Moonlight Serenade
by patrinus

Comment by ace flyman:
This is a great shot no doubt, just disappointed in you blowing off the spirit of the challenge.....Take pride in the shot, hope you can take pride in the ribbon.....(sorry, just my opinion)

As life goes by
by patrinus

Comment by rwouthuis:
I like the composition and the B&W. The shallow DOF works well. Some tough light to work with causing bright spots on the man's jacket and shadows on his face.

As life goes by
by patrinus

Comment by Jutilda:
I love this. Great use of post editing. Nice! The two walking sticks are a nice compliment to each other.

Moonlight Serenade
by patrinus

Comment by Beagleboy:
Enjoy it while it lasts. I really don't think the ribbon for this one will stand. Challenge very clearly states that the image had to be taken between 4 and 5 am. That said, it is a beautiful shot. It just doesn't follow challenge guidelines one bit and cheats everyone who their got ass out of bed to take a shot between 4 and 5 am. It will fail inspection on EXIF alone.

Message edited by author 2005-12-21 09:08:36.

Moonlight Serenade
by patrinus

Comment by Skip:
congrats to you. i hope all the controversy and hand-wringing over this challenge doesn't prevent others from sharing in the magic that captured the voters attention. it caught mine, and i'm happy for you.

As life goes by
by patrinus

Comment by AndrewTO:
Great picture (10)

Moonlight Serenade
by patrinus

Comment by AndrewTO:
Fantastic shot ! Congratulations on your ribbon. Job well done !

Moonlight Serenade
by patrinus

Comment by Nitin:
Well done! I agree with your point of view. Definitely meets the spirit of the rules as far as i'm concerned.

Moonlight Serenade
by patrinus

Comment by patrinus:
A note from the author:

This topic has been previously discussed but I want to make things clear from my point of view:

Photography is all about the illusion and the story that a photo can tell. If a photo tells the right story then it fits the challenge. Else we have seen lots of great photos hammered for DNMC. I know there are a lot of nazis around looking for 'integrity' and exact fullfilness of the topics... but I see 350+ voters who did choose this one as a good ribbon for the challenge. So I say no matter what we can argue about in this forum, 350+ people chose this shot (and other so-called 'cheaters') in good places.

We could call scalvert a cheater for using glue instead of milk in this photo but it really is something we could all learn from. Thinking out of the box, creating the reality that the eye wants to see, rather than showing the actual reality... after all, are we not in an art's site?. Beauty has to be captured wherever it is found, we cannot let our creative process be restricted but comply to the challenge descriptions (thats why this is based on challenges).

One thing I have learned on DPC is to look at reality through a different eye... more like the photograper eye or even more, like the viewer's eye, in this shot I just wanted to recreate the avid search of '4-5 am reality' that we all were looking for, it looks that I succeded and feel happy about it.

I humbly say that I am not a good photographer and I have nothing to teach to any of you, I apologize to all of you who feel cheated by my post and I also apologize to those who felt their shot would have more 'rightfuly' placed 3rd. I placed the truth in my photo description so that everyone would be able to know what this shot was actually about.

If it's any consolation I did get up at 4am to pos-process this shot ;) j/k

Thank you all for your high votes, Im happy for my 3rd ribbon this year!! :) way to gooo! ;)

Moonlight Serenade
by patrinus

Comment by roadrunner:
CONGRATS.... great shot...