PotW - 13 September 2011

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PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby the foto fanatic on Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:45 am

Although there were not a huge number of images posted this week, there were some very good ones. A couple of motoring ones caught my fancy, as did the abstract bull fight.

But in the end, the image that I have selected for this week's PotW is the excellent "Portrait" from CraigVTR:
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The photograph has captured a mood perfectly. The pretty tourist posing for a drawing by a Parisian street artist who is accentuating her features to make a flattering image of her. I have a photograph of my wife in just this situation, taken in Florence years ago, and Craig's image brought those memories flooding back to me. Isn't that the essence of photography?

The original thread is here.

Congratulations to Craig.
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby biggerry on Tue Sep 13, 2011 10:12 am

nice one...good choice
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby aim54x on Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:16 am

Great choice
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby sirhc55 on Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:57 pm

Well done Craig and great choice Trevor
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby Remorhaz on Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:39 pm

Nice work and congrats Craig :)
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby PiroStitch on Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:50 am

Great choice and congrats Craig! Lovely seeing more street photographs :)
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby gstark on Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:23 am

Ahhhh ... Paris.

It's been ten years since my last trip there.

Exactly: we were due to depart for LA and then on to Malpensa for Monza on Sept 12, 2001. Events took us on a different journey.

Great image, Craig, and well chosen, Trevor.

Now to look at when I can get to Paris again.
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby CraigVTR on Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:10 am

Thanks everyone for the kind words. It is great to see that the shot has brought back some good memories for you Trevor and you are right that is what photography is all about. My only dissapointment with the shot is that I do not know who is in the image as it would be nice to give a print to the young lady.

Thanks again.
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby ozimax on Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:07 pm

Well done Craig on POTW, and well selected. I like different images, and this is just that; a picture within a picture maybe. Excellent.
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby colin_12 on Fri Sep 16, 2011 12:09 am

Way to go Craig.
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby zafra52 on Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:33 am

Wow, I love this one!
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby Chaase on Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:43 pm

Excellent capture, well done!
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Re: PotW - 13 September 2011

Postby Critter on Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:11 pm

Lovely shot, well chosen, and well done!
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