I showed our son, the photo right way up and upside down, he thought it looked more intriguing upside down...so upside down it went.
[Aug. 25th, 2019 09:32:10 PM]
Thanks Wendy, I did a quick crop and I have to say it does look a lot better.
Thanks for the critique and nice comments, I actually took this a few hours after the challenge was announced, I knew there was going to be a lot of rain that afternoon, so I headed into the city. I came across this alleyway by accident on my way back to the car. Just as well because the photos that I taken before hand weren’t that great.
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this really is exceptional .. and great call turning it upside down ..
right side up its fantastic .. but the way you have presented it totally works ..
and .. stunning black and white conversion .. love it .. :)
How do you know this Russian word, Anita? I m impressed, however I wouldn't use it in this case, probably
I’m a secret Russian agent, oh wait it’s not a secret any more. No really, I was stuck for a decent title, I had “after the downpour” At first. Then I changed it to something I can’t remember. Anyway I often do this, I will punch into Google translate A word that describes the photo, I really can’t remember which word I typed in at this time. But I will go through all the different translations from Afrikaans to Swedish, to Hebrew, to Russian. I kind of like the word in Russian, so Russian it was!
I see. What I meant is that in Russian, rasputitsa means specifically a road condition when (upaved) country roads become unpassable either after a heavy rain or spring snow melting
I realised I got the meaning incorrect, I just really loved the word. And I was hoping no one would look it up :-) of course I forgot about you :-)
Wonderful work, my top pick, and my only 10. I really regret not having commented on this challenge as there were any number of excellent entries, but I was super busy last week.
It is a fine intrigue. (I wondered about "rasputitsa:" maybe a grand offspring of the infamous monk? I guess everything breaks down into muck eventually).
How do you know this Russian word, Anita? I m impressed, however I wouldn't use it in this case, probably
I’m a secret Russian agent, oh wait it’s not a secret any more. No really, I was stuck for a decent title, I had “after the downpour” At first. Then I changed it to something I can’t remember. Anyway I often do this, I will punch into Google translate A word that describes the photo, I really can’t remember which word I typed in at this time. But I will go through all the different translations from Afrikaans to Swedish, to Hebrew, to Russian. I kind of like the word in Russian, so Russian it was!
I see. What I meant is that in Russian, rasputitsa means specifically a road condition when (upaved) country roads become unpassable either after a heavy rain or spring snow melting
How do you know this Russian word, Anita? I m impressed, however I wouldn't use it in this case, probably
I’m a secret Russian agent, oh wait it’s not a secret any more. No really, I was stuck for a decent title, I had “after the downpour” At first. Then I changed it to something I can’t remember. Anyway I often do this, I will punch into Google translate A word that describes the photo, I really can’t remember which word I typed in at this time. But I will go through all the different translations from Afrikaans to Swedish, to Hebrew, to Russian. I kind of like the word in Russian, so Russian it was!
I would love to see this in a portrait crop. The center is just magnificent, but there's just too much on the sides that distract from it.
Or perhaps lighter in the center and a graduated neutral density coming in from each of the sides?
Normally I assume that people have things just the way they want it. But this one just feels like it could be a stunning 10. But it's just feeling like a 7 now. Tantalizingly close to truly incredible.
I really like this picture. Great idea to flip it, very creative. I keep thinking whether I personally would have preferred it more centralized - would like to see it to decide :-)
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