Manassas Battlefield Old Stone House - 1828
by smellyfish1002

Comment:
Did you do a version with a bloody arm reaching for the doorknob?

No Cars Allowed
by GeneralE

Comment:
Here is a link to a longer shot (from the other end) of the bridge, showing the structure but no signs...
Pedestrian Bridge.

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment:

Originally posted by Annida: Hehe, thanks everybody! I am my biggest critic! I have flogged myself over and over for posting an inferior (in my eyes) shot.

Gee Annida, I really don't think self-flagellation is warranted. I will without hesitation submit a "far less than perfect" photo for a three main reasons.

If people recognize and comment on the same flaws I find, it validates (somewhat) my ability to evaluate my own photos. Likewise, if they find new flaws, it will point out how/where I need to look more carefully at my own work.

Finally, people will sometimes find something wonderful, interesting, or unusual which I didn't notice myself, or offer a suggestion for reworking and improving the photo.

I try and submit something every week. Many photos are not technically perfect, but I try and make them all interesting, creative, or meaningful if not stunning.

cow sex prohibited
by Pep Ventosa

Comment:
Gee...I'd interpret that as yield to bovines rollong in the hay, as it were...

Stenocereus Thurberi
by Annida

Comment:
I agree with the suggestions to try shooting from another perspective, either lying on the ground or up on a ladder/box/car.
When I shoot into a bright sky (with auto-exposure), I usually take my light reading from the brightest spot, then re-frame. I've found that in most cases I can bring out detail in underexposed areas, but once the area is blown out to white (or a large flat-toned area) there's nothing you can do, except maybe use it as a base to create a composited image.

Keats St.
by jimmythefish

Comment:
Interesting, unusual perspective.

Freeway Call Box
by Tarbini

Comment:
I KNOW I've seen that sign! (Fortunately, never up that close.)

Can't park here.
by Fibre Optix

Comment:
It's possible I've even seen that sign...

DUH!
by Mustbelost

Comment:
When I was in elementary school the father of one of my classmates had an Amphi-Car -- a small semi-roadster convertible which was watertight below and had a couple of propellers under the read bumper. You could drive it into (calm) water and use it as a motorboat. Would sure be handy here!

Martian robot disguises itself as a roadsign!
by Marklane

Comment:
Actually a cool self-contained weather station (possibly developed with technology from our own Martian explorations)...I think I'd have moved a little to the right so its arm didn't cross any of the light-poles.