Gallery Picks for the week ending January 9, 2012

[ferider]

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!

[ferider]

Great week, tough choice. Here is mine:

Fuji X100, by Iansky




Stripes, by lynnb




InstaDyptych, by OurManInTangier




Morning Walk on the Beach, by dave lackey




What I Did Last Summer, by Tuna



Thanks to all gallery users.

Roland.

[lynnb]

thanks for the mention ferider.


what a great selection of work posted in the gallery this past week!

luiman - Three generations (minus one)
one generation looking inward to the past, one looking outward to the future.


Mlehrman - On 8th Avenue line
interesting hands make a good subject - I admire anyone who can get a shot like this in a subway


Mlehrman - Commuters
another excellent street shot. Not a bit of space wasted in this frame.


Tuna - Vacationland
this is so funny, in a sad sort of way...


jgeenen - Girl Playing at Brickyard. Vietnam, 2011
a lovely child portrait. I like her expressive eyes.


theredone - on a foggy day
I like this for its mood/atmosphere


petronius - Alt246_10
great eye, the dress is a magnet...


petronius - 2012-01-07_14
Bleak mood. I love how the lack of detail forces our eye to search for information, and to grasp that which is presented.


petronius - 2012-01-05_01
multiple views of the same place in the one instant - reminds me a bit of Hockney..


OurManInTangier - InstaDyptych
two frames in one - excellent catch by a practiced eye...


OurManInTangier - People Watching
What I like about this is not just the two central characters and their priceless expressions, but the reflections of the women they are looking at.


Paulfish4570 - fresh from...
this is such a sweet portrait of a granddaughter, it makes the heart melt.

[lynnb]

some more...

filmfan - Colorado. 2


Tuna
I like the contrast between the old man and the girls, and the expressions


Craife - Hofe Cricket
a reportage feel; I liked the subject, POV (could have been taken by a fly-on-the-wall), and composition


Semrich - Notre Dame
this photo says "city of light"


Semrich - **** (Paris, France)
what a character!


gm13
lovely street photo - I wonder what she's seen...


mudride - Paris mon amour 5
I like the mood and movement, and the POV


Walter Leporati - Central Park Mist
this classic composition has a timeless feel


isorgb - L1
I like the intimacy in this


ChEc - umbrellas
Interesting abstract and design


LukeT - Hexar AF1
I like cat photos - particularly this one


keithp - Free wifi
I enjoyed the gentle humour in this shot

[semrich]

Like Lynn says, a fantastic week. Here are my picks:

jwnash1, a timeless shot, I like how the riders appear to emerge from the dust.





And 2 from Tuna,

At first it looks like a mannequin then the realization it's a half marathon runner with his game face on.



and the corollary to it is the spectators.





filmfan, Superb!!





Alex Krasotkin, great hat, great smile, super portrait.





lynnb, the gull adds a lot to this.





OurManInTangier, 5 people in two frames and no eyes connect.





luiman, a most interesting composition and metaphorical shot.

[leica M2 fan]

Fascinating time and place and no one in the frame!

[zauhar]

Fr. OurManInTangier: Excellent candid shot, the lady in foreground makes the photo for me:



Fr. enzocositore.co.uk: Exceptional composition:



Fr. lynnb: Stunning image:



Fr. semrich: Beautiful light, composition and capture:



Well duh, who wouldn't love this:

Fr. Dave Lackey:



Fr. Kiev Ilegalac : I love this grim photo, carries the weight of the world:

[leica M2 fan]

I like the pose, it seems natural to me and like the football prop.

[EliasK]

My picks:

Olivier S:



mudride:



Tuna:



lynnb:



luiman:



Mlehrman:



kaspartuu:






.

[barnwulf]

Olivier S.


Tuna


tigerphil


mudride


StefanJozef


Kiev Ilegalac


paulfish4570


filmfan


More Later

[barnwulf]

semrich


OurManInTangier


petronius


luiman


Mlehrman


Iansky


kaspartuu


Joao


ChEc


That's all for now. Jim

[pggunn]

I love the tones, the texture, the simple, but effective composition, and the way the background melts away smoothly - the depth of field here is just right. from ferider:




And another from his San Gregorio set. I love the atmosphere - mysterious, ethereal, transcendent, are words that come to mind when I look at this picture - and the seagull really adds something special. This set is a meditation with a camera:




Here's one from kaspartuu. The composition grabbed my attention immediately while scrolling through the thumbnails. The lady in white against the dark background works very well:




Man in a Trechcoat by Stefan Jozeph - dynamic and timeless at the same time. A classic:



And one from filmfan - another simple, but very effective composition. timeless and classic, with a bit of mystery. beautiful:




Another great one from lynnb. He does some the best seascapes I've ever seen. This one has an abstract, other worldly quality to it that really works for me. Great tones and texture too:




And speaking of other worldly, another from filmfan. wonderful:

[barnwulf]

lynnb

[MickH]

lynnb: gull inbound

Kept me going for a while.

[leica M2 fan]

[tigerphil]

from Mlehrman



from luiman



from lynnb



and another from lynnb



from semrich



from Tuna



from Mudride



another from Mudride

[taskoni]

Hey, Semrich and Mudride shot the same guy, check this out

[luiman]

Lynn, semrich, EliasK, Jim and tigerphil, thank you for picking my photos. I'm honored.
Great week, great photos:

LynnB


OurManInTangier


petronius


barnwulf


semrich


Tuna


Mlehrman


StefanJozef


tigerphil


paulfish4570


zahuar

[luiman]

Some more:

Olivier S.


ChEc


Robklurfield

[dave lackey]

Roland, Randy, thanks, I don't normally play in this sandbox and I never ever post my paid work. This morning walk snap (for fun, not paid) was for all the folks up north wishing for Spring and Summer... shorts and tee shirt this afternoon in Atlanta...heh, heh...

It is also about to be hung on the wall at the condo.

[ferider]

Thanks a lot, Gregor !

[lynnb]

thanks for the mentions - much appreciated!

... and another appreciative acknowledgement to OliverS for this lovely shot:

[hteasley]

What an excellent week. My picks:


tigerphil, Natural Encroachment 2,'11


paul, crusty


zauhar, Dark Sky


ChEc, L1000052_DXO

[hteasley]

Alex Krasotkin, Natasha. Casual Portrait


filmfan, Vancouver Rain 2


lynnb, P1050595


StefanJozef, Urban art....

[hteasley]

And my favorite of the week,

OurManInTangier, People Watching