Wind-er
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:

Originally posted by Bran-O-Rama: Crop is a bit tight. Seems like the spool is your focal point but I'd think you'd at least want the entire crank in the frame. The background and harsh shadow cast upon it does nothing for this photo.

You win the prize for correctly identifying the largest number of weaknesses : )

I have reasons/excuses for all of them which I won't bore you with.

Originally posted by zarniwoop: Please don't. Visual puns make me want to kill people.

First a new camera, then a bigger hard drive ... maybe all of you who actually liked the "out of the box" thinking can chip in to buy me a Kevlar vest ...

Wind-er
by GeneralE

Comment by damelzakelly:
Brilliant. It definitely winds things! lol. First photo i've seen that hasnt depicted the element wind, but the usage of the verb wind.

Wind-er
by GeneralE

Comment by hour_unknown:
thinking outside the box I like, the photo itself dosn't do it for me. but well done for thinking out side the box.

Dang ...
by GeneralE

Comment by e301:
Just doesn't have the clarity, and sense of composition, of the original. Great image to choose though.

Dang ...
by GeneralE

Comment by ahaze:
Doesn't have the same impact as the original, not as clean looking.

Piñata!
by GeneralE

Comment by GeneralE:

Originally posted by strags: A good take on the challenge, but a little "snapshot"-ish.

Not a little, but a lot -- still a "photojournalistic snapshot" of something in the process of being broken.

I should have tried it in B&W to deal with the color-cast issues; I'm not good at color adjustment anyway, and it was shot in very dim light from a variety of industrial and decorative sources. I'm surprised I got it as in-focus as it is.

Wind-er
by GeneralE

Comment by zarniwoop:
Please don't. Visual puns make me want to kill people.

Wind-er
by GeneralE

Comment by vigman:
I never go to fish....

Piñata!
by GeneralE

Comment by magicshutter:
Victory is ours! And to the victors go the spoils! I really like the idea and based my vote on that alone. I must say I thought it could have been done better.

Wind-er
by GeneralE

Comment by DDYJR:
NICE PLAY ON WORDS. YOU HAVE USED YOUR CREATIVE THINKING AND HAVE SWAYED AWAY FROM THE TYPICAL FLAG IN THE WIND SHOT.