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This is the place to submit and vote on photos for the week of 19 September to be featured on the main site. This contest should showcase your best quality work, demonstrating at least moderate skill with a camera and a general understanding of the artistic aspects of photography. Remember, the selected photo will be displayed on our main site header for a week. Submit something that you and the members of our site will want to look at and admire for seven days! This contest is for the community to choose what they LIKE (not what they dislike), with the most liked being displayed on the main site header for a week.

.: Voting Closes on Sept 18th at 11:59pm EDT (UTC-4) :.

Submissions may be added any day of the week until voting closes. The winning image (with the highest votes) as of the close of voting will be exhibited on the main site.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Due to some oddities with the last contest, we'll be running this one for an additional week. meta.photo.stackexchange.com/questions/1446/… \$\endgroup\$
    – rfusca
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 0:04
  • \$\begingroup\$ Limit one photo per person per week - does this mean 2 images per person in a 2 week contest? \$\endgroup\$
    – Imre
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 17:22
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Imre - changed, 'per contest' \$\endgroup\$
    – rfusca
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 18:06
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    \$\begingroup\$ For this week, it looks like we'll also close submission time after the first week, but continue the voting the additional week. \$\endgroup\$
    – rfusca
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 18:08

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Way Out

Way Out

This was taken at St John's Wood tube station in London. You can see the full size image on Flickr.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Well done, great creativity ;) \$\endgroup\$
    – dialex
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 21:22
  • \$\begingroup\$ This one looks "far far" better in the enlarged view. \$\endgroup\$
    – Aquarius_Girl
    Commented Sep 12, 2011 at 8:18
  • \$\begingroup\$ Surely you mean 'way way' better? :) \$\endgroup\$
    – ElendilTheTall
    Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 17:37
  • \$\begingroup\$ @ElendilTheTall Is using "far far" grammatically wrong? In which cases is "far far" used then? \$\endgroup\$
    – Aquarius_Girl
    Commented Sep 16, 2011 at 8:37
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    \$\begingroup\$ 'Far far' is perfectly correct. 'Way way' references the title of the photo, that's all :) A little pun. \$\endgroup\$
    – ElendilTheTall
    Commented Sep 16, 2011 at 8:56
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Evening Pond

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View LARGE on Flickr

Taken on an evening walk.

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Lioness

my daughter

My daughter's eye. (Yep, 'tis the actual color.) Full size available.

Taken with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5; f/2.8, 1/250 sec, ISO 80, focal length 28 (35-mm eqv.). I was 3-5 cm from the eye with lense in macro mode.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Nice processing :) \$\endgroup\$
    – jaxxon
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 16:13
  • \$\begingroup\$ Lots of it, I admit, but the picture was taken with this kind of postprocessing in mind. \$\endgroup\$
    – gabr
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 16:44
  • \$\begingroup\$ @gabr: you say «Yep, 'tis the actual color» and then you say «Lots of it(postprocessing)» so... is the eye color true or postprocessed? :P \$\endgroup\$
    – dialex
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 21:25
  • \$\begingroup\$ The iris is as close as possible to the actual color the eye has on the sun; this actual color was rendered very poorly by the camera and had to be fix a little (color-shifted). Skin, on the other hand, is heavily postprocessed (shifted to B/W, tinted, darkened ...). Contrast is pushed up on the whole picture (four Lightroom layers with Clarity +100). \$\endgroup\$
    – gabr
    Commented Sep 6, 2011 at 21:31
  • \$\begingroup\$ awesome! can you share more details like what lens you have used and how close you were when taking this shot? \$\endgroup\$
    – Navaneeth K N
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 17:14
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Appu: updated. \$\endgroup\$
    – gabr
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 18:52
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    \$\begingroup\$ Hey people; read the rules: no downvotes please. \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented Sep 12, 2011 at 13:15
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Miami Skyline

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Larger version is available on deviantART. The image was taken from Brickell Key Bridge, facing North. A long shutter speed (slightly over two and a half minutes) was used.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Is this image post-processed? It looks like there is a wire-frame superimposed on the buildings, which creates a nice (TRON-like) effect. \$\endgroup\$
    – ysap
    Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 8:17
  • \$\begingroup\$ Some post-processing was done, but the wireframe-like impression was present in the original picture. \$\endgroup\$
    – Edoardo Pirovano
    Commented Sep 17, 2011 at 14:57
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4sq

4sq

Larger version

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Imre - I like the composition, but I think the photo lacks some color impact. Did you try increasing the color saturation and the contrast? \$\endgroup\$
    – ysap
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 18:17
  • \$\begingroup\$ @ysap thanks, for some weird reason I had saved adjusted colors as one copy and cropping as another :) Updated. \$\endgroup\$
    – Imre
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 18:34
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    \$\begingroup\$ FWIW, I liked the more subtle colors. \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented Sep 12, 2011 at 13:16
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London

London

Larger version

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    \$\begingroup\$ Looks like Un Lun Dun to me. :) \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Commented Sep 12, 2011 at 13:17
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Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes

Larger image here: FLICKR Version

My youngest daughter. Took this with two exposures, a soft one that I desaturated and one that I kept in color and crisp for her eyes, the feature people always comment on.

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The forgotten childhood

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Larger version on FlickR

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I like the melancholic mood \$\endgroup\$
    – Boris Gorelik
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 8:23
  • \$\begingroup\$ Thanks. This is one of my favorite photos, but it seems like it's too dark for banner (logo, or whatever it is called here). I didn't think about that when I posted it. \$\endgroup\$
    – Kiril Kirov
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 10:43
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    \$\begingroup\$ +1 It looks like it's taken on the moon. \$\endgroup\$
    – Carles
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 13:03
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Por la vida...

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You can see the Original here in my Flickr

This Bobcat was up in a cactus and a group of wild dogs was waiting in the ground... The cactus had almost 3 meters of highest...

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Leaves on sun rise...

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Larger view can be seen here

Taken at my home garden...

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    \$\begingroup\$ this is a good one, maybe you should re-publish it next week... \$\endgroup\$
    – pacoespinoza
    Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 17:02
  • \$\begingroup\$ Beautiful!! Please do post again next week. Would be great to see this one get some visibility. Thanks for sharing. \$\endgroup\$
    – jaxxon
    Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 20:14
  • \$\begingroup\$ Thank you loads to pacoespinoza and jaxxon... Surely I will re-post it next week... \$\endgroup\$
    – Dulini Atapattu
    Commented Sep 16, 2011 at 4:21
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Good Morning Sunshine!

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This was taken early in the morning at the Llandudno beach. Bigger picture here

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    \$\begingroup\$ Sabeen, you should level the horizon. Also, I think shifting the horizon from the dead center will add some to the composition. \$\endgroup\$
    – ysap
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 18:21
  • \$\begingroup\$ @ysap .. thanks a lot finally some tips I can work with, I am just starting out ... thank you very much! \$\endgroup\$
    – Sabeen Malik
    Commented Sep 7, 2011 at 22:59
  • \$\begingroup\$ If it is comments and tips you're looking for, there are better places than the weekly image thread. For some specific topics, the regular photo.se forum may be just adequate. \$\endgroup\$
    – ysap
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 1:13
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    \$\begingroup\$ @ysap , the primary intention here was to show off one of my best recent shots. As no one voted it up, its great to know that someone bothered to point out the problems, so thanks for that :) \$\endgroup\$
    – Sabeen Malik
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 1:18
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    \$\begingroup\$ These are not necessarily the problems. These are my own preferences for this kind of photography. You, as the artist, may have a different view on things. But it is always good to try and be open for critique, as the best way to learn! \$\endgroup\$
    – ysap
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 1:28
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    \$\begingroup\$ FWIW, the natural sky is refreshing compared to the many over-processed seascape photos we see these days. Keep it up! \$\endgroup\$
    – jaxxon
    Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 20:17
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Horse in Holland

Here's one I took in Holland on a bikeride.

Here's one I took in Holland on a bikeride.

Large image (4.4MB) HERE.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I should have chosen a different image. But that's "against the rules" so I'll play fair. \$\endgroup\$
    – U4iK_HaZe
    Commented Sep 8, 2011 at 3:55

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