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goddamn the man
goddamn the man
Diuk


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Challenge: With the Philosophy of Ubique (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Fujifilm X-Pro 1
Lens: Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4
Date: Apr 5, 2015
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2015

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Statistics
Place: 11 out of 86
Avg (all users): 6.4304
Avg (commenters): 7.9474
Avg (participants): 6.4808
Avg (non-participants): 6.3333
Views since voting: 746
Views during voting: 203
Votes: 79
Comments: 20
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04/12/2015 11:46:29 PM
Who would be the first to figure it out? Good one.
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04/12/2015 10:18:37 PM
Brilliantly seen and boldly titled. Another top pick.
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04/12/2015 07:31:07 PM
Yes, a true Ubique contrast, a vibrant scene.
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04/12/2015 09:51:05 AM
but he has your best interests at heart, but, but.
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04/12/2015 05:26:46 AM
his glasses really stand out and have caught the light well, great contrasts of light and dark and the hint of the route still showing and the route of light light through the image
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04/11/2015 10:15:45 PM
strange image breaking the rules. an exciting arrangement of whites.


I'm hanging this in my fantasy gallery

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04/11/2015 08:34:31 PM
Intersting capture, your better at street shots than I am. Like the dude in the corner and then the signs just make this photo.
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04/11/2015 03:12:12 PM
Who's afraid of a little black hole?
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04/11/2015 02:01:37 PM
Brilliant! As affected and edgy as it has to be. Great composition and a great tribute to 'the man'. 8 from me.
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04/11/2015 01:25:12 PM
such bold graphics. and the hint of a smile
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04/11/2015 10:09:57 AM
A tale of almost-silhouettes and a glorious black expanse. Contemporary noir. The signs add that bewildering touch which secures the image's idiosyncrasy. I don't understand the title, but think this is a terrific image.
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04/10/2015 08:30:52 PM
Great catch; man emulating the sign; nice street photography.
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04/10/2015 05:49:06 PM
nice replication
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04/10/2015 10:04:32 AM
I really love this minimalist style of photography (actually, also of art generally, of cuisine, of music and just about everything). There's something in it that reveals essentials by excluding what doesn't matter so much. Here we have extravagant contrast, and suspension of all photographic subtlety. And it works beautifully for me. I'm also very keen on harsh crops, and on juxtapositions of person with urban spoor (spoor = tracks, artifacts, so I refer to the signs).

Here's a small thing that's actually big ... if it were not for the reflected light on the spectacles, the picture would be diminished. That light elevates, because it confers character somehow, at least in my fevered mind.

As a photograph it's more like a cartoon or caricature than a fully realised image. But I mean the good kind of cartoon, like a scintillating political cartoon in a newspaper. Something that distills a complex idea down to its essence, with amazing (yet generally unnoticed) economy of rendering.

I would not want every photograph to look like this, but I would be disinterested in photography if at least some didn't. We're all better photographers for seeing and appreciating elegant economy of expression of this standard.

It's also graphically, compositionally, very interesting. Negative space isn't merely blank or unused space; it has a purpose. It's part of what the picture is, not what it isn't.

I fling a pulsating yellow thumb at your feet, and hope that it may light your way through this darkness. Thank you.

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04/10/2015 12:15:12 AM
It doesn't get much better than this. Not all that thrilled with the title, but I love the photo!
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04/09/2015 08:20:09 PM
Love the two silhouettes. Great capture.
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04/09/2015 05:16:45 PM
The detail in the glasses against the engimatic android-like silhoutte gives this image a cool sci-fi quality, but the road signs anchor it to our mad mad world. Damn him indeed...
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04/08/2015 02:04:25 PM
A dark hole, mysterious signs, and lots of contrast - you have piqued my interest.
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04/08/2015 06:07:07 AM
beautiful contrast. this could be ubique if it was not so flawless ))
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04/07/2015 02:05:25 PM
Brilliant contrast made better by the translucence of the spectacles.

Pristinely captured with a wonderful off-balance composition.

Great stuff. 10 from me.
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