POTW 7th November 2006

[MHD]

Well time for the hard task again, going through the many wonderfull pictures posted by our membership!

There were a couple of standouts this week, for example I very much liked Yi-P's different take on a sydney landmark and then I also suffered some gear lust but also admiration at Heath's water shots using his new housing But in the end I must pick only one pic!

And this week it is an image from Pippin88's <a href='http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=22122'> Tin City collection from Stockton beach</a> And my favourite of that collection is this one:

Now what's not to like about this image? Brilliant texture of the sand (not to mention great saturation) Moody sky, the stark contrast between the land and the shed...

Take note people! Use the "Golden hours to shoot". Get up early, take an early mark from work, (or just quit!) GET OUT THERE!

Well Done Pippin88!

[losfp]

Nice one Nick

Sand, sand everywhere, and not a drop to drink...

[Glen]

Well done Nick, a great image

[antman]

A great photo from a great series.

Congrats.

[marcotrov]

Terrific image Nick and great pick too Scott. It's a 'hanger' preferably in a gallery
cheers
marco

[Geoff]

Congrats Nick - great image mate! Well chosen by Scott too.

[Alpha_7]

Nice Choice Scott and well done Nick, feels like it straight from a coffee table book! (and that is meant as a compliment).

[blacknstormy]

Woo Hoo Nick !
Was a bloody great shot, and deserved to be POTW

[the foto fanatic]

Excellent image - composition perfect, colour and contrast outstanding.

Well deserved PotW Nick, and well chosen Scott.

[macka]

Wow! I missed that one somehow. Excellent shot!

[Yi-P]

That is a heck of a shot!!

Now I have to go out and shoot some more

[pippin88]

Thanks for all the comments guys.

These are the best shots I've taken for a very long time if not ever.

I just framed this one and 3414 and if I do say so myself, they look even better.

[Oscar]

Great shot Nick. Well done. Cheers, Mick

[Yi-P]

Pinpin, will it be possible to show us the original out of the box un-PP'ed version of the picture?

[pippin88]

Original with no processing:

[Matt. K]

Nick, That's pretty wild processing! It's amazing how much drama the colours add....but I'm sure there is still a beautiful image left in the original. I see something dark and moody there.

[surenj]

What a great series!! Well done.

[mic]

Great shot !

Captured the colours brilliantly.

Congrats.

Mic

[vikin70]

the magic of pp, good one!

[ozimax]

Well deserved POTW, outstanding colour, could be Innamincka or Birdsville at first glance with all that sand and beautiful light.

[norbs]

Bloody hell. Is that still considered a photo? Digital art perhaps, but it is a long way from the original photo.

No disrespect meant. Congrats on the win.

[obzelite]

well deserved.

[pippin88]

Thankyou all.

Images come out of my D70 very flat. I have the standard curve with every image modifier (ie saturation etc) turned off or to its lowest.

I very much still consider it a photo.
All I did was tweak the colours slightly (a little more red, yellow and blue) and apply a curve. There isn't even any selective editing.
Darkroom manipulation can achieve and is often used to achieve the exact same thing.

I would like the out of camera colour of a D2x or similar.

[obzelite]

I very much still consider it a photo.
All I did was tweak the colours slightly (a little more red, yellow and blue) and apply a curve. There isn't even any selective editing.
Darkroom manipulation can achieve and is often used to achieve the exact same thing.

add to that what films such as velvia do to the colour of an image and i'll repeat, well deserved.