From our good ol' friend Michael Simon, somewhere in South America:



Mecan knows the best light in Tokyo:









F*ckn awesome:

Wow, thank you, I humbly thank you! I am not an admin but there are tons of photos in here I would put up here if I was. But since the other admins haven't, just say the word and I will.

no worries schveckle you've been posting some good stuff recently. i think it would be good to keep this thread for admin picks, then it gives pool contributors a point of reference to what we are looking for! if you're reading this and your images have been removed from the pool, have a look at the examples in this thread; although at a glance they all appear to be vastly different, what they have in common is either a punctum or an overall coherence that holds the viewer and keeps them interested; this could be a guy asleep on a kids trike (subtle, but intriguing) or a happy coincidence of people choreographing themselves into intriguing positions within the frame.

I promise, I'll take some time to pick my favorites. Just don't have much time now for that...but I'll do it...

@shveckle: why not start a thread like "members favorites"?!...

OK - there's such a lot of good stuff to choose from.

Benny - I came up with most of yours as I ran through the stream so, for what my own meagre opinion is worth, they get a double endorsement. Hin, yes, mecan's stuff rocks. Ya gotta hate him for it, but envy is the price of fame.
Outside of these, here are my picks from the recent stream:



like the angles and atmosphere on this one



cool atmosphere and alienation



if yer gonna shoot people then you've got to get emotion, and this one does, specially, and in context



this one because this guy shoots such good social documentary and finds the telling moments



this one because it's seattle and i'm biased, and for the seattle commuter stroll, and the anonymity of the crop. everyman ... with latte.

OK, here are some images from the group I faved recently and that I think fit nicely here:

2U definitely knows how to take extraordinary subway pictures...


Did you know there was amazing light in Phoenix? toong_bo shows you where...


What?! hinius never stages his pictures?! how does he do that kind of things then...


anverse, a photographer I just discovered. Very nice colours and some sweet images that make you feel soooo good just staring at them...


Put Nils Jorgensen anywhere, he will find something magical about the place...


eddie-g, prolific shooter who knows how to fill the frame...


bedlam, one of the few X-pan king...


A typical eyeblink, raw, mysterious and a yummy grain...


With this and the "Seminal Image" thread, you really are giving me a hard time picking up images Ben!
There are so many others that I like...

If Bolivia had better internet service I would totally take the time to share my faves...

Miss you fuckers, be back in August...

This thread can't go any further without another shot from this guy. Mecan certainly is getting a lot of praise around flickr and I'm happy to give a little more.



He's always giving us a special glimpse of his world.



Cause wingdingo has beautiful pictures and seems to be able to piss people off and live to show it.



Kayodic is the mistress of light and lines. She makes me crazy.



migrant is always in flight capturing one great moment after another

Make sure you check this guy's other pics.

what a fantastic thread, wow. thanks for pointing these out. this work is truly inspiring.

Couldn't leave this one out of this thread...

Thanks again migrant.

The top one by eric is wonderful as well.

Kind of new on Flickr, have a look at this guy's pics.
Street Photography in colour, a lot of gems in his stream. I just picked one up to post in this thread.

I mean, seriously, come on, this is awesome, Kipling's the man.

pure steel...



good mystery...



did i get there first?!



gimmicky. but it made me smile.

this shot belongs here

grainy, but surreal...



big version is great

street photography is not hardcore? :-) well anyway....

I have no idea how you could even start to pick the best. this pool has so many keepers in it.

ooooo that's nice

That's awesome....

This girl's improving fast, watch out!

SheStrikesBack

yes!!!

this one



this one



this one

There really are a lOT of talented photographers in here. Ever thought of organizing a gallery show Benny? I would fly to London for that

From eddie-g.
His whole Cuba stuff is very nice... check it out

Why was one of the recent admin favourites deleted? The one shot by the Irish photographer?

which one?

It was deleted, pedantically, because it wasn't an admin favourite (ie. it was a member favourite).

Ah, I see.

You see, I'd not noticed the lack of the yellow star.

i noticed that, it was a member who posted his own pic as fav. Nice.

Reminder: there is a Members favorites thread.

I just cleaned it up a little, btw: made the images smaller, added photographer names and fixed some links so that it is more enjoyable to go through.
Try to make your posts look all the same way as much as possible.

Don't hesitate to show us your favs there.

fucking happy couples.... pah...

like this one but want to see it bigger:

toong_bo always knows how to surprise me

OK, I had to pick one picture but all timewitness' stuff is really good. His stream is worth the visit.

rafmad:

jeannettics

HCSP ADMIN IN SHOCK APPRECIATION OF PASSED OUT DRUNK GUY PHOTOGRAPH

kudos to Danz in Tokyo

shveckle

michael simon

mecan

cameron jones

this thread gives me a load of inspiration.

I noticed that of the occasional pix I've been uploading to the group over the past nine months, only one remains in the pool.

So I thought I'd better check out the admin faves to see what you're really after.

That's cleared that up, then.

foig


and eddie-g for those of you who said HCSP has no sense of humour :)

chuckp

thank you bitmapr! a winogrand airport picture on acid....

I adored that chuckp frame, absolute cracker!

Я £ - Leo Régnier

Good find bryan, liked that one alot

Andreu Sordé

@bitmapr i saw that shot the other day, its freaking brilliant, such a 'what the f**k' moment :)

Makes me wonder did the bull follow them in

that 1/2 Woman shot doesn't do it for me. and viewing it large make me like it even less. that can't be good.

i faved the bull shot a while ago, and it popped out when i going thru my faves... and impressed enough that, i used the new 'invite to group' feature so i could put it in this thread.

i'd like to think the flying guy was riding it before he was thrown off.

the last photo i posted got bashed, wonder if anyone has anything to say about this one :)

eddie g

lenskap:

waxypoetic

Hey! I was afraid that I didn't get any good ones on my short trip -- but heck -- I'm pleased and honoured, Bryan. :)

Just brilliant boys. What a great stream!

amazing shoits!

who says the admin don't do interesting work :)
- shestrikesback

double exposure? nice, they are fun sometimes.

by buchanear7

chuckp

in fact, i'm going to delete all those posts because after all, this is a thread about 'admin favs'. not another whingeing thread. please feel free to have a whinge elsewhere.

www.flickr.com/photos/djdeeprub/1380386351/in/photostream/

rodrigo.doc

pinkheadedbug
"Say, you're not planning on bringing that in here, are you?"