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05/17/2010 11:52:24 AM · #1
Which of your challenge entries have you taken closest to your home (do not count photos taken inside your house or on your property) and which one was taken furthest from your home? Here are mine.

Closest:
....taken just up the street

Farthest:
....taken in Victoria, BC, over 5000 km away.
05/17/2010 11:55:48 AM · #2
Closest (vacant property next to my house):


Farthest:
Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii (5105 miles away)


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05/17/2010 12:00:38 PM · #3
in front of my front door
closest


Washington, DC (around 500 miles)
05/17/2010 12:04:26 PM · #4
closest, neighbors Farm

Farthest, Yellowston national Park 2k miles away.
05/17/2010 12:07:56 PM · #5
Closest are these two, taken at a corvette show in a shopping center a couple of blocks from my house in Texas.


Furthest is this one, taken in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
05/17/2010 12:22:58 PM · #6
At a lake shore, 1.5 km from home.



And in Spain, I dunno - maybe 10.000 km away.



And many more while visiting EU from Japan and vice versa:)
05/17/2010 12:27:51 PM · #7
closest was a lake essentially in my backyard.



The farthest is really a tossup.

Taken in Iraq. 7,074 mi or 11,385 km

Taken at the DMZ in South Korea. 6,447 mi 10,375 km

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05/17/2010 12:36:28 PM · #8
1/4 Mile down the road.....



In Honduras....



I live in the NE US, so that's about 2000 miles.

I'm actually surprised how little of my work is *not* from near my home.
05/17/2010 12:41:08 PM · #9
I think this is the closest (right across the road)


And there are a few from Kauai


05/17/2010 12:42:15 PM · #10
This is 2 miles from me


And this is in Athens, Greece ~ 1500 miles away
05/17/2010 12:47:42 PM · #11


Town park behind my house. Less than 1/8th of a mile.



Near Balad, Iraq over 6000 miles away(10,000km).
05/17/2010 12:50:45 PM · #12
Closest:
In front of my house



In Ecuador, around 2300miles away

05/17/2010 12:50:48 PM · #13
Closest:
about a tenth of a mile away from home


Farthest
I can't show you right now. It's currently in voting and about 1,100 miles from home.

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05/17/2010 12:52:23 PM · #14
closest:


farthest:
05/17/2010 01:13:37 PM · #15
Nearby open space area

Taken outside Phoenix, AZ
05/17/2010 01:30:17 PM · #16
At my neighbor's house - approx. 100ft


Conflicting reports, but farthest is either

Perth or Kuala Lumpur - both are approx. 10K miles
05/17/2010 01:49:21 PM · #17
Closest, about 10 blocks away from home


Farthest, 1400 km away from Sao Paulo
05/17/2010 02:00:02 PM · #18
Closest - A few blocks from my house


Farthest - Singapore, 10,000+ miles from home.
05/17/2010 02:14:31 PM · #19
A mile from my house.


Approximately 600 miles away.
05/17/2010 02:21:25 PM · #20
I hadn't realized how most of my entries were taken very close to home.
Right down the street.


... apparently my only challenge entry taken outside of the five boroughs of New York City!
05/17/2010 02:32:40 PM · #21
Furthest in Andalusia, Spain


Closest in the dry arroyo that is next to my house.

Sadly, I went out yesterday to get the old cow skull for another shoot and someone has taken it.
05/17/2010 02:41:04 PM · #22
On the sidewalk in front of the house next door:

Home, Washington, where my dad lived:
05/17/2010 02:41:14 PM · #23
this is just outside my house looking AT my house, got to be the closest one :)

and the farthest appears to be Israel (7644 miles or 12300 km), it beats Europe, Russia, China, Japan, and all South America

there are only few places on Earth that are farther than that from San Diego
05/17/2010 07:42:47 PM · #24
Closest

Botanic Garden - Rio de Janeiro (about 0,9 kilometers). It is the same place where i took my red ribbon (Tropical Dreams), but it is a little farther.

Farthest

Nahuel Huapi Lake - Bariloche - Argentina (about 3.300 kilometers)

05/17/2010 07:56:54 PM · #25
Closest - the bluff near my home


Farthest - Li River, China
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