A Duplicated Dawn over Downtown Dallas
by Yo_Spiff

Comment by mileskea:
Nice I like the symmetry

Aftermath
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Comment by GeneralE:
I like the occasional "inside" humor we get -- I might have even scored this one higher since it appeals to might sense of artistic justice. :-)

Forties fashion
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Comment by krnodil:
I think to really make this faux snapshot-ish, I'd rather have seen her look toward you, or be doing something unconscious (picking a bit of lint from her sweater, etc.). But as a record of the event it's a fine shot and you did a good job getting the background to not seem out of period.

An era apart
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Comment by wetland:
Maybe a little oversaturated?

An era apart
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Comment by L2:
Tilt doesn't add much for this shot. Also, it's a weird juxtaposition between twilight and seemingly broad daylight - timing the sky a bit later might have worked better.

Mmmm... Pumpkin pie, my favorite!
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Comment by boyd2000:
I should have figured this was yours Steve. Great shot. I love the stuffed animals. And the pies in the background really help it. It should have scored higher, but then you would have beat mine. ;-)

Forties fashion
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Comment by undieyatch:
Archive Collection - The Posthumous Masters

Lightbulb Challenge: A bright idea
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Comment by posthumous:
great sp! hahaha

An era apart
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Comment by smudgeSMJ:
Interesting idea, but I don't feel that this pic could possibly be the one that either 1. expresses you the best or 2. expresses your talent the best for the entire month.

ETA: Okay, here's me trying to figure out what it is that I think could be improved about your submission. I think this might get long because I type while I think, so bear with me. I'm going to use examples of buildings that I think are particularly well done and contrast them with yours to figure out what's lacking to me, if that's alright. Here we go:

Here's one that really resonates with me. I feel that because of the more open composition and the reflection, it's more visually satisfying. There's more depth to it, and nothing feels like it's getting blocked. I feel that yours, in contrast, might lose some of its feeling of depth because the building in front is blocking the building in back.

Here's one that also appeals to me. Maybe I'm just a sucker for reflections? :) Here, we can see two buildings, much like in your picture, but because of the broken mirror I find it more visually engaging. Your entry feels like walking down the street and taking a picture from eye level. It doesn't have any tricks up its sleeve, no new angles or perspectives or pizazz to separate it from what a person would normally see. I gather that you were trying to emphasize the juxtaposition of old and new, but I think your title is what seals that for me rather than the composition of the picture.

Something like this (more reflections, gee I am a softy for them I guess!) with the old building reflected in the shiny new windows of the skyscraper I think would have conveyed a relationship between the buildings better. A wide gap of sky to demonstrate that they're separated by time, but the reflection shows that they're connected by proximity. Oops, I just let out my film degree critic who finds meaning in everything, I try not to do that too often :)

All of this is not to say that I find it a completely unappealing picture, I just think that you, and especially now that I know who's entry this is, have a way to make it different than what Joe Shmoe would see while walking down the street. Some sort of visual gimmick that visually expresses the relationship between these two awesome buildings.

Oh, and include a reflection, apparently ;)

MC Shoehorn
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Comment by AmeedEl-Ghoul:
lol .. nice one :)