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Weekly Photo Contest October 11-18 -- What’s That Doing There?!
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Congratulation @mollyc and the others. @deep diver, an excellent challenge that made us think. In my brainstorming, my other choice was a yellow Corvette that crashed though the Post Office window for a new interpretation of special delivery, but think I have posted it here or POTD before. Then a few hours ago when lamenting that noone paid for 2nd place, as a joke almost posted a stock photo of wallet stuffed with cash and add the caption "What's that still doing there?" 
Just FYI, the dinosaur was not animated but an artistic sculpture as part of an event at a local botanical garden where many varieties were located throughout the garden. It made a nice setting for them. Although, the gardens being a popular wedding venue, can just imagine those wedding photos. The have similar events throughout the year with strategic placement of sculptures, including metal frogs, wood/bamboo insects, and fairy villages.
Just FYI, the dinosaur was not animated but an artistic sculpture as part of an event at a local botanical garden where many varieties were located throughout the garden. It made a nice setting for them. Although, the gardens being a popular wedding venue, can just imagine those wedding photos. The have similar events throughout the year with strategic placement of sculptures, including metal frogs, wood/bamboo insects, and fairy villages.
I remember seeing the Corvette as well.Congratulation @mollyc and the others. @deep diver, an excellent challenge that made us think. In my brainstorming, my other choice was a yellow Corvette that crashed though the Post Office window for a new interpretation of special delivery, but think I have posted it here or POTD before. Then a few hours ago when lamenting that noone paid for 2nd place, as a joke almost posted a stock photo of wallet stuffed with cash and add the caption "What's that still doing there?"
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Clix Pix: I would not have known this fit the theme without your comment. I love the way the glass both stands out from and blends in with the sky, and the way that it swirls the clouds. I would like to see this as a study in form and color rather than a landscape by cropping out the trees and cloning out the label.
That strand of clear glass bulbs was definitely not supposed to be hanging in front of my deck -- it had apparently been partly blown off the railing of my neighbor's deck above me and was dangling there in front of my surprised eyes.... My first thought was, yes, "what is THAT doing there?!" Unfortunately right now he is not at home and so isn't able to retrieve it and I have no access to his deck to put it back up there for him. It'll keep swinging and swaying in front of me until he does get home!
My initial shot (the one in this competition) was with the iPhone 11 Pro and the wind was blowing the thing around quite fiercely. I left the elements in the image in order to provide some sense of out-of-place context. Most of the time these strands of bulbs are fastened to railings, door frames, whatever, and are not just dangling in mid-air. Later the same day I decided to explore the reflective possibilities more and this time went out on the deck armed with a thick book upon which to stand (to get me to the right height to get the reflections I wanted) and my RX10 M4, and during that session I came up with this (which is also in the POTD thread):
The colors you see here are the trees across the lake and of course the blue sky. This time I managed to capture the thing at just the right angle as a gust of wind sent it swinging by me so that I didn't have to worry about cropping out that label and the electrical wall plug....... Obviously of the two images this one is the more interesting and artistic, but since there was no visible context it would have suited the theme of this competition even less than the submitted image did.
Clix Pix: I would not have known this fit the theme without your comment. I love the way the glass both stands out from and blends in with the sky, and the way that it swirls the clouds. I would like to see this as a study in form and color rather than a landscape by cropping out the trees and cloning out the label.
That strand of clear glass bulbs was definitely not supposed to be hanging in front of my deck -- it had apparently been partly blown off the railing of my neighbor's deck above me and was dangling there in front of my surprised eyes.... My first thought was, yes, "what is THAT doing there?!" Unfortunately right now he is not at home and so isn't able to retrieve it and I have no access to his deck to put it back up there for him. It'll keep swinging and swaying in front of me until he does get home!
My initial shot (the one in this competition) was with the iPhone 11 Pro and the wind was blowing the thing around quite fiercely. I left the elements in the image in order to provide some sense of out-of-place context. Most of the time these strands of bulbs are fastened to railings, door frames, whatever, and are not just dangling in mid-air. Later the same day I decided to explore the reflective possibilities more and this time went out on the deck armed with a thick book upon which to stand (to get me to the right height to get the reflections I wanted) and my RX10 M4, and during that session I came up with this (which is also in the POTD thread):
The colors you see here are the trees across the lake and of course the blue sky. This time I managed to capture the thing at just the right angle as a gust of wind sent it swinging by me so that I didn't have to worry about cropping out that label and the electrical wall plug....... Obviously of the two images this one is the more interesting and artistic, but since there was no visible context it would have suited the theme of this competition even less than the submitted image did.
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Congratulations, Molly and everyone! This was an interesting theme....
Wow! Congratulations @mollyc - a fantastic image indeed! Thank you for the honor @deep diver and the excellent feedback. I’m going to revisit that image and see what I can pull out of it.
Yes, congrats to @mollyc and thanks for the judging and comments. That was a difficult one to find a submission that would fit.
Excellent and thoughtful judging @deep diver, - in a challenging competition - the theme is not as easy to visually express as it may have seemed - and congrats @mollyc on your gold medal this week; very well deserved, and a wonderful story behind it; fantastic idea to "donate" your house as a training exercise for new fire-fighters..
I was also very taken by the image submitted by @r.harris1 - a really terrific shot.
I was also very taken by the image submitted by @r.harris1 - a really terrific shot.
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Weekly Photo Contest October 19 - 26 | Season of Life
We've had some tough themes lately, and I thought I'd add one that was a bit looser and open to interpretation. 🙂 Will make for much easier judging, I'm sure. 🙄😂 I would like to see what season of life you are in right now. This can be literal, as showing me fall for the northern hemisphere and...
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Nice one @mollyc
Amazed at the controlled fire extinguishing. Wish we were so advanced here in Greece.
@deep diver , we are no longer cyberfriends, your judgemental judgement triggers me in more ways than you can fathom. I haven’t slept in two days since I read it this morning and you should check your privilege #nofaithinhumansanymore #I2, #cyberbully
Amazed at the controlled fire extinguishing. Wish we were so advanced here in Greece.
@deep diver , we are no longer cyberfriends, your judgemental judgement triggers me in more ways than you can fathom. I haven’t slept in two days since I read it this morning and you should check your privilege #nofaithinhumansanymore #I2, #cyberbully
I knew you were joking, but you got it all wrong. We should be besties. Purple is my very favorite color. I only wasn't digging the cast. Do you know how the boat got there, and WHY?
actually, this hill is very close to the sea, so the boat probably just parked there, longterm or short term, unknown