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Default Picture of the Week 18th July 2010 - 19th July 2010, 09:37 PM
Please bear with me this week, I am so busy at work covering others annual leave that I just dont have the hours available for the usual PoW rundown and showcase.

However, I have faithfully perused all the images posted this last week, and there have been some absolute stunners. Check the deep sky section for Ollypenrice's contributions, I love that M20+M17 large pane image.

And I wouldn't want to overlook this superbly captured lightning sequence, this was a gnats whisker from being my PoW

Lightning strike

But my favourite(s) this week are from Sam (Lightbucket) on the other side of the planet, looking at these pics it's easy to see why you were keen to get home Sam

I can't pick between them both, so Sam gets PoW for both these images this week, (captured with modest kit)

Thanks to all who posted, please keep the pics flooding in, and dont forget to include as many details about equipment, and capture settings etc to help out the newer members.

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Default Re: Picture of the Week 18th July 2010 - 19th July 2010, 09:44 PM
Nice POW! well done Sam.

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Default Re: Picture of the Week 18th July 2010 - 19th July 2010, 09:58 PM
Great choice Tim and congratulations Sam on getting the POW

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Awesome set of pics sam

Love the bright star at the top of the pic

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Default Re: Picture of the Week 18th July 2010 - 19th July 2010, 10:43 PM
Well done Sam. the POTW found a good home. New Zealand will be proud of you. Fabulous Images from a fabulous place.
Great choice Tim, and somehow I missed that lightning image, both of them. Powerful, and beautiful images they are.
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Well done and well deserved Sam. Both lovely rich images of a sky that very few of us up here have seen in detail.

Cheers
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Default Re: Picture of the Week 18th July 2010 - 20th July 2010, 12:02 AM
Deep, rich images and with gear not costing a bomb. Great choices. I wouldn't have been able to choose between them either.
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Thanks for the mention Tim and congratulations to Sam, a fantastic set and very worthy POTW.

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Congrats to Sam... Your doing a Grand job of showing us those gems from the Southern Skies keep em coming

And to John for the lightning pic... right place right time all the gear and an idea

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Congrats Sam & others, the 2nd image is a real blaster & the star colours look great as well.

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Well done Sam

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Congrats on two great images Sam, both are very well deserved POW's.

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Thanks Tim, I'm very humbled, thank you very much for you comments everyone.

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Congratulations Sam absolutely fabulous images, Same to Olly and Jon stunning images I would not want to pick between them, well done one and all.

All the very best

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Amazing quality and stunning details Sam, you are indeed a very worthy winner

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Default Re: Picture of the Week 18th July 2010 - 20th July 2010, 08:29 AM
Congratulations Sam

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Great pictures. Someday i'll get somethng like that.....someday.

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Very good choice for sure

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I always enjoy looking at POW and two excellent examples here.

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Great pics Sam - congrats

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Fantastic Sam well done
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Wonderful images!! great detail and I love the colours, nice one sam!!
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Well done Sam, great pictures, we all know how much work goes into long exposures like these!


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