Picture of the Week - 24 January 2006

[the foto fanatic]

As a brand-new mod, this is my first selection of Picture of the Week.

Gosh, it was hard! The quality of images on this forum is outstanding. This week I pored through images from overseas, from right here in Australia, B&W pix, colour pix, photos from new members and old members too. And they were all fantastic. I honestly could have selected several images.

But the one I did select is the one below, from wendellt, from his Fred Bare series.

This may well be the first time a commercially commissioned image has been selected as PotW. It may well be the first fashion image selected as PotW.

I selected it because it leapt out at me the very first time I saw it, and despite looking at many other wonderful images, I kept coming back to this one. I like the way it was "built" as a concept, then a photo, then PP'd to become an outstanding image.

Congratulations to Wendell, who with this series and his Paris images, is showing himself to be a fine photographer indeed.

[Alpha_7]

Great choice Cricketfan, and well done Wendell!

[Onyx]

Great choice Trevor. Outstanding series of images produced for the Fred Bare catalog Wendell. Congrats on achieving POTW.

[Heath Bennett]

Perfect choice for POTW. Thoughroughly deserved.

[olrac]

I missed this one the first time but WOW

Great Image

[Oneputt]

Super choice the whole series was simply outstanding. Well done Wendell

[leek]

That is a great shot Wendell - Well done...

[Greg B]

Great shot from a great series. Congratulations Wendell.

A fine first choice for PotW Trevor, good work.

[mrbillf]

Well done Wendell on POTW. Great choice Trevor, I liked that one when I saw it as well.

Regards,
Bill

[rokkstar]

Congratulations Wendell. Well deserved.

[Geoff]

Well done Wendell - a brilliant series that will be the beginning of a great career I feel. Excellent choice Trevor!!

[MHD]

Awesome stuff! Screams proffessional!

Just one Q: how do you get around commercial issues shooting the SOH and SHB???

(not wanting to detract at all from this stunning image...)

[Alpha_7]

Awesome stuff! Screams proffessional!

Just one Q: how do you get around commercial issues shooting the SOH and SHB???

(not wanting to detract at all from this stunning image...)

This was covered in earlier threads, the Fred Bare company handled paying for shooting rights with OH and SHB, and other red tape...

[MHD]

Awesome...

[stubbsy]

Congratulations Wendell. As already said a great pic from a great series. A fine choice Trevor.

[moggy]

Well done indeed Wendell, your photography goes from strength to strength!

Bob.

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[mic]

Just Brilliant !

Please share how you acheived it Wendell.

Very inspirational stuff, could just get me Juices back after seeing great stuff like this.

Thats if I could only get my bloody D70 back from being 5 weeks at the repairers

[sirhc55]

From acorns do oak trees grow - well done Wendell you are going from strength to strength

[Sheila Smart]

Excellent work. I missed this first time around. Good choice.

Cheers
Sheila

[Aussie Dave]

Wendell
very inspiring photo. The PP treatment used, coupled with the gorgeous composition makes this work fantastically.

Congratulations on achieving such an amazing photo, as well as picking up POTW.
Images like this really bring this forum, & POTW, to a completely new level...

Well Done !

[stubbsy]

Please share how you acheived it Wendell.

Mic this is pretty much covered in either this or one of the other Fred Bare threads

[wendellt]

Thankyou very all
support here makes it all worth it, from what i can remember i chucked an absolute spack when it rained during the photoshoot, but in the end everyhting gelled together, point to the story, just keep pressing on regardless of the odds and obstacles you may somehow pull it off.

Mic just a quick summary of how i did it
took infra red shot, cleaned it up so it would look as polished as possible
then greyscaled it

took studio shot of model with strobe lighting, deep etched it carefully and superimposed that shot with the infra red shot.

[PiroStitch]

Great pick and pic Congrats Wendell...that's 2 under your belt now isn't it?

[Catcha]

Well done Wendell, well executed and very creative.

[xerubus]

definitely a potw! good choice trevor.

wendellt... very well done.

cheers

[myarhidia]

Congratulations wendellt not just for POTW but for your entire FB series.

[Nnnnsic]

While I'm not a fan of the images this series came out with (too commercial for me), this is a great shot and worthy of POTW.

Nice choice, Trevor.

[mic]

Found the Series thanks Stubbsy,

Just brilliant Wendell !

Geez I go away for a while and a Great Photographer is born.

Just goes to show ya,

Mic in search of time & Inspiration.

[marcotrov]

Well chosen Trevor and I have already expressed my sentiments on the series. Superb, Wendell!
cheers
marco

[Poon]

Great selection, well done Wendell.
I believe that it was taked by infrared filter and made this great shot.
Good for commercial and good for looking.
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Regards
poon

[Alex]

Excellent choice and fantastic images. Well done Wendell!!

Alex

[Slider]

Congratulations Wendellt. Fantastic image and series.

[Killakoala]

Congrats Wendell, for this image and the whole series, and well picked by Trevor.

[Bretski]

Great Shot... Good Choice...