As you can see, this post is not on any real schedule. I post these when I have a chance to look around and find what I consider to be the most exceptional images. Thank you for being patient!

To learn about W.W.'s Top 5 Photos of Steemit, visit this post.

If you would like to increase the visibility of your photos for W.W.'s Top 5 Photos of Steemit, be sure to use this tag:

#wwtop5pix

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This is not a contest. It is merely my own subjective opinion; a collection of images that speak to me the loudest. The only requirement I have is that they must be original photographs that you created.

All liquid earnings will be shared evenlywith the featured photographers.

Today's Top 5 Photos on Steemit

1. Soap Film Photo by Hive account@shieha

This image caught my eye immediately. Seriously, how could it not? Incredible sharpness, crazy colors, and it gives me an incredible urge to look up that Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens!!

2. Steemit Portrait Photography Contest Week 21 - theme "Masks" by Hive account@astridschulz

At my core, I am a people photographer, whether formal portraits or candid. People are interesting and a good photo of a stranger tells a story. In the case of this image by Hive account@astridschulz, the story is told not by the "mask" she wears, or even the water dripping from her nose, but by her eyes. There's intent there. I do wish this image was just a tad sharper, but it works for me anyway. Also, bonus nod to Hive account@astridschulz for using the wwtop5pix tag. ;-)

3. Black & White Photo Contest - Summer In Santa Monica by Hive account@dxxxr

Go look at that photo. And I mean, just look at it. This is what real b/w film looks like pushed by 2 stops. What does that mean? In this case, it means Hive account@dxxxr bought a roll of Ilford 400 speed b/w film, but he set the camera to (and developed the film as) 1600 speed. A nice little trick of film photography. You can get some neat, gritty images that way. I used to do it back in the late 90's with Kodak TMax400 and Tri-X400, and Fujifilm used to make a 1600 speed b/w film that I pushed to 3200. Talk about grit. The grain was huge! So that's one reason I chose the one, but another is because of the camera he used; a Canon EOS Elan. I personally used to own the Elan II, and to this day I regret selling it. It's nice to see some of those old cameras still out in the wild.

4. Is Polaroid compatible with grey filters? by Hive account@vincentleroy

Those are Polaroids, and they're beautiful. Not a Polaroid like the one I shoot. No, this is different level of Polaroid, where real creativity with manual settings on expensive camera gear resides. I don't want to say much about this one because I want you to spend more time looking at Hive account@vincentleroy's array of images in that post. They're just stunning. And by the way he talks about what he's doing, this guy seems to be one of the more knowledgeable photographers I've encountered on Steemit. Very photo. Much follow. Wow.

5. Saman Dance by Hive account@elmahmudi

What I love about this image is not necessarily the short depth of field, but where in the image the point of focus lands, which is the lower-right quadrant in accordance with the rule of thirds. That coupled with the perspective at which this image was taken draws you deeper into it.
Also, I have to confess, the first time I looked at this one, I thought, "Surely, this is someone passing off someone else's image as their own." It's a shame to me that it's rare for an image of this quality to be genuinely created by someone on this platform in the middle of so much photo thievery, so I'm finding it very health to be skeptical while making these lists. But after a short back-and-forth with Hive account@elmahmudi in the comments of his post about settings and lenses, as well as taking a look at the other images on his blog, I'm convinced we have quite the talent in our midst, and I expect to see good stuff on his blog. You've got yourself a new follower, sir.

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Now go follow and/or vote on the aforementioned photographers! They deserve it!

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