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Picture of the Week - 17 May 2005

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Picture of the Week - 17 May 2005

Postby Greg B on Mon May 16, 2005 11:03 pm

This week, some very nice work from xerubus.

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I like this a lot, really dynamic colour, a great idea well realised.

In some ways, it reminds me of the pop art photography that I
loved so much 20 or 30 years ago. (And that is a complement!!)

This one jumped out at me and screamed.....

Picture of the Week

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Great work Mark.
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Postby barry on Mon May 16, 2005 11:10 pm

Great shot and so simple. well done.
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Postby resnikov on Mon May 16, 2005 11:40 pm

Now i can see it, thats a really cool picture
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Postby Nnnnsic on Mon May 16, 2005 11:50 pm

That is an absolutely fantastic image.

Great work, Mark. :)
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Postby jethro on Mon May 16, 2005 11:53 pm

congrats mark you always come up with something different! :D
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Postby Geoff on Mon May 16, 2005 11:54 pm

Artistic, creative and different :) Nice work Mark, congratulations!
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Postby Glen on Tue May 17, 2005 12:14 am

Mark well deserved for an abstract which worked very well
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Postby sirhc55 on Tue May 17, 2005 12:16 am

Great colour - well executed - a delight to contemplate after a real glass of red - well done
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Postby flipfrog on Tue May 17, 2005 3:50 am

wow, this is one of the best POTW i have seen, love the abstractness and the colours, great lines, repetition as components of composition...

this is a great art piece
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Postby dooda on Tue May 17, 2005 4:31 am

Yup, this is a great shot Mark. I saw the second one that you posted, and loved it too, this one is a little more interesting though. Really really cool. Did you do much to those colours to make them shine in PS, or are they for the most part In-camera. I can't remember being so sublimely struck by color.
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Postby KerryPierce on Tue May 17, 2005 4:41 am

This is a great pick for POTW, Greg. Congrats on making a very fine photo, Mark! :D
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Postby the foto fanatic on Tue May 17, 2005 6:53 am

Excellent pic Mark. I must have missed it first time around. Well done. :D
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Postby gstark on Tue May 17, 2005 7:00 am

Like Greg, as soon as I saw this image, it simply screamed "pick me, pick me" at me.

Great use of colour, lighting, composition ... is there anytthing I've forgotten?
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Postby Neeper on Tue May 17, 2005 8:09 am

i love it, it's very nice. Good job!
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Postby Oneputt on Tue May 17, 2005 9:06 am

I think it is very creative, well exposed and some strong colours. Excellent work Mark :D
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Postby xerubus on Tue May 17, 2005 9:13 am

thankyou for POTW and to everyone for all of the comments.... much appreciated. :D :D :D
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Postby leek on Tue May 17, 2005 9:21 am

I like it, but the horizon isn't straight ;-) ;-) :shock:
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Postby xerubus on Tue May 17, 2005 9:25 am

dooda wrote:Did you do much to those colours to make them shine in PS, or are they for the most part In-camera. I can't remember being so sublimely struck by color.


+10 saturation... but that's all. the 3 pieces of card which i chose are quite vibrant.

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Postby Manta on Tue May 17, 2005 9:36 am

Congratulations Mark. Very deserving.
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Postby PiroStitch on Tue May 17, 2005 10:14 am

Congratulations Mark, great photo :D
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Postby yeocsa on Tue May 17, 2005 10:26 am

Excellent control of lightings.

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Postby boxerboy on Tue May 17, 2005 12:11 pm

Fantastic photo, Mark. Has a real 'retro' feel to it.

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Postby mic on Tue May 17, 2005 2:03 pm

Well done Mark, I thought when I saw this one someone is going to have to have a pretty good Pic to out perform your glass of RGB.

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Postby marcus on Tue May 17, 2005 11:52 pm

Best POTW I've seen (IMHO) since being a member! Absolutely sensational, well done!
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Postby Dargan on Wed May 18, 2005 7:01 pm

Damn that's good and even the horizon has a suggestive element. BTW I still have a bottle of champagne from the Bird man to give to Brisbane. Is this the glass we are going to use Xerebus?
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Postby endymion on Wed May 18, 2005 8:52 pm

An excellent photo!
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Postby Matt. K on Thu May 19, 2005 1:22 am

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It's curious...but when I first saw that image I plain didn't like it. I thought the colours were garish and the damn glass is not straight. But after seeing it everytime I log on it's kinda grown on me. It's got a personality of its own. Like a stray mutt that keeps licking your hand until you fall in love with it. Images don't normally affect me that way so there's something very special about it. But I'm damned if I know what.
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Postby Greg B on Thu May 19, 2005 6:36 am

Nope. I liked it straight away. My hand did not need to be licked :D

I think the garishness (?) of the colours is at the heart of the appeal here, with composition right behind it.

But your comments - as always - are interesting Matt. I wouldn't have seen this one as a grower because it is so much what it is right from the first look.
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Postby SoCal Steve on Thu May 19, 2005 6:55 am

I liked where this was going from the first posting, too. Mark took it all the way. Great idea and execution. Shows what you can do without spending a lot if you're creative.
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Postby xerubus on Thu May 19, 2005 11:21 am

Dargan wrote:Damn that's good and even the horizon has a suggestive element. BTW I still have a bottle of champagne from the Bird man to give to Brisbane. Is this the glass we are going to use Xerebus?


sounds good to me!! :)
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Postby Dargan on Fri May 20, 2005 10:01 pm

Did anyone collect the ice yesterday in Brisbane?
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Postby today.com on Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:39 pm

great use of imagination
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Postby xerubus on Fri Jul 08, 2005 3:48 pm

thankyou today.com....
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