Pay it forward - Pick and Post... aka - the feel good thread.

Slidinginfinity

I have pick this it (bizarrely) has an emotional pull for me.
I bought a very similar ring for my wife that she wore/wears as her engagement ring.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamandagnieszka/3504145195/

Kintarō Hattori

Slidinginfinity wrote: »

I have pick this it (bizarrely) has an emotional pull for me.
I bought a very similar ring for my wife that she wore/wears as her engagement ring.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamandagnieszka/3504145195/

Aw thanks dude, that surprised me somewhat. Not one I'd have thought would appear here!

humberklog

It's got beer and balance in good proportion. Deceptively smart photo with loads to see in it.

Mycroft H

very smart. Great photo

gary82

I enjoyed browsing through your wildlife photos landyman, I think this is my favorite...



He looks perfectly content and relaxed!

Flickr

DK32

Gary82:

I think this is a great example of HDR. For me HDR is a bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it
This is so much nicer to look at than the original.

pullandbang

@DK32 - where's the link to your pics?

DK32

pullandbang wrote: »

@DK32 - where's the link to your pics?

Sorry it's in my profile Edit: Sig updated
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dk400d/

pullandbang

Although I'm not a big fan of kids pics, this one caught my attention. What an expression and those two big bottom teeth coupled with the grin makes it work for me. Nice shallow dof to throw the background out of focus makes this a great portrait.

Simplicius

I like this a lot for the simple reason it is the epitome of Street Photography, capturing the ignored, spotting the humour or out of place things in everyday surroundings

nice work !

Chorcai

I like this, the old dears which you don't see much of now havin a cuppa

You do absolutely fantastic street shots!

floydmoon1

Difficult to choose as you have quite a few that caught my eye.

Firstly the blurriness and lower quality of this pic adds to this.
It feels that we are peeking into this boys life and can feel the excitement he is feeling.
He is just taking the night in and stretching out his arms.

CabanSail

Looking through your images, this one caught my eye. The expression on the guy on the Accordion is really good & I like the OOF fiddler in the background. It has a feel of movement. If it were my shot I would crop both left & right to remove distractions but still a good capture.

AnCatDubh

This one;



Love the black and white conversion. The contrast is quite exquisite and sensitive to the subject matter. If i'm not mistaken I saw this hanging on the wall of the Gaol at the exhibition???

The spirals and shapes are very catching and nice use of a little negative space.

Pretty cool indeed.

my pix.ie is here

Pint

Yes, aesthetically speaking, it may not be your best image, but I think the emotion you captured here more than makes up for it. And lets be honest, if photography were all about aesthetics, we'd all be making HDRs :pac: Great capture!



http://pix.ie/gilesk

oshead

This one kinda shocked me when I first saw it. Love the light in it and his face and expression really tell a story.

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Bucklesman

I think the green of the scarf just makes this a great portrait. The eyes, the smile, the face make it good, but the colour just brings it all together. Bravo!

http://pix.ie/bucklesman

pullandbang

I laughed when I looked through the Zombie pics - brilliant
I like this one - contrast of the blood and gore and all that goes with it, while just about to enjoy a nice pint of Guinness. Very funny.

OctavarIan

Love the colours in this, orange blue and a touch of rich green. The way the peasants are spread around the image is really good too, and the two in the foreground help give it all a sense of motion. I can really sense the air and space around them.


My Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/iangoode

xia

I'm usually not into gig photography (miss the music in the picture;))
But this one I really like. Especially the contrast of hat and spotlight and the top of the guitar and the dark background. Well done.

My flickr

xshayx

Love the grain, the subtleness, and because it was a first time using film on a borrowed camera!

Valentia

Classic composition and the bird!!! Great stuff.

pullandbang

There are so many great shots in Valentia's Pix.ie that it's tough to pick just one. However, I like this one for a number of reasons. Apart from knowing the chap, it's quite a striking portrait. He's playing a part in The Plough & The Stars - hence the make up. The strong lighting works well here and the forlorn expression on Colin's face just adds to the atmosphere of the shot. The tight crop leaves no clue as to what's going on around him which adds to the mystery.

Hugh_C

You don't have to go far into pullandbang's stream to find great stuff, I really like the variety: dogs, fishermen, shooters, a girl with her head on its side taking a picture at a wedding, but this one below caught my eye for its surreal quality, particularly eery and you half expect to see apocalyptic horsemen emerging from those mists.



my flickr may need An Cat Dubh's trick to extract a picture

Morrisseeee

I was gonna go with a portrait (as you have so many good ones) but because I love landscapes...... !



me here

kgiller

Some great shots Moriseeeeee

Hard to pick a favourite.



Some other nice ones ...
http://pix.ie/morrisseeee/964300
http://pix.ie/morrisseeee/813922
http://pix.ie/morrisseeee/997341

KarmaGarda

Have to say Morrisseeeeeeeeeeeeeee (e x ∞) I think you posted that in your wierdest photo with high views, and it confused me . It's a stunning photo. Excellently composed too.

(Edit: Kgiller got missed out so I'm adding him here!)

That's a wicked photostream you have there Kgiller! Some really good shots, made it very hard to pick one! But this one really caught my eye. Love the colours and how the leading lines in the backround really draw you into the town. Top class stuff!

Kintarō Hattori

http://pix.ie/karmagarda/1308640


I really liked this image from KarmaGarda's pix.ie stream. It's an unusual shot and I guess that's part of the appeal for me but the detail, colour and DoF are all excellent.

KarmaGarda

I'm a master of confusion.... I'm posting one of kgillers photos now and will edit into my comment! Be fixed shortly...

Edit: Fixed! Kintarō Hattori is up next.

humberklog

I like this a lot. Focus is something to be played with and "in focus" is just one option on that big scale. Good blurryness gives this image a bit of abstract sexyness.

Deliverance XXV

Whoa! 15 pages of albums!
There were many, many candidates but in the end I selected this one.
The clouds are fantastic and they just add to the silhouetted foreground and water smears to create a cracking photo.
It looked like a great day for snapping shots.

humberklog

Deliverance XXV wrote: »

It looked like a great day for snapping shots.

Ha! thanks...no it wasn't really a good day for it but then again... I was sitting in the car having a cup of tea and listening to Woman's hour on the radio in the park and she just walked by! Then again you've gotta be in the right place at the right time.

.Longshanks.

I really like this one...mainly because i've been trying to the a shot of a rainbow for ages now and i never have my camera on me!



Im here----> clicky

stabo

Longshanks i cant insert pic from your flickr.
Some great shots on your flickr,this is my favhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/longshanks100/3962744805/in/set-72157622380706259/



My link;http://http://pix.ie/jstapleton1

wersal gummage

ha ha, stabo i had spent 15 mins looking through longshanks pictures and that was my favourite photo too ! i wasn't able to post it up either so i didn't bother replying. i went through all the sets hoping i wouldn't having to pick one from 'most interesting' but i ended up back there ! i love the way the foreground drags you into the photo - a very interesting take on the usual beach type shot.

stabo - my favourite is the burren.



http://pix.ie/jstapleton1/893612/size/500

again, i like landscapes and i like the foreground on this. it could be australia or arizona or anywhere

edit, ok pix is different to flickr (i'll try and get the photo up)

edit again - i've read the FAQ's and there should be a code under the photo after i click on sizes ? i cant see any code so i've posted a link - sorry.

my stuff : http://www.flickr.com/photos/barry_mcgreal/

pullandbang

WG has some fantastic landsacpes from Canada and I was sorely tempted to choose one but then this caught my eye. What a shot!
Full of movement and power and works so well in B & W. The timing is perfect as he's not fully out of the water yet leaving some of the tail hidden but showing the power needed to make the push. The curve of the body is graceful making it all seem so effortless. It's a beautiful shot.

dinneenp

very moody photo, nice and dark clouds but golden sun as well while the water is still. nice reflection of teh sun on the water too.

Here's favorites from my colleaction
Otherwise here's my entire photostream

Nisio

I like the abstract type pictures in you favourites DinneenP the spiral stair sucks you in but I went with this one in the end

YeahOK

Really like this one from Nisio. Colours are striking.....

the_tractor

I picked this photo, but I can't get the info to post the actual photo in this thread

KarmaGarda

This is it: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2504266285_780fbc2d06.jpg

KarmaGarda

To find a flickr image on a page:

1. view the source of the page first

2. search for this text

<!-- CONTENT TABLE -->

3. Look for the first reference to something like

"<img src="http://farm3.static...&quot;

That "http://farm3.static&quot; is the image url.

pullandbang

Actually I've just discovered that from flickr if you open the image, right click on it and select PROPERTIES it opens a pop up box (firefox browser). You may need to drag the right hand side to make sure you can see the .jpg extension on the Location field.

Then just hightlight it and back in the boards reply box, click "insert image" and paste the location url in the box.

AnCatDubh

TBSteve's photostream is relatively short but almost every image has a cracking sense of photography mixed with a healthy dose of humour.

I like the following one of Belfast City Hall;



I love the colours and lighting on the building and the big wheel caught in the background enhances the image. I also like the strong lineage of the paths around the building. A nice angle and some nice framing in the scene with the branches also. Very nice.

The other one I wanted to post particularly for the humour factor is the house of fraiser one. It may be NSFW depending on your work place, but eitherways I'd say the stream is well worth a browse for people.

My pix.ie here

pullandbang

In light of recent developments I better watch what I say here!

I'm being a bit biased here because Trim Castle is on my doorstep. However this shot of ACD's is moody and mysterious. The B&W treatment works well. Some nice framing with the gorse bush in the foreground and the water of the moat leading you through the photo. The background behind the castle fades away and you'd think you were in the middle of nowhere rather than the middle of town.

achtungbarry

A beautiful peaceful shot. Nice warm colours in the sky and composition is spot on.

kjt

I really like this shot Barry. Pretty sure you've posted a few different processed ones (or am I going crazy?). This is my favourite though. Great processing, almost painting-like but not so far as that you actually question it being a photo/painting. Everything is going off in different angles which usually would leave the photo lob sided but I feel everything works really well here. The flagpole at a slant and the great flag! Yummy!

Kintarō Hattori

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92512340@N00/3588126185/


Ah I had to do Kyle's. I'm sure he's not happy with my choice as he has many stunning images but that's a great shot. Absolutely one of the best portrait shots I've ever seen. It's interesting, well processed and fun. Makes me smile every time I see it.

La La

kintaro, i think you've got a feature blocking your photos from being pulled, so I will have to link to it instead.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamandagnieszka/4087144409/

I love this for its dark acidity, the drops of rain, the coil of the lock and the luscious depth of field.

Kintarō Hattori

La La wrote: »

kintaro, i think you've got a feature blocking your photos from being pulled, so I will have to link to it instead.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamandagnieszka/4087144409/

I love this for its dark acidity, the drops of rain, the coil of the lock and the luscious depth of field.

Hmnn there shouldn't be any issues with my images, they are set for anyone to view and others have posted them in this thread. Hmmmm strange, I'll check it out though. Thanks!

EDIT - Thanks for sorting that out AnCatDubh.