Gallery Picks for the week ending Monday 8th Nov

[barnwulf]

Here are my picks for he week.

ChEc

I picked this photograph by ChEc because of the simple lines, shapes and tones. It a very strong but somewhat simple graphic with rhythm. It just caught my eye.

ThomasM

I like the obvious depth perspective with the lines and the fading image on the fog. Nicely framed complsition with mood.

petronius

petronius

I have a great deal of respect for petronius as a photographer. His photographs combine simple objects into a frame that pull together images of things that may not otherwise be connected. I see many of these things that petronius pulls together but often don't associate them until I see one of his images. - jim

Carlos M

zeroeseight

I like the wide angle and the motion of the street.


Liquid-Sky

ChEc

I find that writing about my reasons for picking images to be very cumbersom and as a result are hollow and pathetic bit of information about my true response to a photograph. I am not a writer and find it diffacult and time consuming to describe fealings and responses to images. - jim

 

[leica M2 fan]

Pappa Djoe ***

Pappa Djoe ***

 

[Keith]

I decided to restrict myself to six choices this week which was hard as I had around fifteen saved in my favourites ... but it was good to force myself to narrow that down a little and it does leave plenty of scope for other people's choices.

My final three:


I always find it hard to go past anything israel alanis posts with the Robot ... I love the look this camera produces and israel's street images always speak to me.

This pic by Steinberg2010 attracted me for it's sense of height and light.

This image by luiman is my favourite for the week. I like everything about it from the composition to the tones produced by the pushed tri-x and the person in the left foreground is what makes it really special IMO. For some reason this photograph made me think about Al Kaplan who I still miss a lot here at RFF.

 

[ThomasM]

Thanks, hteasley and barnwulf.

 

[luiman]

Keith, thank you for your very appreciated comment!

 

[Steinberg2010]

Keith thank you for selecting my photo!

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[randomm]

Thanks for the mentions. Here are my picks for the week:

f16sunshine

tigerphil

israel_alanis

 

[Arjay]

Thank you Luiman for mentioning my museum photo!

 

[hteasley]

A couple more favorites:

rob klurfield, Do Not Build Fire Here! Everything For Everybody

I'd like to know the stories here. There are several, and I'm interested.

p.giannakis, Ronald McDonald Got Sacked

Faces through a window aren't unexpected, but this face is.

 

[porktaco]

israel_alanis

wow. that's really good. i took a lot of dia de los muertes photos. i love the costumes and their halloweeney aspect. i have a lot of sympathy for this one, but it stands on its own as well as a wonderful, mysterious photo.

 

[israel_alanis]

Friends of RFF, I'm surprised and touched by the good comments from all of you
Thank you very much Porktaco, Randomm, Keith, Luiman, Petronius and ChEc thanks or kind comments, I'm honored.
My favs this week were:

F16Sunshine

Martini (Thanks for all help Paul.)

Keith

PaulFish

(this is my choose one of this week, thanks for share Paul)

PWest

Tigerphill

Machspeed

Hteasley

OurManInTangier

Mgeary

LeicaForEver

Meanju

...

 

[israel_alanis]

and...

Jingles 97

Carlos M

Peter^

Md2008

Petronius

(excellent shot Petronius)
Lynnb

(it looks like sky were burning)

Have a great week RFF´s friends.

 

[paulfish4570]

thank you, Israel. you always are kind ...

 

[OurManInTangier]

Thanks to Israel and Petronius for the very kind mentions.

How has everyone felt about the 'Picks' this week? Personally, I've enjoyed the comments that some have made about their picks, it's been interesting to see not just what's interested people but also why. Once again this thread has made me realise how many good photographs I've missed in the gallery this week. Thumbnails just aren't enough to give you an idea of whether the picture is truly interesting or not... if only we had the time to click each pic eh?

 

[paulfish4570]

Aye, Simon, aye ...

 

[hteasley]

Thanks to Paul, Luigi, and Israel, for the mentions.

I feel a bit hampered by the need to describe why I like a picture. Sort of like explaining a joke, it feels like I'm robbing it of its worth. Not sure if I'm going to follow through with the explanations next time.

I limited myself this week, not out of a response to the thread, but because I haven't had time to fully look through the gallery. All I went by was the few I started tagging as favorites halfway through the week.

 

[f16sunshine]

I hope this thread brings more folks to post in the Gallery. There are many great photos here and many folks appreciating different things. If you are reading this and are a new member or one who does not yet have a member gallery started. Please do start posting your photos.

Cheers All 😀

 

[OurManInTangier]

I don't imagine anyone feels that everyone must leave a comment or explanation - it's shaky ground in some ways as its certainly no critique and not necessarily much more than a rough outline of the elements that appeal...at least in the case of the comments I've put with each image.

Perhaps the Picks of the Week thread could and should be left as a far more open forum, put up the pictures you like and as many/few as you see fit, comment or don't and leave it at that - no limits etc

EDIT: +1 for Andy's comment above

 

[Bingley]

Thanks, Paul, for the mention and comment.

 

[Jeicob]

For this week picks I don't have anything new to bring to the table, so I'll just air this little comment on the topic of comments.

Many of the pictures here can (and probably should) speak for themselves, but when picking the less obvious ones I think a comment like Machspeeds adds a hole new dimension 😎

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.