Absolutely floored... a 7.3 going into the last day? Wow....
I was very self conscious taking pictures in the diner. I figured there's enough tourists around our area, I could just pretend to be one. I didn't ask permission, I just figured I'd take pictures until they told me to stop.
They didn't.
I was nervous enough that I didn't change things up much. And I didn't really know what I was doing. So I took probably about 100+ shots, and only ended up keeping about 10 and processing about 5. I thought this one was fun, but I was incredibly shocked that it went over so well!!!
I liked the idea of this one a lot, but wasn't crazy about how it turned out.
Same with this one:
There were too many colors to make it work in color. I wanted a simpler time, So I chose b&w over color
Thanks all!! What a week!
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In case you're wondering, here's the deal: on Monday night at 11:30 pm, I realized that I should submit my original, since I was still above 7, and since my son and I were going out of town at 5 the next morning.
I couldn't find it!!! I found other photos from that shoot, but not the actually entry original. I had run out of room on my hard disk that past week, so I deleted all outtakes. Usually I don't delete any photos from a shoot until the challenge is over, so I don't accidentally delete the original. But I had so many lousy shots that night, that I just decided to be careful and keep the original.
Obviously I wasn't careful enough!!
My wonderful husband has been running recovery software for the last 26 hours, trying to find it. It's coming up with a huge number of partial, unlabeled files. I'll check them out when I get home from the trip, but it wasn't fair to make him slog through it all. Plus, giantmike deserves his time one the limelight.
New tradition!!! back up the original before submitting! I never bothered, since the raw file was always good, never changed when editing. But it doesn't help if you accidently delete!!
Congrats to the new ribbons and top tens!
P.s., did I really have to lose the original on the one profile shot that wasn't wildlife???
P.p.s, my apologies to lydiatoo!! The bet is back on!
Disqualification Details
You must retain your original, unedited file (exactly as recorded by your camera), and provide it to the Site Council along with a list of your editing steps within 48 hours of any validation request. Files that have been saved or altered with any editing or transfer software are NOT originals.
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I just noticed this was DQ'ed. Beautiful picture and sad story. I hate worrying about hard disk space. I have accidentally deleted keepers when I meant to clear out the outtakes. For all the talk of squirrels, you are one versatile photographer.
When I saw the change on the front page and noticed it was yours that was missing I wondered what on earth could have happened.
That's a real shame, I just did a massive tidy of my library and realised just afterwards that I had accidentally deleted a bunch of RAW originals and left the Photoshop edits, it's easily done. Mind you, mine didn't cost me a ribbon!
Sorry to hear about the loss of ribbon, I'm absolutely sure you'll make it back!
I have never read such a gracious note regarding the loss of a ribbon via a DQ - grace under fire doesn't even come close to your remarks. I only hope I would be so thoughtful if or probably when it happens to me. But I wouldn't be hehehe
Look on the bright side; if this had stayed on your profile page, we might have actually been forced to accept that you can shoot stuff besides birds and squirrels, and you wouldn't be under the radar anymore. Whew! That was a close call! Crafty DQ!
I'm happy to get the yellow, but not at the expense of this photo! This thing is just wonderful. The black and white conversion is so perfectly done that I will be looking to this photo for inspiration later on.
Bummer! Sorry about the DQ. But as you so graciously said, it's good for GiantMike, and we all know what a GREAT photographer you are. ;) So, do you now have to pay LidiaToo?
Ribbon Hog (-: Most Excellent. I was on vacation and did not have time to shoot for this one, was a little down about that now seeing all the great entries.
while this is a lovely B&W with lots of great detail and good tones, I feel like Im missing out on the colors which are so much of the diner experience. Never the less lovely image, top ten.
I like this image. I think the composition is strong. The repeating chairs are very appealing and the slight grunge look caused by the grain is excellent. I think the contrast is a bit too strong, however. It's a bit hard to see what's happening beyond the chairs.
One of my favorites in this challenge. The gleaming black and white conversion fits perfectly with "Silver", the composition is well-planned particularly with camera lower than stand-up height, and including a person lends interest.
Pretty sweet pic of a diner. I like how the chair backs are "uniform" in facing toward you (don't know if it was happen stance or orchestrated...). I like the composition of filling the frame (not much wasted space). I like how the viewer is lead down the counter chairs to the table. My pick of the challenge. (Just curious though, maybe an outtake in color for comparison...)
This is the shot I went out to get at our local Steak n Shake, So I am beyond jealous! LOL I had the whole thing invisioned just like this... So since You did my idea and my idea was perfection, well I can only give you a 10!
( they wouldn't let me shoot inside, Last burger I'll be eating there!!!!)
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