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Yo_Spiff


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Challenge: With the Philosophy of Ubique (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2015
Camera: Olympus PEN E-PM2
Lens: Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Hamilton, Texas
Date: Apr 2, 2015
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2015

Detail of an abandoned grain silo. 5 towers, crudely marked with numbers and a directional reference for reasons I do not know of.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 86
Avg (all users): 6.4250
Avg (commenters): 7.1579
Avg (participants): 6.4423
Avg (non-participants): 6.3929
Views since voting: 804
Views during voting: 190
Votes: 80
Comments: 26
Favorites: 2 (view)


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04/14/2015 01:30:24 PM
Nice stuff, spiffster
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04/13/2015 02:28:43 AM
Well done Spiffy, you saw, you shot, you nailed it.
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04/13/2015 01:32:24 AM
still a wonder. I gave you a 9.
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04/13/2015 01:16:53 AM
Congrats on the bling.
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04/13/2015 12:08:58 AM
Great seeing and interpretation, photographically speaking. Congrats on the thumb
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/12/2015 11:42:27 PM
I like it. Very edgy and urbanesque.
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04/12/2015 07:31:11 PM
I love walls, and these have tons of personality. They're very much here, but the spray-painted information makes me wonder if they're slated for demolition. Maybe I'd need specialized knowledge to decipher it, and so I'm already caught in uncertainty. What are those strange openings? Is the green algae or something? It's just this side of ominous, and the aforementioned uncertainty provides the energy that uplifts this image.
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04/12/2015 07:00:00 PM
I cannot think of what or where this is but I would guess the middle of nowhere ;-) Great find and nicely processed.
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04/12/2015 04:56:09 AM
a concrete essay that would unlock the universe, I'm glad it is still a secret. One of my top picks.
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04/11/2015 06:15:20 PM
real cool 9
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04/11/2015 03:01:03 PM
Hope things stay so crystal clear when you get to the open doorway..
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04/11/2015 12:41:56 PM
Nice find. Cryptic message
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04/11/2015 08:16:55 AM
What happened to "2", lol. I can see why you took this image, I too would stop and ponder what the heck is going on here. Nicely toned and composed.
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04/10/2015 01:42:29 PM
In the realm of Ubique...we all live by this compass.
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04/10/2015 08:35:06 AM
I am a committed fan of pareidolia. But that's not enough to get a picture across my finishing line and onto the podium. It's got to be more than just a happy coincidence; something with a further dimension. And this one is. How lucky you were to find the looming face being oriented by the spray painted directions? Unless you spray painted them yourself, in which case it's instead how naughty, but clever? But I proceed on the assumption that it's all objet trouvé.

I suppose some would think pictures like this a bit trivial; just a gimmick and not 'serious' photography. I mean, you just walked along, saw it, stood in the obvious place, and took a shot. Surely anyone can do that? But photography is exactly that; being there, recognising what you see, and then using a camera. Most camera owners start with the third of those, and then try to incidentally add the other two. But that's ass-backwards. And the result is far too many very skilled photographs of nothing.

So I like this because it's about why we take photographs; to assay our imagination, and to stick out our tongues at the world.

I smash a yellow thumb across your bows, and I thank you and all who sail with you.

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04/10/2015 12:31:37 AM
What a great find! Definitely stuck in the middle.
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04/09/2015 10:29:22 PM
Wonderfully interesting and I loved the colors.
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04/09/2015 08:56:24 PM
textures are good. the poetry doesn't move me
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04/09/2015 08:38:25 PM
visually powerful; instant claustrophobia.
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04/08/2015 07:07:54 PM
Great textures and colors.
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04/08/2015 03:10:11 PM
OK, this is my favorite. What a great tribute to Ubique and at the same time a work of art. I love the colors, the graphics and the way you have processed it. I would frame this an hang it on a wall. Really fabulous. I wish it would make the top three but I am afraid it is too subtle, understated and wonderful for that.
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04/08/2015 01:43:58 PM
Interesting corner with codes painted on the walls. 3 and middle is west, that much I know. Nice find!
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04/08/2015 11:07:02 AM
One of those great finds ; some definitely meaningful scribbling for some that actually becomes a little piece of art for others
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04/08/2015 05:58:48 AM
I like how prominent the vertical texture is. I can't look at it without my eye being drawn downwards. The limited colour palette is very effective too.
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04/06/2015 11:32:06 AM
Great photo. Very well seen. Quirky, fun, pareidolia-ish, and a great capture of textures, lines and gradients that wash out. Title couldn't be better. I'd hang it on my wall and I bet Ubique'll love it.
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04/06/2015 09:28:40 AM
An intriguing image.....I do like the post-processing and composition as well as the way this image makes me want to know more.Well done
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