Gallery Picks for the week ending 06 September 2011

[lynnb]

Gallery Picks for the week ending 05 September, 2011
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.
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[lynnb]

photos that I liked from the Gallery over the past week...

Robert Blu - marcelino 4. Fantastic shot!


enlo - departure. I liked the beautiful light, and great timing to catch the silhouette


Mlehrman - Crosby Street. Lots of places for the eye to wander around in this, and to wonder about the stories of each of the participants


Joao - Foundation 02. I liked the composition in shapes and tones


Focalplane - Ha. I thought the post processing created something special with this subject. Perhaps more art than photograph.


barnwulf (Jim) - Light Beam Underpass. Graphic impact, precise timing and great light.


another of Jim's shots - Julia & Ruby. What a sweet photo. Sometimes animals tug at the emotions.


watchful101 - I like the atmosphere and movement in this hand held night street shot.


Petronius. I interpreted this as a photo of terror, but maybe that's just anthropomorphism. An arresting shot, regardless.


Paulfish4570 - friday night. I liked the feel of this, and the excellent tonality.


print44 - beach. Lovely capture of patterns in the light - the figures are a bonus.


Alistair.0 - Mancurians. Excellent street shot and expressions, with tonality to match.

[lynnb]

Focalplane's Ha: interesting post processing

[paulfish4570]

rats! you beat me to it by nanoseconds, lynn. but it should be the week ending on sunday, sept. 4, shouldn't it?
anyhow, my picks:



enlo:


Robert Blu, his series is like a film shot in stills:


tigerphil:


luiman:


Jack Conrad:


barnwulf:


guoshuo:


photony:

[ferider]

From Anchorage:

direwolf101, Defiance



Keith, Little Feat



Aldenfelder, Untitled



Way, Harp



Peter^, Driving



Cheers,

Roland.

[paulfish4570]

Bingley:


Keith, eye=grabbing series:


Joao:


watchful101:


robur, very interesting palette:


Petronius:


divewizard, big negative, big colors:


ChEc:


whitecat:


Ezzie:


Walter Leporati:


quicksilvermike:

[EliasK]

My picks:

StefanJosef:



quicksilvermike:




paulfitz76:




steve kessel:




ChEc:




Walter Leporati:




Alistair.O






Keith:




petronius




Sparrow:




Miehrman:




Joao:




Arvay:




luiman:




paulfish4570:

[paulfish4570]

f16sunshine;


cosmonaut:


aldenfender, pure summer:


mlehrman, actual film:


hteasley, a minimalist's delight, my favorite shot of the week:


brainwood:


alistair:


luiman:

[EliasK]

enlo:




divewizard:



Great week!

[john neal]

Some great work above - I'd like to add this one by Helen Hill - another Summar classic!

[paulfish4570]

another by alistair:

[leica M2 fan]

I like the very strong lighting and contrast.

[paulfish4570]

thank you, Lynn and Elias ...

[leica M2 fan]

Mon September 5, 2011 02:14

[luiman]

Thank you for the mentions, Paul and EliasK, very much.

Mlehrman (my favorite of the week)


Jim (barnwulf)


Walter Leporati


Alistair O.


Paul(fish4570)


LynnB


print44


quicksilvermike


Bobfrance


paulfitz76


Tigerphil


Joao


watchful101

[Bobfrance]

Got some time off work, so I though I'd make a concerted effort to post a few of my faves from the week.


Gho - I love strong low light and it's been used it very nicely here.


Monz - A very well composed Xpan frame


Cosmonaut - I like the balance of the composition and how the apparent stillness of the man contrasts with the jest of water.


Lynnb - This made me laugh. Such an unlikely combination. Such a lot of steps!


Waler Leporati - Simply brilliant. This is right up my street and definitely one of those images I really wish I'd taken myself.


Filmfan - I like the scale, detail and scope of this shot. The lighting's great and there's nothing dominating the image apart from the huge shadow that seems to pull it all together. If it was bigger I'd spend a long time looking at it.


Stuart John - The dog's expression is priceless and the picture is in itself a complete explanation of why anyone would want to capture a frozen moment.


Bob.

[porktaco]

john neal. abstract forms, natural beach, human scale in the distance.



bobfrance. grotesque, human, beautifully lit.



bobfrance. i'm a sucker for contra-jour superhighlight-ey pictures. and i love the ghostly figures on the right. this is really tremendous.



walter leporati. first of all, who the hell does a backfloat in washington square fountain? second of all, this is just delicious. luminous where it counts, well composed where it's darker. just gorgeous.



also from walter. strong lines. strong subject, with nice tension between the limestone facade, the book and the milk-carton-chair.



divewizard. joyous, transitory, colorful.



jack conrad. authentic activity, beautifully lit.



watchful101. great expressions in the background, grotesque and interesting in the foreground.

[barnwulf]

Thank you Lynn, Paul, and Luigi for the mentions. I feel it's necessary to say that my picture of Julia & Ruby is more appropriate for facebook than the gallery here on RFF. I am sorry if I have crossed any lines of taste here. Jim

My picks this week are:

luiman Two picks for Luigi this week. I like the graphic and spacial compostions of both pictures, the tonality and the figure in the first is just perfect.




Keith Just a wonderful and very creative idea for a self portrait.


Bingley


paulfish4570 Two for Paul this week. The first shot Paul captured the Friday night football atmosphere perfectly.


Very nice light, texture and framing.


Joao Joao usually has such amazing architectural shots and this in just beautiful.


More later.

[luiman]

Thank you, Jim, for mentioning my photos, much appreciated.

[barnwulf]

Mlehrman
Simply wonderful shot. I feel like I am watching a frame from a film or a glimps of a stage play with a great story going on.


Another from, Mlehrman
Such simplicity with gorgeous tones.


Sparrow Two from Sparrow.




lynnb Wonderful discovery and capture.


Walter Leporati No words are need here.

[gho]

Thanks, Bobfrance, I love strong lowlight too!

Here are my picks:

alistair.O - Mancunians No1



santino - no title



Way - museum man



luiman - ....

[leica M2 fan]

Contre -jour shots like this are so outstanding. Especially side-lit ones.

[barnwulf]

tigerphilTwo from Phil this week. The first is just a great point of view of things around us always with very nice tones.


Wonderful line and detail.


ChEc Two from Chris this week.
I am impressed by his soft colors and wonderful simple composition.




whitecat Wonderful soft color and I like the straight forward composition.


StefanJozef


Frank Version Two I really like this pose and the color tones. Maybe it's a guy thing but, Toni has gorgeous lips.


Bobfrance Two this from Bob.




Monz

[Jamie Pillers]

With a bit of mathematics thrown in to boot! :-)

[robert blu]

I did not go through the gallery daily, but by now a few ones from my side are here, I'll look for some more tomorrow...

print44: beach, a real good use of the light (and shadows)


Walter Leporati: just relaxing in pool, wonderful composition and what a light!


Sparrow: living in the country of Vespa I appreciated very much this clean formal frame