I accept this ribbon on behalf of Team Suck, Posthumous and all the blurtastic voyagers of dpc, without whom this challenge topic would never have come about.
Thank you for all the kind comments.
For those wondering about how the effect was accomplished, just turn off your windshield wipers during a downpour (when you're pulled over!)
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Really really really nice shot, just like a painting. colors are also coming on so nice. Would have scored a 10 on me in any other competition as well, pity though i did not vote in this challenge!!! Congratulations
Colleen, this is one of my favorite photos ever taken on this site. I think it is absolutely stunning, remarks I don't make lightly. I think this was hands-down the blue-ribbon deserving photo in this contest.
I didn't vote in the challenge and only made one comment (on yours) and I did look at every image in the challenge at full size (not just thumbs). I was really taken by this shot right away and the ribbon is well deserved!! When an image keeps me looking at it for a long time then in my mind that is a great image. WTG!!
Massive congrats, very south of France. I actually think the strongest side of this is not so much the blur but the impression of wetness - it drips. No, it doesn't, but it sure looks wet.
So sorry it took me til now to come back and comment. Brilliant shot. Was one of my top picks for the challenge. This just has a great feel to it. Great colors, cool flow. COngrats!
Great feel of a rainy day, the blurriness is the point of this shot. Nice arrangement of elements in your composition. Another of my 10s for this challenge.
Guessing this was done with petroleum jelly or cling film? Beautifully impressionistic (is that actually a word?) Love the softness of it, although it's possibly not messy enough for some.
Nice photo... you've created a piece of art. A beautiful scene, and the blurriness adds to the viewing pleasure... something very few others were able to do in this challenge.
This is a beautiful image, I like it a lot. It is blurry and interesting but not messy enough in my understanding to go higher then 7 in my ranking for this challenge, ... but it goes to my favorites pictures!
I absolutely love this and truly hope it does really well in the challenge. This image has an "Impressionism" quality that I have yet to find in any of the other images I have seen to date. You truly have captured the essence of the challenge.
Lovely work - not a great a first impression (not bad, though), but definitely has longevity if you look at it longer than just a glance's worth... I have to give you an extra point as I'm not 100% sure how you achieved this look. My guess is water on a pane of glass (car window, perhaps?) combined with lens blur, of course, & maybe a bit gaussian in post. Regardless, it is a pretty compelling piece of work (the validation helps). My only quibble is the lack of dynamic luminance...
Awesome...I love this shot and is a 10 in my book. The blur in this is perfect and the tones wonderful. I can just imagine your excitement when you saw this for the first time on your monitor (or perhaps the LCD!). I would have been so pleased!
This one is pretty nice... has a very impressionistic feel to it like a Monet painting.
edit to add: I raised your score after scoring them all, because I felt you met the "blurry mess" challenge, but still have a compelling image. Also, my wife noticed there is a floating white skull in the middle of the path. Spooky!
WOW!! I just took a peak through this challenge "just to look" and I stopped here for quite some time. At first I saw one face in the "road" then I saw more then I saw a woman standing near the tree in the foreground then.... well I just kept finding faces. Some clear and some skewed; some skull like and some normal everyday faces. Maybe its just me and I'm seeing things but I had to let you know that I love this. It definately meets the challenge in my eyes and if I were voting you'd have a 10. WTG!!
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