PotW October 14, 2008

[gstark]

I'm sure that the other mods will agree with me when I say that the most difficult part of selecting PotW is deciding which images to not select. There's always several standouts, and it's tough that this is deciding picture of the week, rather than pictures of the week.

That said, for this week a number of images were popsted by Steve Griffin from his recent trip to Greenland.

Steve started with a significant advantage over most of us: after all, how many of us have Greenland on our list of destinations? But just going there does not a PotW make. You have to make some images, you have to PP them, and you have to post them.

And most importantly, one of those images needs grab the attention of whomever the current week's selector might be.

As you've probably surmised by now, that task falls to me this week, and this the image that has grabbed me.



Apart from the spectacular backdrop, Steve's compositional eye is perfect, with a row of kayaks leading the eye into the image, where one might surmise a mountainous trek is about to unfold.

A great pictoral story, well told.

Original thread here.

[Glen]

Well done Steve, great image

[Geoff]

Excellent work Steve.
Congrats!

[phoenix]

Yeah great decision! I love the whole thread he posted. I've wanted to travel for along time and i really love seeing photos like these. Makes you really want to pack up and head off.

Nice job!

[jase80]

Congratulations. Really well thought out picture.

[Oneputt]

A very good selection Gary and a top image Steve. Do you have a gallery of the trip?

[robert]

wow those mountains look like theyve been painted!

great composotion and really builds things towards the peak!

Robert

[surenj]

Absolutely deserving.. Sounds like a great trip Steve. Looks cold though...

[newmankl]

Amazing scenery and a fantastic shot. Congratulations. I'm sure it would have been a real experience.

Also great pick for the week.



Cheers,

Tim

[colin_12]

Nice work here.
Regards Colin

[Killakoala]

Congrats Steve. A worthy winner.

[ewm3]

Well done! Beautiful scenery, great composition, just tells the story.

[marcotrov]

One of those beautiful 'wish i were there, you lucky bugger' images. Great shot Steve. Good pick Gary.
cheers
marco

[zafra52]

Excellent choice and good photograph!

[[kane]]

Great shot! and location

[SteveGriffin]

Thankyou Gary.

I haven't been on the forum for a few days due PC problems but thought that I would upload a shot for the challenge and Yahoo what a pleasant suprise.

I have to recommend Greenland as a destination. If you are planning a European trip it isn't that expensive to get there from most major cities in Europe. It really is spectacular!!

I would certainly love to go back in the winter and do the dog sledding thing but there are probably 10,000 ($) good reasons why that isn't going to happen in the near future.

There are a few other pix from the trip on my Smugmug site http://indiana.smugmug.com in the Travel / Greenland gallery

[blacknstormy]

Oops - thought I'd replied :? but computer has been doing some damn strange things :(

Fantastic photo and well deserving of PotW :) wish I'd seen you when you came back through the airport ;)

Hugs
Rel

[Manta]

Congratulations Stevo! Very well deserved. I was watching your Smugmuggery since the day after you got back (seems ages ago now!). I loved all of your kayak trek shots. Spectacular place captured spectacularly!

Great choice Gary.

[ozimax]

Unusual image & great composition Steve. Congrats on POTW.