I actually took this shot by accident as I was traveling down the road. The 50+ other pictures I took for my very first submission just did not "strike" me. I only took one shot of this sign late in the day. I did not even remember taking it until I started viewing all of my options.
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power lines in a photo are always a detraction in my opinion. The focus could be better also. I'm not sure how this meets the challenge topic either. Was this taken at dawn of a new day? Is this a new stop sign? or is the focal point the NEW sign over the top of the stop sign? I just don't understand.......
Kind of looks like you took this out your car window as you were stopped at the new stop sign. I think it would have been a bit more visually appealing to take the photo head on, or from a bottom angle, looking up. Maybe could have been taken when the sun was a bit brighter, however, that may have cast too much reflection onto the sign and that would have been distracting. For being what looks like a spur of the moment photo, you caught the sign so it is almost exactly vertical. Good eye for that. If I would have taken it, we would have end up looking at it diagnally. Photo kind of makes me laugh. Definately depicts something new. Good luck with the challenge.
i applaud you for finding a sign that read "new". i looked all over and couldnt find one. my suggestions are based on how i would have shot this. to me the street and all the background stuff is kind of distracting. i would have done an up close shot filling the view finder with the stop sign an d the orange sign. maybe shoot up towards the sky. you could have some nice colors with the red, orange and the blue of the sky. just my opinion.
a little fuzzy...it looks like it was taken from the other side of a car window...maybe if you had gotten in front of it and took a shot from below the sign looking up it would have been more dynamic? The power lines also distract me...
You have met the challenge by photographing a new road sign :) What this photo lacks is artistic punch. I believe that the stronger entries in these challenge combine several elements.... Meeting the challenge, artistic punch, and good composition. :) - jmsetzler
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