What photo made your jaw drop lately?

[icebear]

I stumbled over this picture posted by Ming Thein in his blog on Leica and it made my jaw drop.
The compostion is just, yeah right ...jaw dropping for me and on top of that, the perfect moment when the woman on high heels walking trough that spot of light capturing her and her shadow. Awesome...

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2548/3957590627_3a9c7e4b93_z.jpg?zz=1


What pictures have you seen lately that have been impressive to you? Or what shots have you taken, that you are particularly fond of. Let's see some examples.

 

[Nando]

This photo by Urs Bernhard is not knew but I return to it every so often and as recent as yesterday. Read the story.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ursbernhard/4846082191/

 

[BobYIL]

Apparently poor, probably homeless or not, whatever is the truth, but the joy this father and son shared impressed me too much 🙂:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hegvannasche/7747681276/in/pool-leica_m_users

 

[greyelm]

I saw this in a recent documentary on Marilyn Munroe. The picture speaks for itself.

http://www.informativos.net/public/images/2012/0307_marilyn-monroe/73996487_10.html

 

[majid]

This panorama of New York under a derecho:
http://ryanbrenizerphotography.zenfolio.com/p231674422/h28826132#h28826132

 

[__hh]

This one... words cannot describe how awesome the human race is. Nothing to do with film, Leica, or rangefinders.

It's so ironic that it is actually humans that landed on Mars in a UFO.

 

[kdemas]

This one... words cannot describe how awesome the human race is. Nothing to do with film, Leica, or rangefinders.

It's so ironic that it is actually humans that landed on Mars in a UFO.

That is an amazing shot. Such an achievement landing that large rover.

 

[johannielscom]

This panorama of New York under a derecho:
http://ryanbrenizerphotography.zenfolio.com/p231674422/h28826132#h28826132

I came to this thread specifically to mention that, only to find I'm late to the party! 🙂

+1!

 

[back alley]

being completely self centred here...but i can't help but wonder if any of my images ever had that sort of impact...

 

[DougFord]

+1 on the Curiosity photo.

Here's a pic, a portrait no less, that I really like.
http://tinyurl.com/8b7xyou

 

[back alley]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33766720@N00/7654090140/

 

[dave lackey]

Derecho...that is the second time in my life I have ever heard that term....😕

Awesome panorama for sure, but derecho? Guess I have been under a rock for too long.😛

Edit: It appears that meteorologists have resurrected this term in 1987 and has become a technical term in weather studies in only the last 10 years or so...

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dvn/hinrichs/JohnsDerechoStory.pdf

Down South, we just call them really bad storms.

 

[icebear]

Any comments on the Ming Thein pic that is by far the most interesting shot from "today" which is not a portrait, that really urges me to get a print. The handrail draws you in and this line is somehow continued in the edge of the building. Not sure if this was by chance or carefully composed.

 

[peterm1]

I never cease tobe delighted by this guys series of rainy weather street photos.

http://christophejacrot.com/series/hong-kong-sous-la-pluie/

more here

http://christophejacrot.com/series/a-propos/

 

[DtheG]

Any comments on the Ming Thein pic that is by far the most interesting shot from "today" which is not a portrait, that really urges me to get a print. The handrail draws you in and this line is somehow continued in the edge of the building. Not sure if this was by chance or carefully composed.

The handrail, building line is there by the intention of the architect ( Norman Foster) City_Hall London.
What I find more interesting and due to the photographer is how the line of the woman's arm follows the shadow and through up into the dark-side, light-side boundary of the building. Also the balancing of the woman's shadow with the dark side of the structure.

 

[jsrockit]

This one: http://susanlipper.com/gv_01.html

or: http://www.equinoxgallery.com/artists/fred-herzog/art/20991 / http://www.equinoxgallery.com/artists/fred-herzog/art/90154

 

[Papercut]

Thanks for the first link, John. I've been on the lookout for Grapevine for awhile -- it's quite expensive on the used market. Nice to be able to see so many (all?) the images without having to drop $250. 😀

This one: http://susanlipper.com/gv_01.html

or: http://www.equinoxgallery.com/artists/fred-herzog/art/20991 / http://www.equinoxgallery.com/artists/fred-herzog/art/90154

 

[mfogiel]

I have been spooked by discovering, that this photographer is so little known today:http://sandroesposito.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/gli-origami-fotografici-di-fan-ho/#jp-carousel-14665

 

[Richard G]

I have been spooked by discovering, that this photographer is so little known today:http://sandroesposito.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/gli-origami-fotografici-di-fan-ho/#jp-carousel-14665

Thanks Marek. Never heard of him. Gli Origami are wonderful.

 

[bobbyrab]

I have been spooked by discovering, that this photographer is so little known today:http://sandroesposito.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/gli-origami-fotografici-di-fan-ho/#jp-carousel-14665

Some of those images are composites which always makes me suspicious of the other seemingly straight photos.