POTW for 25th Jan., 2011...

[fozzie]

Fisrtly on behalf of the DSLRUsers Team, I would like to thank Gerry (biggerry) for his time and effort in selecting POTW.

Alrighty, POTW 19th-25th January!

Firstly, the short list:-

Rodney's (Remorhaz) image of St Marys Cathedral reflected in the pool was a stand out and demonstrates that during that golden hour of sunrise you can take nice shots of things other than landscapes

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Peters (Stubbys) Whale oil separator plant, this location oozes character and its great to see images from the trip that are not icebergs and penguins

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Drum roll please..

Alex's Topaz Adjust image of a young Thai man (assumption) hauling a trolley down some back alley in Bangkok made me look twice - the processing did not come across as overdone, the composition is simple yet has quite a few elements, some which I suspect were by chance, nonetheless add to the image and as mentioned, makes me look twice. The dodgy wiring, the crazy looking window bars and the dirty walls just cry out a typical inner city in Thailand. The posters on the wall add extra intrigue, obviously of a scantly clad woman, but are they posters of a local club? is the man hauling some strange box of products to the local club bananas maybe?

anyway, all serious comments aside, I like this shot. Top stuff Alex.

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[aim54x]

There is always a lot of choice, but Gerry you have come up with the goods...

Great work Alex!

[Mr Darcy]

There is always a lot of choice, but Gerry you have come up with the goods...

Nope. Alex did.
Well done! I missed this first time round. More than happy to see it appearing here.

[the foto fanatic]

I didn't see the original post either.

It's an interesting image though, and I like it.

Good pick Gerry, and congrats to Alex.

[colin_12]

nice pic in both senses

[Reschsmooth]

Excellent shot and very worthY POTW.

[Div]

I missed this one too!

It is a great shot, and great choice!

[Geoff]

Great shot - congrats!!

[ozimax]

Great shot. I wonder what's in the boxes? And where is he going to? I like photos that paint a story. Well done with the POTW.

OZi.

[Alex]

Wow! I just noticed this. Thank you very much Gerry and dslrusers! There were so many fantastic shots posted in the past week that I feel very surprised mine got chosen.

This particular photo was taken during an outing to the old Chinatown in Bangkok with a local Bangkok photoclub. They also run a forum www.photographythailand.com/forum which I have been a member of for the past few years, but it was the first time I was able to meet a lot of members in person.

Thanks again



Alex

[biggerry]

[quote="Alex"]This particular photo was taken during an outing to the old Chinatown in Bangkok with a local Bangkok photoclub. They also run a forum www.photographythailand.com/forum which I have been a member of for the past few years, but it was the first time I was able to meet a lot of members in person.[/quote]

I joined up with this forum when heading over to Thailand, it seemed pretty quiet at the time and based mostly around Bangkok, I did like the looks of some of their previous meetups and if I went back I would definitely try and tee somethign up with them.

[surenj]

Congrats Alex. You are very lucky to catch one of their outings!

Nice choice Gerry.