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Leaving Town
Leaving Town
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Challenge: Trains & Railroads IV (Standard Editing)
Location: Queens, NYC
Date: Dec 30, 2018
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/120
Date Uploaded: Jan 1, 2019

[Jan. 6th, 2019 09:22:38 AM]

Rather befuddled here. Three days from turnover and this has hovered at about 4.28 (as it is at the moment) all along. This would be my lowest score ever, only my waste basket and toilet photo comes close at 4.39. The rub, for me, is that this is one of my favorite entries, and my delusion is that I feel it's pretty good. And I don't expect a flurry of tens to lift it up to five. What am I missing? Is anybody willing to clue me in? Many of us have experienced something like this, so perhaps it just needs to be chalked up to a psychotic break. C'est la vie, sayonara, shuffle off to Buffalo, exit stage left.
Here is a similar effort taken in early evening. It may have done better, being more "exciting", but I felt the entry was superior.


Statistics
Place: 30 out of 31
Avg (all users): 4.8095
Avg (participants): 5.2105
Avg (non-participants): 4.4783
Views since voting: 418
Views during voting: 69
Votes: 42
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 01/09/2019 10:20:11 PM
I’m glad we made your morning. And why would you go to Buffalo? Buffalo is like one of the coldest places in America. I remember when we were there it snowed, and we came out of the hotel, a short walk to the car, and I was sure I was going to die because of the freezing wind.

Sometimes it’s just better to go with an image you love than to try and second-guess what the voters will like.
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Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 01/09/2019 09:12:20 AM
Thanks so much for the kind comments. They mean a lot to me, and have certainly brightened my morning.
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 01/09/2019 12:11:02 AM
I was your ten. I love the colors. You and Skewsme were best in show.
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 01/09/2019 12:07:17 AM
I was your eight, I thought it had a very filmic feel to it, but I knew that it wouldn’t do well because, well because I’ve been here long enough to know ;)
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 01/08/2019 08:23:47 PM
I love the painterliness of this.
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