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

Ricky91t

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.

I went through the whole 24 pages of your stream,And TBH after seeing this shot,none of them(in my mind) could match it!

I love the vibrant colours and the shallow Depth of field,This photo is great!


Edit: My pix.ie,Apologies for all the crap!

Waking-Dreams

I like this one the best because usually, or sometimes rather, a lot of animal photography involves them looking cutesy-wutesy, etc. It looks as though the horse is grinning in this one. And good call on the B&W.

By the way, I went to click on your website gallery (http://www.RichardTPhoto.com) but the link is broken; thought you should know.


www.wakingdreamsphotography.com

Ricky91t

Waking-Dreams wrote: »

I like this one the best because usually, or sometimes rather, a lot of animal photography involves them looking cutesy-wutesy, etc. It looks as though the horse is grinning in this one. And good call on the B&W.

By the way, I went to click on your website gallery (http://www.RichardTPhoto.com) but the link is broken; thought you should know.


www.wakingdreamsphotography.com

Thanks!I'm actually just making the site as i type,So it's working now but links are dead

AnCatDubh

Waking Dreams photo stream is a wonderful meander through some stunning images, it is well worth spending 10 minutes of your time browsing. I love this.



Recently, I did a little night photography with some of the gang and it isn't as easy as it looks when you see the way David(?) makes it look so easy. I'm a sucker for black / whites although this looks to have a blue hue to it - perhaps duotone processing. Fabulous contrasts between the shadows and highlights. A stunning scene.

Fabulous image. Well done.

My pix.ie

Simplicius

I like this for many reasons , but mainly the biggest problem with street is trying to secure the shot and keep the background out of play.. so you have a compromise between getting the shot and ensuring the background is blured .... this achieves this in spades ...mind you I wonder would it loose a lot if it was cropped further to frame the main subject more tightly , I think that would make her 'jump' out more

xia

I like this capture of this unusual house/garden. And in addition the story to this picure. But the seemingly ghost adds perfect to the atmosphere.

My flickr

Waking-Dreams

AnCatDubh wrote: »

Waking Dreams photo stream is a wonderful meander through some stunning images, it is well worth spending 10 minutes of your time browsing. I love this.



Recently, I did a little night photography with some of the gang and it isn't as easy as it looks when you see the way David(?) makes it look so easy. I'm a sucker for black / whites although this looks to have a blue hue to it - perhaps duotone processing. Fabulous contrasts between the shadows and highlights. A stunning scene.

Fabulous image. Well done.

My pix.ie

Hey, thanks, glad you like it. I have to admit though, this was a total fluke shot. Had just landed in Vancouver less than a week and hadn't even gotten to grips with the camera settings as yet (this was taken on Auto mode).

Here's the original:



It was much later on, after I picked up a tripod that I started to explore night shooting, but you're damn right, it's difficult to get the best results, even though there's not much of a time constraint for lighting conditions as with during the day or at dawn/dusk. Vancouver gets quite lit up at night though which helped a great deal, but since I've returned home here, I'm at a loss as to where to go for more night shooting. Although, with all these Christmas street lights abound that's as good a reason as any.

David

the_tractor

Love the soft tones of this one from Xia.
Nice to get one of these shots before Winter sets in.
I have shot like this as a backdrop too.

forbairt

Liking this one a lot ..


http://www.pix.ie/forbairt

Yv

Love this one - the star detail on the ferris wheel makes the shot. I doubt it's as nice a shot in colour.



I like the cat shots too, been thinking about my old cat a bit recently (she died last year). Such batty creatures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yvphoto/

homerun_homer

Looks like the kinda room I'd like to mess around in for a few hours. Like this collage.

My pics

CabanSail

I really like the abstract nature of this image with the attention drawn to the Guitar Head.

Simplicius

this is simply superb, just a delightful composition .. a rough translation adds to it too as these were obviously factory gates, a likely target for bombers ... i think the translation is "work frees you"

DaireQuinlan

I loved this one the first time I saw it (it was a while back IIRC) Her expression is priceless, plus the fact that he's looking off in a completely different direction. And its delta 3200. Whats not to like :-)

Corkfeen

Love the way you captured the emotions of the child and great depth of field.

CabanSail

Simplicius wrote: »

this is simply superb, just a delightful composition .. a rough translation adds to it too as these were obviously factory gates, a likely target for bombers ... i think the translation is "work frees you"

The Gates are actually the entrance to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. The words on the gate were a huge lie. The work the inmates endured killed them by the thousands. It was the Allied Forces (symbolised here by the Lancaster Bomber) that set the survivors free.

AnCatDubh

This one from Corkfeen's photo stream is really nice;



A great use of depth of field displayed in the photo. Clever title too.

My pix.ie is here

Chorcai

Really like this one, curvey n B+W plus its got T+S look about it as well. Great use of DOF.

squareballoon

I love this one. The colours are great.

DK32

This is a brilliant 'moment', really nice work

forbairt

I'm liking a lot


http://www.pix.ie/forbairt

humberklog

Great photo. Colourful and clear. I like the strong, bold lines running on the top and bottom.

Chorcai

So much drama but the people in the background act as if nothing happened, the motion blur just adds to this as well.

Great photo.

pullandbang

I saw this one earlier on your Pix.ie and I loved it. It took me a second to realise it was two swans.It's an unusual take on swans and it's well cropped to keep out any clues as to whether it's one or two birds. It makes you look twice at it which is what photos are all about - looking and wondering.

stick-dan

I scrolled through all your photo's and this one stood out. I like the processing on this shot and the blacks especially on the LHS are strong and appealing to the eye. I can't for the life of me figure out why this isn't one of your more recognised photos

gandalf

Really like this B&W one of yours stick-dan



My photos are here

I love this shot - really conveys meaning for me.

squareballoon

I really like this shot. I love the relaxation of both the posture and the colours.


my other flickr

DaireQuinlan

Ok, I'm sorry, but I found it next to impossible to actually find a BAD photograph on squareballoon's stream. Eventually, after dithering for a bit, I went with this, because it has a hamster in a little car. Awwwww !

Snap Happy

44 pages - so many to chose from
Picked this one cause when I looked at it in the tumbnail the colours stood out.



PS I can't seem to post other people pictures from Flicker - What am i doing wrong?

AnCatDubh

I love Daire's photostream. I hope i've interpreted the descriptions correctly with these. I've gone for a diptych which doesn't actually exist in the photostream so I hope Daire doesn't mind me bringing them together. I think they tell a powerful story.

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I love family snaps. Nuf said. Love these.

EDIT: Double Posted with SnapHappy so SnapHappy's photo stream is up next - http://pix.ie/SnapHappyDub

pullandbang

Snap Happy wrote: »

PS I can't seem to post other people pictures from Flicker - What am i doing wrong?

Scroll back to post #244 - instructions are there.

pullandbang

Snap Happy doesn't have a lot to choose from but there are some really good shots in the stream. This one caught my eye purely for the humour. The great thing about is kids is they don't care!
They're engrossed in whatever is going on over the fence and the wet trousers don't bother them. It makes you wonder what it is they are looking at that is so interesting. Well seen and well captured.

DaireQuinlan

AnCatDubh wrote: »

I've gone for a diptych which doesn't actually exist in the photostream so I hope Daire doesn't mind me bringing them together. I think they tell a powerful story.

Thats cool, it's actually given me an idea. I've already printed out that B&W for my dad, I think I'll root out that '69 slide and re-scan it (my scanning skills have picked up quite a bit since I did that !) , crop it to the same format and frame it. It'll go nicely beside the other one.

Chorcai

DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Thats cool, it's actually given me an idea. I've already printed out that B&W for my dad, I think I'll root out that '69 slide and re-scan it (my scanning skills have picked up quite a bit since I did that !) , crop it to the same format and frame it. It'll go nicely beside the other one.

Nice photos to have. Love the b+w Daire.

the_tractor

I love this one from pullandbang.
The colours are great, and the long exposure makes for a great reflection in the flood waters of the Boyne.
Cool shot.


Recommended to view the photo on their account to see it larger.
http://pix.ie/pullandbang/1356415/in/album/361320

Kintarō Hattori

http://pix.ie/tbsteve/1323011

the tractor has some excellent photos on his pix page. I liked the above as it's a slightly different take on the typical daisy photo. Really simple but really nice.

3-D Preacher

The image page.

Looked through dozens of lovely shots but kept coming back to this one. The angle, the lines leading to the vanishing point and the quality of the light all put me in mind of some obscure Cold War espionage film. That might be due my lack of sleep, but its a great photo nonetheless.

Crispin

Like this......very moody.
struggling desperately to find the time to pick up my camera at the moment but I think this thread has inspired me. Some great stuff......

pullandbang

This one from crispin is just brilliant!
The low wide angle makes the shoe look bigger than the dog (it probably is).
The expression on the dog's face makes this a real feel good image and would bring a smile to anyone's face.

AnCatDubh

This one is great from pullandbang's photostream;



Well apart from it being the season for it, I like the sharpness you achieved and the bokeh in the shot. Kinda nostalgic feel to it. Nice warmth to the colours and tones.

Its in a folder from the night meet up recently. I can't for the life of me recall where this was taken but I know one thing for sure, Denis - you didn't share the mince pies!

Nice stuff. Well done.

My pix.ie if anyone fancies a gander.

Simplicius

This appeals to me on many levels , technically all correct , B&W ( my preference , the composition though is very strong and makes it a good street photo , the hint of a hand to the left leaves you wondering what is going on... this is ( for me) one of the tenets of Street .. capturing candids that leave you wondering what the story is ....

Morrisseeee

Again I didn't have to look far for an interesting photo, and this one is brilliant, great expressions on both :D



me

Pint

So many good landscape shots that its hard to pick just one. This one stood out to me, its just so unique and different which is no easy feat to achieve when shooting landscapes. Very well done!



http://pix.ie/gilesk

DaireQuinlan

Again, kind of annoying looking through pint's stream because its pretty difficult to pick out a shot that ISN'T good. I eschewed the (fantastic) portraits and street stuff and picked this, it looks sinister and dark. I like it.

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homerun_homer

I like the colours and off-focus look in this shot

Me

DaireQuinlan

homerun_homer wrote: »

I like the colours and off-focus look in this shot

FYP

You have to put the actual URL of an image into those IMG tags. On flickr you can go to the all sizes if available and get it there, or you can trawl through the page HTML source to find it. You just had the URL of the photo page in the tags.

Ghost Train

I like the colours, the bit of motion blur, the wide perspective, captures the moment well

http://pix.ie/GhostTrain

Snap Happy

I like this one - but it hurts my head Which way is up???

Ghost Train

Well I'll go again. I like the green to red and the line and curve of the plant against the lines of the path