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charliebaker


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Challenge: The Beginning of the End (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Location: studio
Date: Oct 24, 2007
Galleries: Humorous, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 25, 2007

 While some in DPC considered this photo entry a waste of time, I present to you the viewer a different take on "beginning of the end", a beginning which is at first imperceptible, mostly missed until one looks with a closer attentiveness and begins to see the beginning (the white line beginning 1/3rd of the way into the middle of "delineation"), a beginning which then continues across the frame and on beyond our horizon. Okay, some DPC voters are NOT into symbolic photography, preferring every entry to be realistic, representation, non-artistic, certainly non-philosophical.

While I totally agree that "delineation" is boring as a stand alone "photo" (and it IS a photo of a line on a page), it offers viewers another way of looking at a very common human experience, that of completely overlooking the "beginning of the end" because we are too quick to judge what we think is not there.

And yes, I was "shooting for Brown". I know I'm not the only member of DPC that occasionally has a quirky sense of humor by boosting your photo one place higher in a challenge simply by entering a photo which we hope will place last.
Thanks to Raish for his "Brown Ribbon" icon:

Statistics
Place: 135 out of 137
Avg (all users): 3.3958
Avg (commenters): 3.8421
Avg (participants): 3.3158
Avg (non-participants): 3.4483
Views since voting: 1045
Views during voting: 519
Votes: 96
Comments: 29
Favorites: 0

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 11/05/2007 07:44:30 PM
Oh, bummer, you got the brown ribbon, again!!!! You're getting good at this. I love your sense of humour!
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 11/05/2007 02:54:53 PM
They don't actually hand out brown ribbons. So it may remain conceptual, in keeping with your entry. I made my own and have it on my profile page and in the portfolio. Feel free to display it if you wish. You got some nice comments, anyway...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2007 09:40:26 AM
lol - I would love to know how these ideas pop into your head. My title would have been "empty box". :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/05/2007 08:36:43 AM
Thanks for wasting our time... again!
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 11/05/2007 12:53:01 AM
I think it was out of focus, and the dodging and burning on the left hand side probably let you down, but overall, fantastic...a great finish :-)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/04/2007 11:49:02 PM
damn...i thought there was a problem with the site and this picture wasn't loading...but looking closely i see something....i guess....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2007 11:04:31 PM
5
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 11/04/2007 01:28:48 AM
I see nothing....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/03/2007 09:38:01 PM
I might be old and my eyes are not as good as they used to be....but I simply cannot see a thing....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/03/2007 01:14:22 PM
? Perhaps if it were a little more distinct?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/03/2007 08:31:23 AM
My wife thinks that you think too much, and she's distraught at not being able to keep up. I just think this is wierd. :) Got my attention though. In a way, this is very creative. But I think you are heading for the brown ribbon.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2007 03:58:19 AM
I don't know where are you. but if you come in my town I pay you a beer ahahahahaha 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2007 09:43:22 PM
an old idea that doesn't wash...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2007 01:27:40 PM
Excellent capture of the latitude of the average dpc voter's tolerance ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2007 12:10:27 PM
Ummmm k ... where is the photo?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/01/2007 10:42:19 AM
Sorry but I see no image here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/30/2007 12:59:47 PM
I dont know whether this is a common problem or not but this image is not appearing on my monitor either as a thumbnail or as a full sized image

It may be worth letting the SC know...Bizarrely I cant leave a comment without leaving a score so I will give you a 5 but promise to come back and revisit it if it appears

Jon
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 08:10:25 PM
i see nothing
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 07:37:35 PM
I don't understand this - and I refuse to vote on something I don't understand
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 06:53:25 PM
Oyyyyy!!!!! Trying to guess here .... a very faint line in the middle of the image, very faint, and not all the way through, delineation .... that would be a description or an outline or something like that, maybe a border, like the border between life and death (yeah, sure, now I'm getting weird). I'm trying to think how this fits in with the challenge. A line, I don't know. I'm lost.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 06:52:01 PM
There may be something wrong with your entry. All I can get is a blank box.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 07:18:05 AM
hmm I have no image here??? is this a system problem??

annig
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 02:49:44 AM
And this, too, shall get DQ'ed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 02:30:59 AM
obviously looking for the brown ribbon right?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 02:17:17 AM
haha.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 12:58:55 AM
Haha, this is a quite fantastic concept.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 12:44:46 AM
ummmmm i tried refeshing the page twice but it still looks like no shot is here...either an error or you did a great job of copying the default DPC b/g

1
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 12:18:26 AM
hmm.. all i got was a gray background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/29/2007 12:13:52 AM
It, its like trying to prove the you are NOT an elephant
It cant be done
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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