Clouds in da Hood
by GeneralE

Comment by bucket:
I like your take on this.

Clouds in da Hood
by GeneralE

Comment by EaThis:
the image looks a bit convexed, I'm not sure how that was accomplished.

The Ultimate Eye Candy
by GeneralE

Comment by Skip:
ok, i am voting this challenge in 2 passes. in this pass, you will get a partial comment and a score. then i will come back to comment again. if you have any problem whatsoever with this comment, pm me and let me know. otherwise, take it with a grain of salt...i'm not trying to be a know-it-all, i'm just explaining where i'm coming from in voting this challenge. and, if this comment is NOT helpful (of if you think i'm full of $#!+), don't mark it helpful.

billboards are a science unto themselves. a lot of research has gone into determining just how much information a person can digest and retain in specific time spans. they use this information to develop formulas for determining the number of words and letters to use on billboards, as well as their sizes. they also determine the size and number of visual elements to include.

the graphics/photograph on a billboard are designed to get the point across in a moment. on the road, a driver will have less time with a billboard than a voter will give your image. this is a key element in the challenge: composing a shot that will get its point across quickly and succintly. along those lines, a strong composition will probably have few details and make strong use of negative space.
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if love your idea, and the colors. this is a great job, and i only have a couple nits. this is one challenge where you really do have to look at the thumbnail to get an idea of how the image would come across as a billboard (unless one where to move their pc out into the yard and run back and forth in front of it...). looking at it large, you get the full impact of the image. looking at it small, it's almost hard to determine what it is. the one thing that could have made, IMHO, a huge difference, would have been to have shot carrots with their greens still on. anyways, i really hope this does well for you. good luck!

Rock Medic, Client's View?
by GeneralE

Comment by Arcanist:
GE, I loved this concept. Wondering what a reshoot would look like. Keep the blur and main viewpoint, but put someone in the shirt holding the steth up, just barely out of focus as if they were about to check our heartbeat....

Clouds in da Hood
by GeneralE

Comment by RolandB:
Creative eye.

Rock Medic, Client's View?
by GeneralE

Comment by ursula:
I was checking out the "other end" of this challenge, and this picture made me laugh, in a good way I mean. Man, I love it. You got robbed here :)

Twiddling
by GeneralE

Comment by zarniwoop:
You might be slaughtered by the votes for being dingy, out of focus and noisy or you may not. I don't like to try and predict. However, this is stunning and I especially like the way the thumbs disapear against the bacground. Definitely one of the best from this challenge.

Rock Medic, Client's View?
by GeneralE

Comment by glad2badad:
Paul - I wouldn't have the gonads to have entered this shot, but I like the concept. WAY too many others didn't...guess they are the ones that don't believe in reading titles. ;^) Keep having fun!

Rock Medic, Client's View?
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:

Originally posted by AJFI: would have been nice as a sharp photo

Actually, in focus it just looked like a wrinkled old T-shirt I dug out of a box somewhere ... : )

Thanks to those of you who saw there was a reason for the ultra-blurriness.

Rock Medic, Client's View?
by GeneralE

Comment by mycelium:
Wow, way underrated. Just goes to show you how little appreciation there is for anything not tack-sharp. I definitely understood this image, but I guess those that said they wanted it in focus didn't... oh well! De gustibus non disputandum, and this is still a good picture.