Weekly Featured Image: Week of October 22, 2012

Question

This is the place to submit and vote on photos for the week of 22 Oct 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 October 22nd at 9:30pm EDT (UTC-4) :.

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There is no theme this week

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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.

Last week's thread
Winners Hall of Fame

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Submitter Rules:

• Limit one photo per person per contest
• A specific photo may be submitted at most two weeks in a row
• A specific photo may not be submitted more than four times a year
• Keep all images appropriate, we want this site to be work safe
• Do not submit any photo if you are currently featured
• Images must be 210 px high and up to 375 px wide
• Images must be in landscape orientation
• Images must not contain any artificially added borders or of any kind
• Do not use this forum as a means to get critiques!
• Showcase your best works!

Voting Rules:

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• Up votes only!
• Only vote up the images you like...ignore those you do not.
• DO NOT use this forum as a place for image critique. Use chat for that (you'll get far better feedback)!
• DO NOT vote down your competitors! UP VOTES ONLY! Don't like, don't vote.

General Tips:

We encourage you to include a link to a larger version of your image. You may host your work on sites such as Flickr, 1x.com, 500px.com, RedBubble.com, etc. to showcase larger versions.

Feel free to include a concise description that explains the image, the emotion behind them, etc. and perhaps some explanation of gear and exposure settings, etc.

Answer 1

Windows

Belogradchik, Bulgaria

Answer 2

Click here for larger picture.

This image is taken at St Mary's Lighthouse, North Shield, North East England.

Nikon D700 with 24-70 f2.8

• f22
• 5 sec exposure
• iso 100

Answer 3

I Want You

This image was taken in Venice, Italy. The padlocks are placed by a couple who swear undying love, lock the padlock to the railing and throw the keys into the canal.

You can see the fullsize image on Flickr.

Answer 4

Walt Disney Amphitheater

 Nikon D7000
 Nikkor 35mm f/1.8
 1/1600, f/1.8, ISO 100
 Handheld 45 minutes before sunset

Answer 5

Flying Sunset

A sunset taken from a flight.

Bigger Here

Answer 6

Hoiho

Hoiho - Yellow-eyed Penguin.

The Hoiho is among the world’s rarest penguins with an estimated total population of about 4000.

Larger version here - 7 MP crop from 24 MP original.
24 MP original here

Minolta 500 mm Reflex, f/8. Sony A77. Saturation increased on cropped version to make image better viewable in 210 high format. More natural saturation in uncropped version.

This and related photos were taken in the birds natural habitat while observing permitted viewing distances.