You may know that https://photo.stackexchange.com/ (this site's parent :) has a "Photo of the week" contest.
Here are all the images featured on the homepage from the beginning of the current year in reverse chronological order. Historical archives for previous years, see the archives list at the end.
Hall of Fame
Exposure correction and sharpening done in Lightroom.
Large Version: https://flic.kr/p/ouDKJH
15 December 2018 - Matthieu Moy
Focus-stacked from 2 images, Full resolution
Camera: Canon 600D Lens: 40mm F/2.8 EF Shutter: 1/4000 Aperture: f/2.8 ISO: 100
This shot was taken from the porch of a church in Borgo Schirò, an abandoned village in the inland of Sicily, a dark place far away from the artificial lights, and a little closer to the stars.
It shows how the stars in the sky apparently move as time goes by. At the same time, it's an opportunity to think how a once alive place can ruin after people leave it.
Stack of about 350 shots of 30s, taken from 21.00 to 00.06, developed in Lightroom Classic and merged in Photoshop.
Canon EOS 550D camera, Tamron 10-24 mm @10 mm and f/4, 30s, ISO 3200.
Before merging the full set of shots I reviewed each image and masked out any track of planes and satellites passing across the frame.
Original: https://flic.kr/p/25s43h2
28 October 2018 - Peter Parker
29 September 2018 - Russell McMahon
f/2.8 70mm
18 September 2018 - Vaman Kulkarni
ISO 320
f5.6
1/800 @ 24mm
05 September 2018 - Lars Kotthoff
24 August 2018 - Russell McMahon
Tse'Bii'Ndzisgaii (Monument Valley)
I have been visiting this awe-inspiring place several times, always trying to catch its grandness in a picture. I think this one finally did it - it would have been nice without the Navajo on the horse, but he adds the drama for me. This is a holy place for the Navajo; all buttes have names, and their gods live atop them. It is a place you have to experience; standing there, turning, and seeing the landscape all around you makes you feel small and insignificant. View large here
16 July 2018 - Saaru Lindestøkke
http://500px.com/photo/23385493
Camera: Canon 550D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM + close-up filter
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter: 1/60
ISO: 250
I took the photo in the evening with the camera pointed straight up through the branches. This gave a more intense blue color to the sky. Larger uncropped version: https://flic.kr/p/mmwcdg
Taken at Pykara Falls, Ooty in south India. Technical details : Nikon D5100 with 18-55mm lens Bigger version
Bigger version here
Breakwater light in Warnemünde. Full-size image available on deviantART.
Shutter: 1/160
Apperture: f2.8
Camera: Canon 1100D,
Lens: Sigma 50-150, F2.8 APO EX DC HSM
Shot from Rauschberg, Ruhpolding
Canon EOS 650D
Lens : Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD
Focal Length : 200mm
Shutter Speed : 1/1250 s
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO/Film : 100
05 May 2018 - saaru-lindestøkke
Camera: Canon 550D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/250s
ISO: 100
Flash: fired behind the subject, straight to the camera
Taken in Richmond Park, London, UK. This is a HDR merge of 3 exposures, using Google HDR Efex Pro 2 and Photoshop.
Nikon D7000
Nikon 18.0-135.0 mm kit lens @38 mm
f/22
ISO-400
Taken: 2016-10-22
Camera: Fujifilm X-T20
Lens: Fujinon XF18-55mm f/2.8-4 R LM OIS
Focal length: 18mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter: 1/250 sec
ISO: 1600
Flash: no.
Larger version: https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/84667975/m%3D2048/64a3e83c5363540096a2fdcfc0c5e95f
Canon EOS 6D
Lens : EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Focal Length : 100mm
02 March 2018 - Saaru Lindestøkke
Camera: Canon 550D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/250
ISO: 100
Flash: off-camera from far right
22 February 2018 - Glenn Randers-Pehrson
Camera: SONY a300 + 75-300 zoom
Exposure: 1/500, ISO 125, f5.6, 300mm, no flash
Date: 23 February 2015
Note: taken through a double-pane window
LICENSE: CC-BY-SA-3.0 or 4.0
Higher-res view and more info on Deviantart: http://fav.me/dan293e
