Trial of strength :)
by letuananh

Comment:
What on earth doies this have to do with "music", live or otherwise? I have studied it and studied it and I just don't get it. What am I missing? Feel free to PM me if you like. It's a lovely picture, but...

1954
by Joey Lawrence

Comment:
I knew this had to be you, Joey! Congrats on another top 10. I really like this shot, expected a ribbon from it...

1869 - The Golden Spike
by jrtodd

Comment:
Congrats on first ribbon! Fascinating processing look on this one. It's a pity there's pavement visible, but that's a nit; if it were advanced editing you could easily deal with it.

1922
by Azrifel

Comment:
Very nice! Interesting to see steam locomotives take 2 ribbons here :-) Congrats on your ribbon.

Condo-Minimum
by Bear_Music

Comment:
Thanks to all who have "defended" my whimsical "illusion of scale", and understood that it is a thought-out image, not a stuffed-in one. It's not in my nature to do "set-ups"; I photograph what I see, only very rarely creating something for the purposes of a challenge. I sometimes arrange things (like peppers and cilantro, or a sculpture in a refrigerator) but can't recall offhand ever having created an entire shot for DPC.

I too was mildly suprised this didn't do a bit better; I thought it was an interesting "illusion" and a creative one. But so it goes.

As for those who commented negatively on the "noise", there IS NO NOISE IN THIS SHOT! That's blue metalflake paint... I have seen few better examples than this shot of the absurd, knee-jerk reaction against "noise" in DPC... Geesh... Better not photograph metalflake paint any more, it's too noisy...

Robt.

A Storms Serenity
by shabbychic

Comment:
processing artifacts on horizon/sky interface detract from a very powerful shot.

The Next Generation of Image Stabilization
by cheekymunky

Comment:
wtg, munky!

delusion
by whiteroom

Comment:
Really glad to see this low-key image do so well, Leslie!

plays itself
by graphicfunk

Comment:
Fine finish, Daniel!

R.

Apollo Rising
by Keith Maniac

Comment:
Ah, beautifulo to see this "natural" illusion ranking up there witht he "created" illusions!