarlosM, 4-021

 

[porktaco]

Here's my try at a self-imposed limit for this week and believe me, it is very difficult.
I like this one by zeroeseight for the wide expanse of the 15mm view and how the interest is right about at the middle of the frame.

wow. that's good for so many reasons. the pavement, the figure, the organic vs the manmade, the light...

 

[Machspeed]

I like Petronius' image bellow.
Lately I've begun to think that photography without human presence is somewhat less expressive. Humans are landscapes in themselves.. but I don't want to talk about that now. The point I want to make is that here comes a photograph that teaches me not to try to formulate rules as good photography can come in many forms.
It has a compositional structure that activates my visual memory, it's like a haunting image that I've seen somewhere but not quite like it. I know I've seen images like this but the haunting effect keeps coming back like a spell. I feel like the photograph is about the memory process in itself.

 

[leica M2 fan]

Machspeed, this one by petronius was one of the very best of the week. For the reasons you stated it also very much grabbed me.

 

[leica M2 fan]

tic Katariina Kaik

tic Katariina Kaik

I am attracted to low light photos especially with some good light and detail.
√

 

[semrich]

Well, there was a lot of whining, wailing and gnashing of teeth about "Picks" last week, but it seems at this point to be alive and well with some individual adjustments in the nature of the posts. I still find it a worthy thread to participate in primarily because of the chance to see what other members like enough to post.

Here are my picks, including the image even if it has already be posted, because it offers some feed back about how many individually liked it enough to present it here:

haempe - "Nikolai", A very good night shot. I like the light and shadow play and the old and new buildings in the composition.

Peter^ - "n the alps 3". A stunning capture of sunlight, mist and forest.

paulfish4570 - "Two-sunrise ...", A lovely ethereal composition and tones sets this one apart.

carino - "Barbero loco", Long live 6X6 medium format, a playful scene, well composed, and true to life color with the added little bit of the scene plaved out in the mirror.

robklurfield - "Statue of Liberty", I like this because you can develop all sorts of meaning from it, particularly to current political and economic conditions.

And that's all for this week folks.

 

[leica M2 fan]

robklurfield steam & park

robklurfield steam & park

Thu November 4, 2010 15:27
Just a simple scene very well executed photographically by Rob.

 

[porktaco]

rob's new york shots are so great for me, but i'm kind of a homer that way. i'm a child of the 70s in new york, and all the transitions of that time - from black+white to color, from decay to renewal, from traditional to technological - resonate for me, and are captured very well by rob.

also, i generally dislike photos - especially street photos - without people. they seem... cold. that said, i have a hard time picking a single one of petronius' pictures that is not a joy. what he does is very, very hard. finding lyricism in settings that are not in themselves lyrical.

 

[porktaco]

also, this thread is why rff is a lot more interesting than... well, other fora.