Attention: Starting this month, a weighted voting system will be introduced. The top vote gets 3 points, the runner up gets 2 points, and the last vote gets 1 point. Please include a short explanation of the reasons for your top pick.
The winner of competition #7: Me (!) with 7 votes! Thanks to everyone who contributed, and especially those who voted for my photo.
1. Your entry must have been photographed using alt lens or gear.
Canon DSLR using Canon lens is NOT alt.
Nikon DSLR using Nikon lens is NOT alt.
Anything else IS alt, including all mirrorless systems.
2. Your entry must have been photographed during February for this run.
3. One entry per user/month.
4. Your entry must contain your top 3 picks from the last competition. You may not vote for your own photo.
Please leave the EXIF intact, and copy the following, adding info for your entry.
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Aperture:
Filters:
Short note on PP:
Top vote (3p) + reason:
Runner up vote (2p):
Last vote (1p):
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Attention: Starting this month, a weighted voting system will be introduced. The top vote gets 3 points, the runner up gets 2 points, and the last vote gets 1 point. Please include a short explanation of the reasons for your top pick.
My top pick last month is Carstenw. The pic is very "painting-like", beautiful, and immediately reminds me of the period and context. Great work!
Pick N°2: Bobu.
Pick N°3: freallikeme
My post, from the Lofoten islands on an early morning; NEX 5N and Zeiss ZM 18. Very basic, standard PP only
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Camera body: Nikon D800
Lens: Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-R
Aperture: ~f/5.6
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Desaturate, increase contrast
Top vote (3p) + reason: Gary Clennan, nice landscape shot on its own, but that climbing figure is the cherry on top.
Runner up vote (2p): Bobu
Last vote (1p): twoeyes
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Congrats to Brian - i would have voted for that shot also if i'd had anything to submit last month.
Getting out a bit now, recovering from back surgery. The X10 is a good walkaround companion.
A stretch of road close by my house. Its got a nice curve to it, but somehow i struggle to find the right angle to properly do it justice. My latest attempt, and probably my best so far:
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Camera body: Fuji X10
Lens: Integrated Fujinon
Aperture: f/6.4
Filters: None
Short note on PP: All in LR - B&W conversion, clipped blacks, boosted shadows and recovered highlights. Light grad ND in software to darken the sky a touch. And a bump of clarity to bring up the texture.
Top vote (3p) + reason: Carstenw - Excellent, well balanced image, with a large aperture used to to enhance rather than define the composition.
Runner up vote (2p): twoeye - a typical Nordic scene, well captured.
Last vote (1p): Taylor Sherman - Catching the moment. Priceless.
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Camera body: Sony NEX-7
Lens: Sony SEL16F28+UWA
Aperture: f/8
Filters: None
Short note on PP: LR4 "Blue High-Contrast Filter" B&W preset, then a little bit of shadow and highlight coloring.
Top vote (3p) + reason: alwang. Love the mood. The photo puts you "there" but in a slightly strange-feeling way.
Runner up vote (2p): twoeye
Last vote (1p): carstenw
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Camera body: Nex 5N
Lens: Contax G Carl Zeiss Sonnar 90mm 2.8 (g90)
Aperture: F8
Filters: None
Short note on PP: LR: Major Crop and straightening. Only used about half of frame.Opened shadows and cut highlights as much as possible. Shot was taken directly into setting sun.
Vote 1. ) Twoeye - A good demonstration of the craft of photography.
Vote 2 ) Briantho
Vote 3 ) Philber
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Camera body: Sony RX1
Lens:
Aperture: 13
Filters: Polarizer
Short note on PP: I started with a B&W preset in Lightroom and made some minor adjustments after that.
Top vote (3p): twoeye. Great composition, light and mood, and I have a soft spot for harbour type photos...
Runner up vote (2p): tsdevine
Last vote (1p): sebboh
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I used burst mode on the NEX in hope of getting one good shot of the dove as it took off from its nest, which is that hole in the wall.
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Camera body: NEX-7
Lens: Contax Zeiss Distagon 28mm f2
Aperture: f5.6
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Cropped and adjusted shadows, colors etc.
Top vote (3p) + reason: xbarcelo - Nice view, I like the light in the photo, lighting up the mountains in the background.
Runner up vote (2p): carstenw
Last vote (1p): twoeye
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Camera body: 5DII
Lens: Contax Zeiss Distagon 25/2.8
Aperture: ~f4
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Cropped to square, two GND, vignette reduction
Top vote (3p) + reason: alwang- In my mind this switches from a moon-lit to bright day light shot. Mystical!
Runner up vote (2p): twoeye
Last vote (1p): Gary Clennan
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Camera body: NEX-7
Lens: Leica Elmarit-M 24/2.8
Aperture: f2.8
Filters: None
Short note on PP: Cropped to correct my imbalance and then converted in SFX, sharpened slightly in JPEG conversion
Top vote (3p) + reason: carstenw- I think the most impressive things about the image are the use of limited DoF to give it apparent depth and the feeling of a space in transition- not easy tricks to pull off in a single still frame. Overall, it's a beautifully rendered image of a space that shouldn't have been allowed to decay. I would like to see it larger.
Runner up vote (2p): tsdevine- This was a tough call for me, and carsten only won out because I love the subject matter in his photo. I'm not big on falling water shots, but I can appreciate a good one for what it is. Great mood, good timing with the fog, love the deep greens and reds on the black rocks. Even the decaying leaves look beautiful.
Last vote (1p): Gary Clennan- it's a good, interesting single frame, nicely shot and processed, but I feel like I'm getting half the story. I think it would've had greater impact if you had pano'd down to the bottom of the falls.
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