Damn, this took me hours. Tried it from under the bed, with a cardboard city. No way to get the ligths right. Switch to the bathroom. Light was easier there, but it's a small room. Switched to wide angle lense. Still not satisfied with the result, did not recognize a city. Then took my son's wooden building blocks to replace the cardboard silhoutte, and that worked. I think. Well, I like it, and that's what counts. Let's see how you guys like it.
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Place: 64 out of 84 Avg (all users): 5.2895 Avg (commenters): 7.6316 Avg (participants): 4.6667 Avg (non-participants): 5.3949 Views since voting: 1386 Views during voting: 357 Votes: 228 Comments: 32 Favorites: 4 (view)
Who cares about votes? I won an OOBIE, got my 15 minutes of fame, and so many nice comments. Once I noted why the vote was low (Never even crossed my mind that some people might not see the skyline), I had a great week looking at the score bouncing up and down. And I am really proud of the OOBIE. Such a great award to win.
Thnx all for the kind words and all apologies accepted. :)
I saw the city during voting and wondered if that was a whole bunch of product in the bathroom window... glad its not... no one needs that much product. ;-) Love it!
Sheesh, I'm embarrassed; count me as one of those who utterly missed the "city" part of this one :-( We ought to petition SC for a retroactive voting adjustment on this shot LOL.
My apologies as well, Mark (if I may be so bold) - I didn't see the shadows at all and I really took my time looking at this. In the Posthumous Ribbons thread I IMMEDIATELY saw it and felt quite the dolt! A brilliant idea and well done - if I could change the score I gave you now I most certainly would!
I am just the same - I came back to the photo a few times duing voting and STILL didn't see what was (in retrospect) so obviously there, yet when I viewed the thumbnail in the Posthumous thread I 'saw' it straight away. Apologies from me for my low score.
My apologies as well, Mark (if I may be so bold) - I didn't see the shadows at all and I really took my time looking at this. In the Posthumous Ribbons thread I IMMEDIATELY saw it and felt quite the dolt! A brilliant idea and well done - if I could change the score I gave you now I most certainly would!
That´s a shame Mark, think this one is severely underrated and should have scored much higher. I do feel it could have been processed better, at least for my taste the image is pretty flat when it comes to b/w conversion and contrast, a simple levels adjustment would have made this shot pop much more off the screen. Just PM me with your email adress if you want me to show you what I mean. Anyway, congrats on a great shot!
Sometimes is breaks your heart to know that you are right about something and I am truely sorry that my original comment turned out to be right and that you did suffer at the hands of speed voters. Look at the difference between the average mark of those commenting and your overall average score and you will see that those who saw the hidden city truely loved this
I hope this does well. It's outside-the-box, and requires some study to get, but is well worth it. Excellent interpretation of the challenge, and very well executed.
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