PotW 16 September 2008

[Greg B]

There were several strong candidates which caught my eye for this week's
POTW, but in the end I couldn't go past this gem from team piggy. Under the jetty
at Port Broughton.

Everything works beautifully, the magnificent colour and lighting (which surprisingly
is courtesy of nearby street lights), the clarity, the serenity and the composition.

A really great shot which I am happy to call Picture of the Week.



Thread here and well worth a look at some other shots taken at the same time.

[chrisk]

this is a truly stunning shot.

[johnd]

An excellent choice for an absolutely top image. Well done Team Piggy.
Cheers
John

[Geoff]

Excellent choice Greg and a very well deserved POTW!
Congrats TP!

[robert]

Good choice and well done team piggy

Robert

[radar]

Great shot,

loved it when I first saw it posted, well done,

André

[Big Red]

awesome shot and well deserved :-)

[ozimax]

Wonderful image, congrats, and well selected Greg. These POTWs just keeping getting better! Ozi.

[RDW]

Great choice Greg and imminently deserved TP.

[Mr Darcy]

Missed this first time round Magic. Congratulations. A well deserved win.

[the foto fanatic]

Yeah, it's a beauty alright. I loved it when I first saw it - it has terrific impact. Excellent PotW.

Congrats to the 'tog, team piggy.

Fine selection Mr Greg B.

[Jase555]

Yes, definitely a worth POTW, although there was a few others which IMO were equally outstanding. Well done!

[Glen]

Well deserved Piggy

[ATJ]

An outstanding shot.

[zafra52]

I hate to be the dissenting voice here, but the image seems too perfect to be credible.

[team piggy]

I hate to be the dissenting voice here, but the image seems too perfect to be credible.

 LOL is that a compliment? Seriously, ask me anything you want on the image and very minimal processing I did to it (Meaning the 5 button clicks in ACDsee pro 2 to get to what it is now)it, I am happy to share how slack I was when I took it !!..
I also have the original before the basic processing if anyone is interested. (It also showcases just how good ACDsee pro 2 is compared to photoshop and stuff for basic users like myself.

I guess I better go fix the horizons on them all if it is good enough for a POTW!

Thanks all! Were here every Thursday, try the schnitzel.. *bows*..

[gstark]

I also have the original before the basic processing if anyone is interested. (It also showcases just how good ACDsee pro 2 is compared to photoshop and stuff for basic users like myself.

Actually, that would would be a great thread in the PP section. Now you've volunteered yourself for it.

Oh yes, congrats; great image.

[team piggy]

Hmm, I did dob myself in didnt I... I shall do, but give me a few days. I am in the middle of a mad job at work that involves about 50 kilometres of cable and a bloody huge building..

[zafra52]

It is an excellent image - in fact it is superb! So I better explain myself here. To my eyes it looks as if you used a flash gun hence the bright pillars. The trouble is a flash couldn't possibly had illuminated that far into the receding pillars. Another explanation would be the jetty being illuminated from underneath to get that lighting, but logic tells me that it is not normally the case. So you see, what the image tells me my faulty logic refuses to believe. Regardless how you managed to do it, the image still is very sharp, colourful and, well, too perfect.

[gstark]

Hmm, I did dob myself in didnt I....

When you get the time, obviously.

[Big V]

Brook have time, that is going to be funny to watch... It is such a wonderful image that keeps drawing you back and as I know the area where it was shot I can vouch for its authenticity..street light just happens to be in the right place for this lighting.

[surenj]

Beautiful light! well done!

[Matt. K]

Excellent choice Greg! There is something enchanting about this image.

[Jase555]

[quote="zafra52"]It is an excellent image - in fact it is superb! So I better explain myself here. To my eyes it looks as if you used a flash gun hence the bright pillars. The trouble is a flash couldn't possibly had illuminated that far into the receding pillars. Another explanation would be the jetty being illuminated from underneath to get that lighting, but logic tells me that it is not normally the case. So you see, what the image tells me my faulty logic refuses to believe. Regardless how you managed to do it, the image still is very sharp, colourful and, well, too perfect.[/quote]

I'm to be proven wrong, but from my eyes, there is probably an external light source from the right (a club or function yacht or similar), which illuminated the entire underside of the jetty. Combined with a long exposure (based on the smoothness of the water), that's where the brilliant light has come from - it's the only way I can explain the effect - a setup light shining straight out would blowout the closer pylons if exposing long enough to lighten up the further pylons well enough I suspect.

Even if I'm close to the mark, the exposure is quite sunning to get an equal spread like that.

[team piggy]

No clubs or Yachts! If you follow the copyright link, you will actually find an image with two carts in it. This has the lighting shown that was used (unintentionally!).

There was also (as seen in other images) a large number of lights "on" the jetty as well.

[Jase555]

I should have read the image review thread again! Well done again, a simply stunning exposure with the available light.

[Oneputt]

A truly stunning image - one of the best.

[colin_12]

Nice to see such a lively discussion over this image.
A great effort team piggy and a great choice Greg.
Regards Colin

[Bindii]

Its truly stunning... I can't fault it at all..

the only thing wrong with it is that I didn't take it!.. *cries*..

:)

[zafra52]

Well, Bindii, being perfect leaves no room for improvement.