POTW - 16 June 2009

[sheepie]

My turn again to pick the Picture of the Week, and it doesn't get any easier!

To me, there's been a couple of pictures I think are worth 'honourable mentions' this week as well as the picture I've chosen as actual POTW.

First, for it's moment in time and overall technical quality, from this thread by Rooz: http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36638


And then from brentsky came this thread with amazing colours and movement: http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36617 and in particular this photo:


Both of these I really enjoyed seeing, and I have come back to these several times over the last couple of days trying to decide on a favourite.


But then this one came along - from Alpha7 on the 2x2 meet (http://www.dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=36679):


What impressed me most about this photo wasn't so much the technical quality of it, but the shear determination shown by Craig to brave the crowds on the night to get this image - most of us gave up on the thought of getting that close! The image itself though also records the scene very nicely - the warmth of the colour contrasts nicely with the cold of the night, the crowd assembled continues through the whole frame, giving an almost endless feeling to it and the overall 'ghostiness' introduced by the processing goes well with the theme of the presentation they were about to witness.

So well done, Craig. A lovely photo,

[aim54x]

well done Craig!!! great shot and a well deserved winner!!

[gstark]

Leon,

Great choice.

Craig,

Great shot; well done. Well worth going out into the cold and crowds for this one.

[Alpha_7]

Thanks Guys, I'm surprised and excited at the response this shot got, as I nearly didn't take it. As interesting was the fire/water show was, the more surprising thing was the hordes of people and lots of young kids that had piled around the cove to see it, so I'm glad in the end I tried to capture it. Given I haven't been sharing much of my photography of late I'm honoured to get POTW, thank you Leon.

[radar]

Great shot Craig, well deserved.

[ozimax]

Great image Craig, congrats on POTW award. Yep, I'm sure glad it was you out in the cold and not me.

Leon, I like the idea of posting a few of the worthy contenders as well.

Ozi.

[Geoff]

Excellent images by all.
Craig - congratulations buddy, this is a terrific image!!

[mic]

Bloody BRILLIANT ! Craig,

Is it one of those pics, also has that old feel about it and mystical.

An amazing shot.

Well done,

Mic.

[biggerry]

Great choice Leon, I also like the way you have selected and mention other excellent contenders, nice one!
Craig, cracker of a shot, well deserved on so many levels!

[marcotrov]

Terrific image Craig. I sometimes worry about the surreal aspect of HDR when pushed too far BUT like all techniques 'running the edge' in photography this treatment really is well suited to the topic and enhances the overall image feel and composition. Great choice Leon.
cheers
marco

[Cre8tivepixels]

Aweosme POTW - Well done great choice :)

[surenj]

Craig, this is an absolute winner hands down. Contender for POTY.

Nice choice Mic.

[colin_12]

Very spooky Craig. Nicely done though.

[Big V]

This is such a cool photo.

[zafra52]

It is indeed a very unusual, but interesting photo. Congratulations.

[Matt. K]

Leon
That was a no brainer. Well chosen.

[Killakoala]

It's one of the best shots I've seen on this site for a quite a long time. Brilliant and I like it a lot. Well done Craig. Good pick Leon.