To those who would have liked to seen a better alignment of people I agree. But I was working about an hour away and had a split shift and decided to go to Santa Cruz Boardwalk. I was wearing all black from work and it was 15 degrees hotter than where I worked. I had no energy and was sweating too much to stay out of the shade. I still like it, thanks for all the comments.
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I'd have guessed Sevil if I were guessing. Nice work! (And I don't wanna hear any complaints about heat... it's 120 here today...) :-) Edit to add that it is indeed pretty cool upside down, too.
This is one of the most fascinating shot in the challenge. It deserves much more than what it got, but it is not a typical DPC winner hence the score.
(the shot that I entered in this challenge is much worse than this but has score little better than this, this probably shows that if the photo is more like postcard, it sells on dpc)
just thought you could make the viewer confused even more if you rotated it by 180 deg ;)
Oh man I thought long and hard about doing that exact same thing! I looked at it for a while before I chose right side up. And even when i took it I it was with the intention to upside down it :)
I really like what you've achieved here - I love the concept, the perspective, and the lens choice. Regrettably tho, i have to agree with routerguy and confess that I wish the people were arranged differently. I know you did not have infinite choice in the matter, i'm just saying that if I was a painter I would have done something different in the lower-left quadrant. As it is though, the full outlines of the 2 couples there still look awesome, great job! Should have scored way higher than it did.
This is a nice idea but seems too busy. I'd love to see a crop where the 2 main people were the only subjects. I think it would be more dramatic and more effective.
I like the idea, like the processing. Don't think you made the most of this though as the composition could use some work. Then again who has all day to sit around waiting for a crowd to fall into a pleasing formation by chance? Still, were the main pair a bit lower and to the left it might add a bit of balance, reduce the chaos, and anchor the shot.
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