POTW 27 Jun 12

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POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby stubbsy on Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:29 pm

Due to lack of time of late the mods and KMs haven't quite kept up with their POTW responsibilities the last few weeks. It was my turn this week, but I've looked over images since the last POTW before choosing the one that grabbed me the most. This shot below is a bit different to many of the images we see here and, while not perfect (the bridge is a bit on the bright side) it's a damn fine image. One thing I particularly like here is we've got the center of the star trails in the image rather than out of the frame somehwere. The original post is HERE

Well done Rodney:

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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby TonyT on Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:20 am

Good choice Stubbsy and well done Rodney
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby biggerry on Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:23 am

Nice one!
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby Geoff on Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:34 am

Wow!! This is an amazing image. I love it.
Really well executed and a very different view of a very photographed scene. Well done Rodney, excellent choice Peter!
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby zafra52 on Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:12 pm

Very good choice. Congratulations to the
photographer, you did well!
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby phillipb on Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:13 pm

[quote="Geoff"]Wow!! This is an amazing image. I love it.
Really well executed and a very different view of a very photographed scene. Well done Rodney, excellent choice Peter![/quote]

Agree 100%,
...but why is it that I still see the old POTW in the portal?
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby Mr Darcy on Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:23 pm

Great photo. Well done Rodney.
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby PiroStitch on Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:13 pm

Well done Rodney
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby stubbsy on Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:25 pm

phillipb wrote:...but why is it that I still see the old POTW in the portal?

There's a problem getting the portal thumbnail updated which I'm working on with Gary
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby CraigVTR on Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:45 pm

Agree it is a great shot very well excecuted.
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby the foto fanatic on Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:02 pm

It's a great image alright - beaut job on the exposure.
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby Matt. K on Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:53 pm

A spektakular image! Congrats Rodney!

phillipb wrote:...but why is it that I still see the old POTW in the portal?

There's a problem getting the portal thumbnail updated which I'm working on with Gary


I glued it in too well? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby stubbsy on Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:59 pm

Matt. K wrote:A spektakular image! Congrats Rodney!

phillipb wrote:...but why is it that I still see the old POTW in the portal?

There's a problem getting the portal thumbnail updated which I'm working on with Gary


I glued it in too well? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


Now fixed - the thumbnail image needs to be under 30K. The smallest I could get CS6 to make it was 95k so I used MS Paint which made it 7K :shock:
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Re: POTW 27 Jun 12

Postby ozimax on Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:07 pm

I think astonishing is the word to use here. What a photo! Congrats on an obviously painstakingly skillful made image.

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