Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by orussell:
WTG. Great shot. Congrats on the first ribbon.

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by e301:
Ron - I kinda see what you mean about the score, but I can't explain it either. Huge congratulations on your first ribbon though; great feeling, huh?

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by Jovi:
Congrats!! Well done... 'bout time you got a ribbon ^^;

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by aznym:
Congratulations. Glad to see you ribbon with this one. But as I mentioned before, it's still my favourite. It's up here for all the right reasons :)

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by RayEthier:
Congratulations on a very much deserved ribbon. This was truly one of the great photos in this competition and one of my personal favorites. The very best to you sir, and may you enjoy continued success.

Ray

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by nordic:
congrats on the ribbon, well deserved.

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by taterbug:
DUDE!!!! Awesome! Congratulations man on your first ribbon. It will make a nice splash of color on your profile page. :-) I'm sure there will be more to come in the future. Nice job Dude, well deserved, great shot, and cool that you did it with one of your favorite subjects to shoot, in fact, toocool ! :-) When I see ya next, I'll have to give you a big congratulatory PUNCH !

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by TooCool:
OMG I can't believe I finally did it! Thank you all for voting on it. Couple of quick notes:
First off Imagineer. What you are seeing is not the polution coming out of the stack. It is steam. The particulates that come out of the stacks are invisible most of the time. Not to say that there aren't bad things coming out, just most of the time you can't see them. When the temps drop below 20 degrees F. a wonderful thing happens. You get the most awesome steam formations coming out of them!
BradP. I didn't do much to the shot at all. Simple levels and curves to make the sky dark again. Boosted the red saturation a little to make the lights pop (also turned the steam a little yellowish but had to live with it with the time I had to process it.) Sharpend slightly, cropped, resized sharpened again to taste. That's all.
Personal note: I'm truly amazed that this shot scored as high as it did. I took this shot for myself with the challenge theme in mind. The Board of Water and Light towers (winkin' blinkin' and nod) are the tallest things in boring old Lansing MI and look really cool at night when it's colder then ______ out. I don't really understand why it did so well. Not that I'm complaining! Guess I gotta stand by my oft forgotten rule of thumb. Shoot for yourself and fit it into the challenge when it applies.
Thanks again to all.
TC

Message edited by author 2005-02-04 02:59:09.

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by heida:
you finally got a ribbon!
Congrats man! :)

Three at Night
by TooCool

Comment by Natator:
Wooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really glad you ribboned with this, I thought it had to be a ribbon winner but had no idea, obviously, it was yours.

Congratulations, a very well deserved ribbon indeed (you git, as now I have to hate you!).