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 by stubbsy on Mon Dec 03, 2007 10:38 pm
Yes, I'm a few hours early, but I won't be near the forum at all till late tuesday.
This week, as usual, there were a lot of fine images posted, but my choice this week is a shot that stuck with me once I'd seen it. This image is a fantastic example of how composition and the "technical" camera choices (like the aperture choice here to give a reasonably shallow DOF) can be critical to an image. To quote my own comments in the original thread "The selective DOF drew my eye to the faces of the foreground chefs and they are all so focussed and intense on the plates that the eye flows there naturally next and there it stops to linger over the image."
Without further ado - I present the image below (the original thread can be found HERE). Congratulations zafra52.
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by garyr on Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:12 am
Good choice Peter.
Congrats zafra52 - fantastic capture.
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by gstark on Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:28 am
Excellent choice, Peter.
This was a standout image amongst standout images this week.
Well done Zaffra.
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by Killakoala on Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:39 am
Congrats on POTW. It is a very good image. I like this one a lot.
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by Alpha_7 on Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:57 am
Great shot and well deserving of POTW (not many of them left this year really).
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by the foto fanatic on Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:27 am
Top image. Tells an immediate story and has lots of interest.
Congrats to zaffra and well chosen Peter.
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by radar on Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:41 am
I also really enjoyed seeing this photo when zaffra posted it, it has a lot going for it, very good choice Peter.
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by Reschsmooth on Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:58 am
This is a great image that took a little while for me to appreciate, but I think works really well.
Top choice.
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by ozimax on Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:18 am
Well done Zaffs, great image which tells a story or three. Well chosen Stubbsy.
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by Big Red on Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:34 am
i like how the main subject is in the main focus are with the other two looking on... great pic 
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by Glen on Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:01 am
Zafra glad Stubbsy pointed your image out, great image for all the above reasons
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by blacknstormy on Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:42 am
Congrats Zafra 
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by Geoff on Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:04 am
Well done Zafra
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by zafra52 on Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:32 pm
What a surprise! Wow! Thank you very much. I am overwhelmed!
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by Bubby on Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:29 pm
Congrats.
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by sirhc55 on Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:32 pm
An excellent representation of a busy workplace, photographed beautifully
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by Greg B on Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:22 am
Fantastic shot zafra, and an excellent PotW. I loved this the moment I saw it, congratulations.
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by Nigell on Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:40 am
Nicely done.
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