Foo - April 2012 Foo Photo Contest - we have a winner!

The theme for April is Lonely, chosen by February's winner, RedRider2009.


Rules:
Theme: Lonely
- You must be the photographer
- One photo per person
- Try to make the photo recent

Good luck everyone!

http://tuxbailey.zenfolio.com/img/s9/v0/p506204293-4.jpg

Carpathians:
http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k218/BeaverTerror/2011-09-09-Europe-1172.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yo2bz2jZ9Q0/T0TfC4fv2hI/AAAAAAAAFJE/6QOYSzmRdFs/s800/IMG_1110-1.jpg (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yo2bz2jZ9Q0/T0TfC4fv2hI/AAAAAAAAFJE/6QOYSzmRdFs/s1600/IMG_1110-1.jpg)
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http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m503/IINIIHII/90110004.jpg

Just found out that this is a Destroying Angel mushroom... Definitely DO NOT EAT....

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yo2bz2jZ9Q0/T0TfC4fv2hI/AAAAAAAAFJE/6QOYSzmRdFs/s800/IMG_1110-1.jpg (https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Yo2bz2jZ9Q0/T0TfC4fv2hI/AAAAAAAAFJE/6QOYSzmRdFs/s1600/IMG_1110-1.jpg)
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That is a scary image. Pretty powerful.

That is one of several I took for a photography contest a while back titled "Noir: Embrace your dark side", ended up not using that particular shot for the contest (3 max allowed there per week's contest), but felt it fit this month's theme well. I have the rest of the set posted on picasa in a protected album, if anyone would like to see the rest, drop me a PM, but as they are rather dark (but obviously none really graphic) I'll refrain from posting the link in thread.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6217/6309555937_5fd074e3d3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40275249@N04/6309555937/)
Darkness, darkness (http://www.flickr.com/photos/40275249@N04/6309555937/) by macfred64 (http://www.flickr.com/people/40275249@N04/), on Flickr

greets
mac

@cuda2k :
awesome work !!

right back at you macfred., is that a composite image with the texture added in post? There's so much texture and depth I can't quite figure out how one would accomplish it all in camera. I have one from the Noir series that has a "ghosted" hand lifting the drink glass away and off-frame (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XC5zQc_XNT8/T0T56-_J0HI/AAAAAAAAFH4/hZurKHZ32e0/s1024/IMG_1073-1.jpg) that I did in camera with low light and a 1 second exposure, but didn't feel it was right for this contest.

good jobs so far boys and girls

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb256/asrick/P1010321.jpg

My wife took This photo if thats ok.


244033

My wife took This photo if thats ok.


244033

Yes, it's okay if you submit it for her.

Yes, it's okay if you submit it for her.
It's a photo of me on a track all by my self. I had the place to myself for the first 20min.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v214/lamplightsg/Film/3814-S1-0005.jpg

right back at you macfred., is that a composite image with the texture added in post? There's so much texture and depth I can't quite figure out how one would accomplish it all in camera. I have one from the Noir series that has a "ghosted" hand lifting the drink glass away and off-frame (https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-XC5zQc_XNT8/T0T56-_J0HI/AAAAAAAAFH4/hZurKHZ32e0/s1024/IMG_1073-1.jpg) that I did in camera with low light and a 1 second exposure, but didn't feel it was right for this contest.

Thank you for the very kind words on my work ...
I used two single captures and one texture layer for my composing.
Really like your 'drink glass away and off-frame' - :thumb:
It's a pretty dark one.

greets
mac

My wife took This photo if thats ok.

244033


Yes, it's okay if you submit it for her.


It's a photo of me on a track all by my self. I had the place to myself for the first 20min.

But it's not your photo ... it's your wife's photo. Photos belong to whoever takes them, not to who is in them. So welcome your wife to the contest. :)

That is a scary image. Pretty powerful.

That is, it really made me stop and think.

http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab280/ahsposo/Superman.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6741557277_0709e6b278_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/machka-bb/sets/72157629300260523/with/6741557277/)

http://i939.photobucket.com/albums/ad239/hemipode/IMGP2985A.jpg

Some pretty cool / thought provoking photos in this thread!

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Here is a self-portrait :)

Last day to post photos!

Time to vote! List your three favorite photos. Votes will be counted on May 5.

macfred
redrider
cuda

- cuda2k

- RedRider2009

- Yan

greets
mac

Yan
Macfred
Lamplight

cuda2k
colorider
macfred

tuxbailey
Beaver Terror
cuda2k

Yan
Spock
Machka

Yan
Machka
spock

Yan
Macfred
Lamplight

Cuda2k
macfred
Lamplight


Votes will be counted tomorrow!

Votes will be counted tonight!

Macfred

And the winner is - macfred! Congratulations, you get to choose the theme for June.

Tie for second/third: cuda2K and Yan.

Great job everyone!

Congrats to macfred. :)

Thank you very much -
great job everyone !!

The theme for June is DAYBREAK

greets
mac

The theme for June is DAYBREAK




:thumb: I've got plenty of great sunsets, but not many daybreak photos in the collection, but I've also got a bike/hike/photography road trip planned in just over a week, sounds like an ideal time to get some possible shots for this one.