Picture of the Week 12.06.07

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Picture of the Week 12.06.07

Postby Geoff on Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:45 pm

I usually allow about an hour to mil through the previous weeks' images to select POTW. As time goes on it's taking me longer to find just one as we keep getting some absolutely brilliant photos posted for critique/comment.

This week was no different!

To cut to the chase however, I've chosen Antman's image of the Na Pali Sunset. Stunning work and he's said he will have this printed to canvas - Geoff, can you take a shot of the canvas when it's printed and post it on the forum?? Perhaps even put it up for sale? :) You just never know!

The original thread can be found here.

And here, is the outstanding image itself:

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Postby sirhc55 on Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:17 pm

Excellent choice :up:
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Postby Old Bob on Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:25 pm

Congratulations Geoff, it's a beauty. A difficult choice, but well chosen, Geoff.

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Postby Glen on Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:30 pm

Well done Antman :D
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Postby Willy wombat on Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:47 pm

Hey Antman - This is a great shot and well deserving of the weekly honour. Well done
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Postby fishafotos on Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:22 am

Great choice Geoff. A magical shot and a deserving winner.
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Postby Killakoala on Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:05 am

Well done Antman. A deserving image and photographer.

Spot on Geoff.
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Postby Pa on Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:38 am

great image antman.....


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Postby colin_12 on Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:46 am

Awsome shot Antman. A well deserved potw.
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Postby ATJ on Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:49 am

Well done. It makes getting up early worth it. :roll:
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Postby Oscar on Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:14 am

Stunning shot Geoff. Well done.

Nice pick Geoff.

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Postby mic on Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:21 am

What a Thumper !

Well done, very well balanced.

Congrats.

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Postby ozimax on Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:16 am

Outstanding, can't say more except congrats!
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Postby Raskill on Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:17 am

That is one of the best landscape images I have seen posted on this site. The colours are fantastic, the detail is amazing. Well done! 8)
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Postby zafra52 on Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:24 am

Excellent picture, congratulations.
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Postby blacknstormy on Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:01 pm

Congratulations - just stunning :)
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Postby johnd on Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:10 pm

Excellent choice Geoff.
Great image Antman, congratulations on a well deserved PotW.
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Postby virgal_tracy on Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:27 pm

Just wanting to add my congrats on what is an outstanding capture.
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Postby antman on Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:30 pm

Thanks Geoff for choosing my picture and a big thank you to everyone for your kind words.

I must again say I was very happy with how the image turned out. I've seen a few HDR images which do have that "fake" look and I've tried to avoid that with my HDR attempts. The end result I got certainly exceeded any expectations that I had.

Thanks again and I will try and get a photo of that canvas once it it printed.
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Postby Oneputt on Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:42 pm

That is one stunning image that I missed first time around. It is certainly one of the best landscapes I have seen in a long time. Super :D
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Postby marcotrov on Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:50 pm

Excellent choice, superb image
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Postby gooseberry on Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:03 am

Beautiful image antman. Congrats.
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Postby kazuhiro on Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:08 pm

Congratulations, excellent image.
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Postby antman on Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:32 pm

As promised here are a couple of pics of the canvas.

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The canvas is approx. 106 x 71 cm. I decided to try the firm Brilliantprints up in QLD. The whole process was fairly straight forward and I am very happy with the end result.
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