Steemimages top five: Week seven: Goldenhour photography

This weeks selection of photographs is up and made by real live human curators. This week Hive account@steemimages has been looking for #goldenhourphotography and we found some really great content from steemians from all over the world. Most of these photos are still avaiable for voting on, so please do go along and give them some support.

The criteria for golden hour photography is pretty simple as we explained last week:-

Golden hour photography is the time of day usually 1 - 2 hours before the sun is about rise or set. You need to be up early to get the best quality light for your morning photography or you can go for the early evening sun as it sets.
If you include some form of structures in the image it helps with composition.

The following votes and resteems were cast in relation to upvotes, engagement which we are happy to report is up as well as resteems.

Steemimages top five week seven

In first place with 4 upvotes and 4 resteems of content was Hive account@oldmans with a great set of images and two replies in the comments which also got 2 upvotes.

In second place with 5 upvotes and resteems we have the latest post from Hive account@anthonywong from Hive account@teammalasia with this fantastic sunset at the sea side. It's is just 19 hours old at time of posting this blog so you can still go and give him some support.

In third place with 5 upvotes. Two upvotes for his content and 3 upvotes for comments we have Hive account@astrophoto.kevin's beautiful and dramatic cloudy sunset that he captured on his Hive account@actifit training session.

In forth place we have Hive account@steven-patrick with four upvotes and resteems with some stunning images from his trip to the desert outside of Las Vegas.

In fifth place we have Hive account@sunsethunter with four upvotes and resteems of his trip to New Zealand and this photograph that literally left him full of wonder. It is a spectacular view of Queenstown.

I hope that you will agree that these images above are quite exceptional and worth your time and attention. Hive account@steemimages doesn't follow any accounts and we don't play favorites. The content is the most important point.

This is not a competition as such but we thought you might like to know who got the most upvotes from Hive account@steemimages this week. The data can all be checked for accuracy on steemworld. Every post that gets upvoted also gets resteemed.

The graphic below shows that Hive account@steemimages upvoted and resteemed 93 posts from 54 accounts over the last seven days. Data source Steemworldcreated by Hive account@steemchiller

Honorable mentions go to:- Hive account@obsesija, Hive account@micaelacf, and Hive account@shila who each received 3 upvotes and resteems and also Hive account@angelbless and Hive account@stevejhuggett who both received 2 upvotes and resteems.

Tips!
There were many good images that would have been seen by more people if they had been tagged correctly. Using the most appropriate tags for your photogrpahs will increase the number of views and potential upvotes that you get from people interested in that topic.

Many images that didn't make the cut could have been much improved and better from a compostional point of view if they had been cropped in tighter to the subject of the photos.

We have a very simple task on Steemit and the other steem based apps. To find the very best content and reward it. What is good content is of course impossible to quantify as it is totally subjective. Our voting criteria is quite simple.

The criteria that is most important to Hive account@steemimages is image quality(IQ). Images that are sharp and with high resolution, unless the intention is to use some form of bokeh i.e. the visual quality of the out-of-focus area of a photograph.

Many posts had just a few votes and some posts had no votes at all. We hope that our upvotes and resteems will encourage you to keep posting and get more eyeball on your photos.

Tips!
It always a good idea to ask yourself why you took a particular shot? What was it about that image that attracted your interest?

We have many talented photographers on the steem apps. I hope you enjoyed our selection of their work and that you will spread the word about these active steemians. Give them an upvote and a follow.

All next week we will be curating #selfies and #portrait photography

Tips!

Selfies or self portraits are not a new idea as artists have been making self portraits for as long as there has been paint. To get the best image quality you need good light or lighting for your self portrait photography (selfie)

As well as the lighting, the angle that you take the selfie from is very important if you are trying to get a flattering shot of yourself and many of you know that you have to photograph yourself from above. i.e. raising your arm up with your camera/phone elevated as this gets rid of that double chin; if you have one.
Some purists would say that a straight on shot is more of a 'real' representation of the self.

Hive account@steemimages is not going to get into the thorny issue of what lies behind the concept of the selfie. We are just interested in the image quality (IQ)

Remember to use the correct photography hashtag which helps us to find your work. Have a great week ahead

Please do not ask for upvotes or follows and do not send any steem or SBD to this account. If you do it will be treated as a donation. We wish to remain unbiased in our selections and we want to encourage everyone to get engaged.

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Check our previous weeks photo selections below

Steemimages week one Monochrome Photography
Steemimages week two Landscape Photography
Steemimages week three Street Photography
Steemimages week four Animal Photography
Steemimages weeks five and six Architectural Photography

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