Ironic
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Comment by camelotnorth:
What a priceless shot...Composition is good and the colors drab enough to add to the theme. Only suggestion would be a better job of focusing.

I've Got Milk :-)
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Comment by Jacko:
Them be alot of tities. Nice capture. Jacko. 7

Ironic
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Comment by Paige:
Clever. Some more depth of field would have helped this, IMO, the funeral home sign would be better in focus.

Ironic
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Comment by lykofos:
Haha, very ironic indeed, clever manipulation of the challenge topic. Excellent use of location and composition. It's also very refreshing after looking through the myriad of 'regular' road signs.

Ironic
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Comment by peggy:
Good subject. Unfortunately out of focus

Ironic
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Comment by Lustre:
Yes, very ironic. Everything is a little bit soft, although I suspect that's a result of struggling to get enough depth of field to include both objects.

Ironic
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Comment by Arjen:
Technically not perfect (only the front of the meter is in focus) but very original!

Ironic
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Comment by catpixel:
focus is way off, but great idea, crop out the white stripe on the bottom.6

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Comment by RiderGal:
Hi JG, I'm going to try and critique this... kind of challenging, because, hey you taught me a lot of what I know... but bear with me, and let me know what you think!

I see what you were trying to do, using the trees to frame the bridge, however I'm not sure if it really worked in this case... although you have good use of DOF with both the bridge and the trees in focus, the sharp lines of the trees tend to grab my eyes, long before the rounded bridge does. Since you were going for the bridge, I'm guessing as one of your main subjects, I would say that the lighting did not go with your intentions. The greyness of the day tends to give the bridge a soft look to it. In your photography I know you like to go for something in the foreground to give the photo more depth, but I think that the trees somewhat overpowered the photo. I think it would have been more effective possibly with the tree on the left, bare, and not with the dull green. Seeing as how the colors are very dull in this photo, I might suggest that you try this in black and white. This is easily accomplished with one step in photoshop, and then you could play with contrast and levels. As it is, the entire picture seems to be covered by a grey film, which mutes what could be a very beautiful scene (though common for me ;-)) I like your use of composition... following the rule off thirds in your breakoff from the river to the sky. I also like the fact that you didn't center the bridge... and that it comes out of the bottom left hand corner, leaving some lines for you to follow when you finally get past the trees to the bridge. Hopefully this critique helps... and let me know what you think!

-Talya

Ironic
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Comment by Gordon:
great juxtaposition