Just wanted to say thanks to all who voted ... I still can't believe mine ribboned against so many great submissions!!!
Thought I'd share a couple of other shots of the silo to give some additional perspective.
This is a wide angle view of the silo which shows how proper framing (in-camera) is a must, otherwise you end up with blue sky to the right or the seem and other stuff from the roof at the top or that darn tree poking up from the bottom (easily cloned out, but not under ME rules!). I've used this site a number of times as makes a great subject for a variety of themes. (this snapshot was taken last year in a quick drive-by).
And here's a shot I took last year for my PaD. I had a much better position then than I could get this go 'round, allowing for stronger composition with the lights more into the "thirds", and better lighting too (love that shadow!). And when cropping is allowed you can get the nice corner-to-corner flow.
And, as posted in the Outtakes forum, here are my altnerates.
Among the many attempts, here are my noteable outtakes.
I was fully prepared to compete with this shot, even had it submitted for a few days before withdrawing in lieu of the final entry (shot on the last day of the challenge period). Seen here with slight post processing that wouldn't have been allowed (smart sharpen, selective color and dust cloning).
I love this one, but it required some additional post processing outside the challenge rules to get it to look like this (mainly slight crop and distortion correction with PTLens).
And finally, a more dynamic minimalistic shot. I also quite like this one, and it worked really well as a "straight-from-the-camera" shot (even hiding sensor dust), but I thought I'd get nailed for it being to "busy" for a minimalism shot ... even thought it technically qualifies. ;-)
Message edited by author 2007-02-02 12:07:16.
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