list 43 photos that I groove on.

so little time…
sorry everyone….gonna say bye for now.
thanks for inviting me into the group though!

Infrared.

A rainbow hangs over electricity-producing wind turbines near the Spanish Basque town of Durango.

Vincent West
Time Magazine photographer

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Amazing.
It was very hard to pick just one of his photographs. (even though i know through this goal i will not have picked only one!)
Check out more of him…..you can browse through by country….absolutely beautiful!

http://www.yannarthusbertrand.com/yann2/affichage.php

I think 10 will do.

Holme Church Across The Marshes by Stuart Aylmer

A beautiful serene shot, with just perfect lighting. I think that despite the church being small in proportion to the picture, the rays draw your eye to it beautifully.

Never Too Old by David Lawrence

Just too funny – well spotted, and beautifully captured.

Leddie and Children, Shelby Lee Adams, 1990

I love the way the photo is divided vertically into a simple half and a cluttered half, but the thing that I really notice strongly are the three expressions on the bottom left – they’re all about the same age and in the same situation, but their reactions to the camera are so different.

You’ll probably have to view the large version to see clearly.

“Vintage” by Quadrajet on Worth1000.com

This photograph is created by light-painting – a technique where the shutter is held open for a long exposure in a dark room and the required details are lit with a small hand-held light. Thus the image is ‘painted’ onto the film bit by bit.

I think it has a real ethereal quality – and reminds me somewhat of John Lasseter’s early computer animation “Red’s Dream” (wow… 20 years old this year). I think it’s due to the very flat lighting on the bike, but dark environmental lighting.

Anyway… this is groovy photo number 7.

Bitterroot National Forest, Montana

Taken on August 6, 2000 by John McColgan, a fire behavior analyst. I just love the awesome power of the shot, and beautiful composition from someone who is not primarily a photographer. Reminds you of the fragility of life against the forces of nature.