Did I mention how much I hate tilted horizons? I'm going to torture myself if this does well enough to end up on my profile page - maybe that's a good thing - motivation to get it off! :)
Well I really wouldn't have submitted this week if it wasn't for the DPC Olympics, so I just shows that side tournaments really do push you to expand your photographic horizons. I took a mid-week trip into the city (Sydney, Australia) for this shot, and met my brother for dinner, which was lovely. He stood there very patiently while I painstakingly aligned my camera and tripod to get this composition. The monorail does a circuit every 3-5 minutes, and my outtakes tell me I waited for at least 5 circuits to get this shot. I needed the light to drop a bit to balance the lamps with the ambient, and this was my last shot of the night. It was actually almost dark at this point.
I know the weakness of this is in the blown highlights of the lamps, but also that the leading lines don't really lead to a compelling point of focus.
We'll see how it does - maybe a 6?
[Feb. 20th, 2009 02:28:23 AM]
Wow, I'm really blown away by the score that this is getting so far - 7.14 at the moment, and it has been as high at 7.27 over the week. It would be a buzz if it made the profile page for the lens (which is magic, btw), and a ribbon? I don't even dare to dream...
Oh my goodness!!! I'm so happy right now, thank you all for your lovely comments, and Go Aussies!!!
aaaah, so this is your photo! I remember staring at the photo for quite some time in amazement! we don't have any monorails here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.... they make Amazing subjects and you did an AMAZING job at capturing this one! and i REALLY love how the flags are flapping in the wind! Great job!
Absolutely phenomenal, congrats on the ribbon, the tones on this are stunning, colors are great, composition is dead on, adding to favorites, very well done.
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