i was browsing the galleries and.....

[devilgas]

in an effort to get more photos posted into the forum, i thought it'd be cool to randomly pick a gallery and post something that caught the eye and to add a few words as to why.

so, to kick the thread off, we have this shot by horacio.

i just loved the primary colours and perfect geometry. the inclusion of the street light gives that all important clue letting us know that we are looking at a building. a great shot and one that i think most would be happy to have as part of their collection.

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/579/Geometry.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/12145)

over to you......

[Ian]

Horacio has so many excellent pictures - he has a great eye for a picture! :)

He'd be on Picture of the Day every week if I didn't limit individual appearances to once every three months (in order to give others a fair chance of being selected).

I think we have featured 60-70 photographers in the last year.

Horacio, when I met him and his lovely wife last summer during a visit to London, made a great suggestion of publishing an article based on portfolios of some of our best gallery contributors. I think he would be a great candidate to be the first!

Ian

[devilgas]

Horacio has so many excellent pictures - he has a great eye for a picture! :)

He'd be on Picture of the Day every week if I didn't limit individual appearances to once every three months (in order to give others a fair chance of being selected).

I think we have featured 60-70 photographers in the last year.

Horacio, when I met him and his lovely wife last summer during a visit to London, made a great suggestion of publishing an article based on portfolios of some of our best gallery contributors. I think he would be a great candidate to be the first!

Ian

definitely, however my idea for this particular thread was to randomly choose a gallery, randomly choose a page (i view 90 images per page to make it easier) and then post what catches your eye and why. this could be a good way to identify candidates for those articles.

so, who's gonna post the next stop-me-and-buy-one image? no need to form an orderly queue. just get into the galleries and let us know what stands out to you & preferably, why.

[Ian]

Great idea - so here's my contribution started:

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/Frames_Punakiki_rainbow.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/2717)

From Trevor White in New Zealand (still not heard from him since the quake there).

Ian

[Ian]

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/567/Careful.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/23487)

I find this one intriguing - I wouldn't mind knowing more about the idea behind the shot :)

And just a reminder, Dave's idea for this thread is for us to dip into the gallery and if a shot grabs you, show it here :)

Ian

[Pol]

I find this one intriguing - I wouldn't mind knowing more about the idea behind the shot :)

And just a reminder, Dave's idea for this thread is for us to dip into the gallery and if a shot grabs you, show it here :)

Ian

Interesting you should select that particular picture as I was pondering it myself this morning and trying not to think about what would happen if I tried to lift that glass ... OUCH! :D

It's an excellent picture. Very thought provoking, for all sorts of reasons.

Pol

[Ian]

Pol, I'd be very keen to see what gallery images catch your eye :)

Ian

[Pol]

Pol, I'd be very keen to see what gallery images catch your eye :)

Ian

There are so many to choose from. I spend a lot of time browsing the gallery. :D

I must say I'd already been considering posting the link to Brian's picci. It's a belter - excellent title too. Very emotive. I assume that glass is resting on an animal trap and I can't help but feel the pain of any poor creature that gets its leg caught in there.

The overall picci, for me, evokes all sorts of feelings of being trapped, caught up in a situation from which there is no easy escape. I can truly identify with RL memories of that sort of situation and emotion and I think he's done a superb job of expressing it visually.

Pol

[devilgas]

today's random choice saw me looking through people, street, page 4 and this photo from DavidKnox caught my eye (whilst ignoring all of the excellent stuff that horacio has there ;) )

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/565/PB302958.JPG (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/10564)

i really like the fact you can't decide of the kid is appreciating the art or is just killing time. i'd be in the latter category

[Ian]

Dave - that reminds me of one of mine:

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/733/P2170053b.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/4060)

Ian

[devilgas]

from still life, we have this shot by ryme-intrinsica

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/spooky_doll_800_px.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/22837)

the HDR processing has been tastefully completed and really makes the image pop. composition is spot on and the inclusion of the golden & decaying leaves adds to the abandonment feeling that the photo conveys. this wouldn't be out of place as a horror movie poster.

[yoshi]

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/567/Careful.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/23487)

I find this one intriguing - I wouldn't mind knowing more about the idea behind the shot :)

And just a reminder, Dave's idea for this thread is for us to dip into the gallery and if a shot grabs you, show it here :)

Ian

this is a picture that really provokes lots of imaginations.

- a glass of gin rock (?) placed in a gin trap, the animal that get caught in could be me, the watcher of the photo

- the skewed composition that implies the precarious position of the person who give a glance at it

- the shadow of the grid might be hinting the jail which the viewer is going to be imprisoned

all in all, well caluculated setting of the picture indeed. The title "despair" hints that the viewer is thirsty and does want the gin.:rolleyes:

yoshi

[devilgas]

Dave - that reminds me of one of mine:



Ian

i tried to browse your galleries (as an alternative to picking a gallery, i was going to pick a 'tog), but couldn't see how to get any deeper in than the photo front page - recent, most pop & random. guess i'm missing something somewhere.....

[Ian]

i tried to browse your galleries (as an alternative to picking a gallery, i was going to pick a 'tog), but couldn't see how to get any deeper in than the photo front page - recent, most pop & random. guess i'm missing something somewhere.....

The gallery can be a bit convoluted. Maybe this link will help:

http://dpnow.com/galleries/showgallery.php/ppuser/4/cat/500

Ian

[devilgas]

The gallery can be a bit convoluted. Maybe this link will help:

http://dpnow.com/galleries/showgallery.php/ppuser/4/cat/500

Ian

ta!

they way i tried was.... gallery....member galleries....ian.....photos

i now see that what i needed to do was click the photo on the right hand side. is it possible to change the user profile page so that clicking photos (or add a new linky) will take the viewer to the users galleries?

[Ian]

ta!

they way i tried was.... gallery....member galleries....ian.....photos

i now see that what i needed to do was click the photo on the right hand side. is it possible to change the user profile page so that clicking photos (or add a new linky) will take the viewer to the users galleries?

I'll have a look at it but fundamentally the problem is the gallery software we use, which I am increasingly dissatisfied with. Unfortunately there are no other obvious alternatives that integrate with the forum.

Ian

[devilgas]

one user's work that simply must be checked out is wizuk. with stunning images such as

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/759/IMG_0810-Edit.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/21212)

their gallery is simply a must see.

as for the above shot i just love everything about it. the colours. the contrast. the composition. the lighting. i want to know soooo much about how this was shot and what post p went into it.

[Horacio]

I like this very muchfrom Patmoore..

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/579/medium/staircase_vertical_cropped_800.jpg

[Horacio]

and this one very similar from Pol

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/medium/looking_up.jpg

[Brian Jackson]

Hello all. My image, so I'll explain.

Yoshi is pretty close to the mark. This image can be a metaphor for the person trapped by alcohol, or a warning for others from a person affected by the alcoholic. The original title for this was going to be 'The Yin and Yang of Things'. Alcohol is a fine invention of man, and a scourge of many people everywhere. It can, as envisioned in this image, be a trap. Do you want it that bad as to test the trap, chance the pain? Many, many do. The prison of alcoholism.

I intend to use this trap in a series of images along these lines. At least that is the plan. Good eye, Yoshi.

[devilgas]

I like this very muchfrom Patmoore..



i very nearly posted that one earlier as well. was going to leave it for another day :)

c'mon people, let's have some more! the idea of this thread is to get people looking at the galleries then posting their 'finds' as inspiration to others.

[Pol]

There are some excellent, interesting aquatic photos in the galleries and one I especially like is this one from Rab. The colours are superb and the expression on the face is wonderful. :D

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/1073/lionfish31.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/22040)

Pol

[Pol]

Another of my all time gallery favourites is the 'Tall and the Small' from Rog. I go back to this particular picture time and time again. I love these 2 dogs, they're so expressive. I think their names are Sam and Sis (Sis being the little one iirc). :D

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/642/The_tall_and_the_small.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/2135)

Pol

[Barr1e]

Here is another from the gallery of Horacio - they remind me of the escalators at The Royal Opera House - Covent Garden.

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/579/stair-E6284149.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/23329)

Regards. Barr1e

[Horacio]

Hi Barrie. You are right. This pict was taken there in my last year trip to London, when I met Ian.

[Horacio]

I would like to add this beautiful pic from JOJO

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/medium/IMG_0250.jpg

[ekkl]

I have always loved this one!

http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/18681/size/big/cat/
http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/compent.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/18681)

Hmm, can't link to the picture?

[Horacio]

Hi Ekkl, try again please

[Ian]

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/hoodies-in-the-subbie-final.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/4223)

Here is an early one from Ash - fascinating subject and I like the high contrast presentation. Would love to know what this was about :)

Ian

[Barr1e]

This is turning out to be the thread of 2011 for me.

I drop in often at the picture gallery. Looking at the images shown in i was browsing the galleries and..... so far illustrate how many great/powerful images dpnow vaults contain.

As spring is almost here one could say 'blooming marvellous'.

Regards. Barr1e

[ekkl]

Thank you Ian, I have no idea what went wrong!

[Ian]

Thank you Ian, I have no idea what went wrong!

You copied the page url, not the BBCode to display the photo :)

Ian

[devilgas]

thought i'd check out a certain admin's gallery....

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/547/gun_culture.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/10334)

loving the warm colours in this and the fact that the guy looks bored to tears!

[Pol]

thought i'd check out a certain admin's gallery....

loving the warm colours in this and the fact that the guy looks bored to tears!

Yes I remember that one when it first appeared.

Superb shot. *LOL

Pol

[Pol]

Here's one from Ash that I've always liked. I especially like the tones.

A shot of young Thomas concentrating and wondering if pehaps he needs to look in the manual. :D

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/tom-_-cam-small-border.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/3287)


Pol

[Horacio]

I do like cery much this one...

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/1050/medium/Budda.jpg

[Horacio]

and this one

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/1040/medium/Steelrock.jpg

[Jocelyn Walker]

I thought this one from spl was a very creative take on sunsets as were a number of her pics in her gallery. A burning piece of coal infront of the sunset suggests the source of energy.
http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/560/IMGP0383ed1.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/574)

[Caz]

Being a bit of a photographer of music makers myself, I'd forgotten how good this one was:

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/808/medium/CRW_7924.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/7708)

[devilgas]

quick request guys, can we remember to put in the user name of who took the photo? also, a few words as to why it grabs your attention would be nice ;)
merci.

[devilgas]

stephen was my chosen victim for today....

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/542/The_Wood_2.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/10218)

the colours are the first thing that grabbed me with this image. i like the PP as it has definitely transformed what would be a 'normal' background into something much more ethereal.

[yoshi]

stephen was my chosen victim for today....

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/542/The_Wood_2.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/10218)

the colours are the first thing that grabbed me with this image. i like the PP as it has definitely transformed what would be a 'normal' background into something much more ethereal.

Yes, I remember it well. It somehow reminds me of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream"

http://www.google.co.jp/imglanding?imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DVLuszTvIs8/TU2g2jY1OOI/AAAAAAAAF-Q/U56-9VEPX3U/s1600/1893_edvard_munch_the_scream-wr400.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kiraku.tv/category/photo/id/47698/page/5&h=600&w=400&sz=65&tbnid=DoNvu8FV5ZpE9M:&tbnh=275&tbnw=183&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dedvard%2Bmunch&zoom=1&q=edvard+munch&hl=ja&usg=__B17HTxx7AAMhgjZYAN8hgDitynI%3D&sa=X&ei=L0mCTZOJN4OSuAPeq9DKCA&ved=0CCYQ9QEwAA

Was it already four years ago when this photo was posted.

yoshi

[Ian]

Being a bit of a photographer of music makers myself, I'd forgotten how good this one was:

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/808/medium/CRW_7924.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/7708)

Yes, this was one of Patrick's :)

Ian

[Kurt]

I like most of Pewidane's Abstracts and change my mind about which I like the best very often, but I do come back to this one. Why do I like it? I don't know - I just do! Any problems? Just one, I am not too sure about the external frame.

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/1051/1010864_1507.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/20671)

[devilgas]

people portraits, 90 images per page, page 3 and this shot by gina was the first to really catch my eye....

http://dpnow.com/galleries/data/500/fay_3104crop.jpg (http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/17406)

i love the bold colours, the sharpness, the vividness of the eyes and the mostly hidden face. thankfully i didn't pick gina's gallery otherwise i'd have gone mad trying to choose!

[Ian]

I hadn't noticed this one from Gina - but it's brilliant! :)

Ian