When I was a kid I liked these... but for the shot I couldn't get done soon enough. Made me super dizzy and I wasn't going very fast at all. LOL
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After voting: WOW Complete surprise to me... I was hoping for a top 20 finish while watching the scores. Thanks to everyone for the votes and all the great comments. I still get that sick feeling in my stomach just looking at this photo. I hope no one was watching as I staggered off like a drunken sailor after shooting this.
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Back to comment. I looked for one of these old merry-go-rounds for this challenge. I couldn't find one. I like the peeling paint and the perspective you shot from. Great shot.
Nicely composed and technically excellent shot. The sharpness of the bottom part of the picture contrasts nicely with the blur, and the colours are interesting too.
Where did you find this death trap? Tear it out! It isn't safe! (But boy was it fun!!!) Nice shot - blurred background, the well used and polished metal bare of all traces of paint. I'm guessing you were riding it when you took the shot. Do you remember the ones that had seats around the outside edge, and no floor in the center - just open bars that kids would stand on? I remember getting whacked a couple of times on those. Your shot makes me smile.
This brings back memories of being dizzy and stubling off. Actually, as I look at it I have a slight physical twinge of motion sickness... for real! I can't look at the shot without getting that feeling. To me that says it's a great shot! At first glance I thought it was an ordinary shot but I quickly realized there's much more to it. Unfortunately I have to stop looking at it because it's making me dizzy. You're getting high marks from me for my strange reaction to it. 10
Technically you've managed to get that motion sickness feeling very well, thanks for that, really, I'll be fine again soon.
On a more personal level it has just struck me that we never know what the people viewing our photos bring to the experience. I look at this and I'm transported back a few years, I was taking a group of disabled kids to the park and we were putting the wheelchairs on one of these because it was the only thing they could use. I noticed a solemn little boy watching us wide eyed, after a while he disappeared to return a few moments later with his sister, in her wheelchair. We stopped the ride and helped them on but I have never forgotten the sheer joy in that boys face as he played on the playground with his sister and whole new world of possibilities opened up for him. So there you go, it brought tears to my eyes from an almost forgotten memory. We never know who a photo will touch and why.
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