P.s. Zoeller
Bella & Paul
Sony A7, Zeiss 55 1.8
1) Submit your picture with a message and picture here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors or on the SonyAlphaForum image section.
2) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: facebook.com/sonyalpharumors/photos_stream?tab=photos and on SonyAlphaForum.
3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me SAR admin will be posted weekly on SAR.
Elusive Recluse
Sony A200
More pics on SonyAlphaForum.
Philip Reeve
Trip Report: Scotland, Lake District and Wales with the Alpha 7
More pics on SonyAlphaForum.
Michiel Schierbeek
Shot with A7r and Contax N Vario-Sonnar 70-200 in Le Treport, France. The light was just right in the fog when this Fishing boat came in with a tail of Seagulls.
Charlie Kaye
The Sony a6000 and FE 70-200mm f/4 G lens. A model at PhotoPlus Expo in New York.
Mathias Kristensen
Louvre – Sony a7R & Zeiss FE 35/2.8 @ f/11 – ISO 100 – 10s Shutter speed
Jose Da Silva
B&W cloudy sunset done with a57 for SAR readers photo selection.
Danny Etromalled
lake district,England. RX100iii (Auto+ setting)
Jonathan Robson
Haven’t had a lot of time out with the A7r lately, but here are a few from this weekend from the A7r + Canon FD 50mm f1.4. All at shot wide open. Hope you like them.
Sergey Kuznetsov
Moscow State University
Sony A7 + Nikkor AF180 2.8 — at Главное здание МГУ.
Idealuz Photography
Fresh Explosion
Sony NEX-5T with extension tubes and Sigma 60mm f/2.8 ART.
http://ilovehatephoto.com/
Jason Jakober
Twisted — with Erin Valldeperas-Neel.
Clément Celma
Sagrada Familia – Barcelona, Spain
RX100M3
Benoit Gonneville Damme
Sony A7, handheld panorama stitched in Lightroom after. Montreal, Québec, Canada, on top of the abandoned Silo #5 in the old port. I had to jump a few fences…
Bernhard Friess
Canon nFD 35mm 1:2.0 with SpeedBooster and Raynox DCR-250 at Nex-5N, SOOC
More pics on SonyAlphaForum.
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Andrea, can you tell us more about upcoming a-mount cameras? I was looking for some news in archive but can’t find the post that was (unofficially) saying about new camera. I want to upgrade my Sony A99 but there are lack of any official informations. Thank you for your answer and sorry for off-topic.
There are some great shots here, and some that should have received some constructive feedback and but not been placed in the list.
“Charlie Kaye
The Sony a6000 and FE 70-200mm f/4 G lens. A model at PhotoPlus Expo in New York”
Was this a wax model like Madam Tusauds? or have you just over produced this in post-production?
Now you’re an art critic, why not show us some of your work? (rhetorical) you have none to show because you’re a moron.
I have to agree with him, the post processing is over the top.
lines, wrinkles, freckles etc are all the interesting features of a face. all of it is gone from the shot.
Could it be heavy make-up? She is a professional model posing in a public place (not working for an individual photographer with specific needs). It would be nice to hear from the original photographer.
By the way, she reminds me of Charlize Theron a bit.
I imagine you never criticize anything that you aren’t a master of?
Thats makeup. Very little PP.
https://www.facebook.com/295714240584243/photos/o.157756937606832/397252083763791/?type=3&theater
Look at the hand closest, it looks like it’s glued on!
Some of the images found on the facebook page just make me realise I’m right to not switch to Sony yet (all be it the images are messed up in post-prod by the user mostly.)
If the images are “messed up” as you say in post, it has nothing to do with the camera. Making you’re comment non sequitur, therefore you’re an idiot.
It’s just fine. Nice fire witch, I have one myself.
I hesitated between Danny Etromalled and Jose Da Silva.
Note to admin : you should add a vote each week, even if it’s more interesting to read in the comments why someone like or dislike a picture.
Hello Pierre, thank you for your nice comment.
Well, as a Frenchman not coming from Paris, which means I should hate Paris, I still love Jose Da Silva’s shot. It’s clearly my favourite this week, though there are a lot of other photos to praise in this selection. Congrats !
How can the stars be on top of the clouds in that Moscow shot? I believe it’s fake.
In Soviet Moscow we have stars on top of everything.
Nice one.
I thought that on Soviet Russia YOU would be over the stars…
No-no-no, comrade Neo. In Soviet Russia stars would be all over you. Literally. During USSR’s latest years Soviet Pioneers, Komsomoltsy, Communists – they all used to put badge with star on you. Military, police and KGB they also wear stars on them. Even lowlifes and criminal thugs put tattoos with stars on their bodies.
So here, we’ve got used to see stars on top of everything. Even land and cityscapes. Or portraits. Or macro shots.
Really? I didn’t know about that relationship between russians and the stars. Or never paid careful attention, so I’ll do that from now on.
Thanks for the cultural info! I always enjoy knowing more from other parts of the world 🙂
‘fake’ is such a negative word. open your mind to the possibilities of photography that doesnt just want to make documents of reality. photo editing is nearly as old as photography…
I’m pretty damn sure that the starry sky was added (I’ve never seen a Milky Way shot at 180mm!, and I’ve never seen the Milky Way in the same sky as the moon!), but the moon was as is in the sky above the university. A well done picture, I like it. And it would be possible to see the stars like that in the city, but it requires exposing for it and post-processing enough to reveal it, and then using a different bracket for the cityscape. I managed to get Milky Way shots from Vancouver that way.
http://www.justinngphoto.com/2014/05/16/how-i-photograph-the-milky-way-from-light-polluted-skies-of-singapore/
I really like the image, and I don’t think it matters if it’s not been taken in one exposure.
The paris shot just shows how great the clarity slider is in LR.
Hi Shana, for this one i didn’t use the clarity in lightroom. I add some sharpenning in post with other plugin.
Was it a composite? It looks a bit HDR…a.k.a….photomatix and maybe the monochrome selection. The sky has that HDR look. Either way, tastefully done.
Hi Thinkinginpictures, you’re right (Partially). It s a light HDR using photomatix, then i worked the result with phototools 2.6 (Onone) which i really like for the differents sharpenning tools, then Silver Fx.
Well I have to say, it’s really awesome. However you did it worked out great and you managed to keep the sharpness without over processing it.
Hi, José. How many pictures did you use for that HDR? Or was it from the same raw file?
Fantastic picture. Congratulations!
Hi Néo 3 Pictures -0.7 ev.
Thanks!
Those clouds alone are already worth your picture. They are very strong and beautifuly exposed.
(the city bellow does add something to the whole picture, though. A sense of ‘greatness’)
Of course everything is a question of personal taste.
And a photo that “just” has been modified with in way to “improve” its appearance is fine so far.
But I really cannot stand these multiple photo / multiple layer monumental constructions out of photoshop from Sergey anymore. With all due respect for his work and his skills.
Don’t get me wrong, I like his work, and the posted image is fine, but it’s leaving the topic quite far.
With all of those subpar snapshots on SAR page, insulting even for a garbage bin of a PC, your bold statement makes me cry. Or laugh.
And as far as i recall you cannot you use term “multiple” for the two layered image, am i correct? 😀
You don’t need to consider this as an affront. I think I adequately explained what I meant.
And instead of asking me if you may got something wrong you are condescending blaming other peoples work and me.
And if you got yours with just two layers – kudos! I couldn’t, but that’s not the point. Again, I respect your work and skills. And I am certainly not laughing about other opinions.
Stay tuned. 🙂
Actually, you didn’t explain anything except not liking monumental constructions. It would be interesting to hear what do you mean by “leaving the topic quite far”.
Teasing me, right?
First sentence = Either you like or you don’t.
Second sentence = PS’ing is fine as long as the photo keeps its origin portrayal
Third sentence = I don’t like constructions in a “contest” like this
“Topic” = Photo of the week, not art of the week
In the end it’s personal opinion what you like and what not.
Again, I was not attempting to insult, at least that should have been clear.
Not teasing at all, sorry if it sounded that way. Your last comment clarifies things and I am actually interested in hearing what “leaving the topic quite far” means. Obviously, we all have our subjective idea of what “too much” PP means, but that shouldn’t stop us from discussing it.
There should be an unwritten rule that if your going to be snarky you either have to offer something constructive, or link your work. As an example, instead of saying I don’t like Multiple layer constructions..point out what went wrong during the constructive process that offended their, ‘sensibilities.’ Because…really…this is a rumor site for cameras, not 1x.com etc. we’re supposed to be shooters here, not armchair quarterbacks….
ps: its pretty obvious that your didn’t really do much to that pic, to choose that angle to critique your image is very telling…
How do you choose “the best!”?
What is the criteria?
Never heard of “the best” photograph.
And before everyone comes up with Steve McCurry’s Afghan Girl portrait, how about HCB’s jumping man in Paris? or Eddie Adams’ man being executed in Vietnam? Or how about Ansel Adam’s moonrise in Hernandez?
Maybe I am not paying enough attention because I have never heard any of my colleagues ever put one single photo in the “best” pedestal without ever thinking of what was it that photo mas meant to show us.
So, here we have some landscapes, a couple of portraits, couple of macro shots, a moment with a dog in a gallery and couple of fashion oriented shots. They are all as good as the next one without having a criteria besides my taste to go for and that is unfair to the photographers here who may have excellent technique and perhaps a great idea but get thrown back by the acceptability of the general taste.
I preferred it before without the vote. I think the vote is detrimental for these creatives. If those making portraits want to measure up to others, submit to the POY, Sony World Photo Awards, Taylor Wessing or Magenta Awards.
Those doing landscapes can also submit to POY or Sony World Photo Awards. I don’t know dedicated contests for landscape, sorry.
It’s only a matter of personal taste, see DirkB comment below.
So, it’s 100% subjective, you don’t really choose “the best”, which means nothing has you pointed out, but the one you like the most. And I think it can be interesting to see what is the “general taste”.
Some pictures will be very professional, flawless from a technical point of view, while some other will lack of technical precision but tell a story that touch the viewer. I think it’s interesting to read the different reactions to such different pictures and see what kind of pictures SAR readers finally prefer.
But if our kind admin want to rename the poll as “vote for your favorite picture” instead of “choose the best”, that’s fine with me.
If Admin would have gone with, as you suggest, “favourite” instead of “best” , it would have not prompt me to write what I wrote.
I don’t mind personal taste dictating a podium in this site. I do mind personal taste dictating the “best” podium and have some photographers (perhaps without much photographic maturity or context insight) discouraged.
Interesting. I think Admin tried to do this to generate some more discussion on these posts. Generally there aren’t many comments, everybody is nice and the moment someone dislikes something, he is put down by the politically correct police. It would be nice to have more involved discussions about photography, although I am not sure SAR is the place for that.
Anyway, I just recently read an article by Briot that addresses photography competitions. You might find it worthwhile.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/about/contributors/vision_12_photographic_competitions.shtml
Just read it. Thanks for sharing that. I agree and disagree, but I won’t go into it too much. I can tell you, though, that #2 is incomplete since Taylor Wessing does not have rankings, just one winner and 50 or so selected participants for the exhibition. So, could you say, a 1st place and 50 2nd places?
#8 is bang on. There is a time when you need to be in a competition or when the competition will benefit you in some way, even if you do not win. This is a very important thing for everyone practicing photography at any level.
I have not seen a single competition where “scoring” happens. Maybe in technically minded competitions this would take place, but all of the ones I have known, there is no “scoring”. In my knowledge from speaking to a few judges, winners are chosen from a tight list of successful works. From this tight list, the winner is chosen unanimously in agreement with all judges on the merits of the work presented and its place not only in the competition but in the greater meaning of having that work become a winner.
#10 is true for the big competitions like WPP, POY, Sony WP, Taylor Wessing, etc. so your work has to be really good. It helps to have been published so judges have some memory of your work.
#11 is true as well, but not just for photography. See what TIPA does for cameras as well as Red Dot for whatever. People like to see awards.
His conclusion is his, and this is important to know. Some people like to win awards and they focus on this. Some people don’t mind them and they never submit. In other words, do as you think is best for you and don’t feel like you need to chase anyone’s footsteps because they did it.
Not to disrespect the man but he plays a lot of emphasis on landscape and print. I only know Taylor Wessing as the only competition which requires you to submit a print because the award is hosted by the National Portrait Gallery in London and you work needs to be assessed not only on your photographic skill, but also in your skills in presenting your work in the context of a gallery, in a distinct print size for a distinct effect. But other competitions have a different focus beyond the technical. For example, WPP’s winner this year is a man who shot a photo which many here would consider too noisy to even consider it to be a photograph worth showing.
I agree – I think it should be pick your favorite.
You are overthinking this whole thing. Just pick the one you like best.
I wonder what is thinking for you if you say I am over-thinking. Nothing complicated in what I said.
If some of you are interested in the “Fresh Explosion” picture, I used the same technique as described in the end of this article 🙂 http://ilovehatephoto.com/2014/08/20/how-to-shoot-artful-droplets-on-flower-petals/
Better set this week.
MGU in Moscow for me by Kuznetsov but there are four or five which are really good.
The clarity slider is evil.
I don’t get the “twisted” portrait. It’s the only one when I read the title I can’t quite make out the twisted aspect. It looks like she’s kinda grabbing her boob…but like, ok. Yeah, she has some tattoo’s showing, but pretty much everyone and their mom has those these days. Now, if she was eating the chair, lighting herself on fire or chainsawing a clown in half while blowing up balloon animals that would be twisted. Just saying, maybe I’m missing something.
For the ones that are hesitating, you can select more than one.
This week’s selection is VERY good. Congratulations to all the photographers.
And thanks Andrea for being kind enough letting us choose at least three pictures. Only one would be impossible. Meanwhile choosing three pictures is ‘just’ hard 🙂
There are obviously pros and cons of how it is done, and certainly artwork is a matter of taste. But SAR of the week has consistently been presenting especially good photos. Better in my eyes than most other venues.
im just very flattered that people liked a quick snap id taken whilst i was hiking through the hills,one of the few moments im glad i didnt have to carry my old A77 with me. 😉