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Challenge: Road Signs Re-revisited (Basic Editing I)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D1X
Lens: Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Location: California
Date: Jan 17, 2004
Aperture: F 8.5
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2004

This is one of my favorite places. I took this picture about 14 steps away from where I was standing when I took my shot for the Infinite challenge. You can see the mountains are similar in both shots.

I took this picture on January 17, My Dad’s Birthday.
He lives somewhere above the clouds now.


Statistics
Place: 1 out of 202
Avg (all users): 7.7083
Avg (commenters): 8.4375
Avg (participants): 7.5636
Avg (non-participants): 7.8117
Views since voting: 8991
Votes: 264
Comments: 49
Favorites: 31 (view)


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10/28/2007 11:22:27 PM
This is so awesome...congratulations on the ribbon.
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02/20/2005 09:10:09 AM
Super. A shot not to be mist!
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02/03/2004 05:30:57 PM
Fantastic work, Gringo!
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02/03/2004 09:23:04 AM
Absolutely beautiful!
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01/29/2004 11:25:33 PM
what a shot! Where was this taken? Congrats on teh blue, very well deserved!
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01/28/2004 08:18:28 AM
Great Job Gringo. This was easily my odds on favorite to win, and for good reason. Way to go!
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01/28/2004 07:57:20 AM
Congrats on the blue... a well deserved win - this is a beautiful picture. Perfect use of b&w also.
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01/28/2004 04:55:06 AM
missed this - easily the best of the lot - congrats
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01/28/2004 04:47:23 AM
Congrats, it is a great shot.
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01/28/2004 03:00:00 AM
Well deserved and I can see why you like this place so much. Your Dad would be proud of you.
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01/28/2004 12:49:46 AM
congrats! well deserved, my personal top pick as well

Message edited by author 2004-01-28 00:50:00.
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01/28/2004 12:38:02 AM
Way to go!! Congratulations on your blue!! This is an amazing, amazing picture as well as a sentimental one for you it seems. Wonderful! :)
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01/28/2004 12:32:00 AM
Congratulations on a well-deserved ribbon. A very, very emotive shot here.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2004 11:26:09 PM
My favorite sign to see while riding my motorcycle
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01/27/2004 07:08:39 PM
Best one I've seen so far.
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01/27/2004 01:03:13 PM
Simply beautiful. One of my favorites. I like the tones and the clouds are amazing. Very nice capture!
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01/27/2004 11:29:20 AM
I would have gotten rid of the ground.
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01/27/2004 04:36:32 AM
Yes, best so far. 10
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01/27/2004 12:52:59 AM
well done. Excellent example of meeting the "challenge".
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01/26/2004 11:53:11 PM
Wow! Winding road with a breathtaking view!
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01/26/2004 10:53:49 PM
nice... speechless
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01/26/2004 08:23:50 PM
Very nice photo. I like what you did with the colors. Its just too bad the sign wasn't perfecttly vertical. I can see that the sign is whats tilted, not the camera since the horizon is tilted the other way.
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01/26/2004 05:29:35 PM
You may just find yourself with a blue appendage to this image after the deadline! Very aesthetic and, finally, a challenge shot worth hanging.

Beautiful tones and lots to look at besides the humour. Just a tiny bit more ground would have helped with a touch less sky. My only [10]
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01/26/2004 08:20:43 AM
Beautiful artistic vision of this including a road sign. One of my two top picks for this challenge. A couple of small issues: It would have been good to be able to clone out some of the brighter reflections on the sign (but prohibited by the rules). The horizon of fog appears to be tilted right.
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01/25/2004 05:37:49 PM
And where this road leads you to? This photo seems to be take near heaven.
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01/25/2004 01:36:14 PM
very good
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01/25/2004 09:44:32 AM
Wow. I think this is top ten, maybe even a ribbon. Cool Fog. This would really be a great shot without that stupid sign, but since it has to be there, I'll let it go. Awesome eerie, surreal, great mood shown here. Very very well done. Great find and capture. I really like the toning of this too. 10. This should get a ribbon. I honestly can't see how it can't, but I've been wrong before.
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01/25/2004 04:52:19 AM
Wow, this is amazing- really pretty= 10!
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01/24/2004 10:57:00 PM
Cool.
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01/24/2004 05:31:14 PM
Really like this one.
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01/24/2004 03:16:59 PM
amazing shot
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01/24/2004 12:06:55 PM
would have scored higher with me if it were in color
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01/23/2004 04:24:43 PM
An Amazing image. Wonderful composition. Everything about this image is perfect. One of three in regards to my personal faves for this this challenge. Excellent job.
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01/23/2004 09:24:19 AM
Wonderful: tone, light, dof, and hold my interest. Good entry, hope you do well.
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01/23/2004 05:48:32 AM
Nice choice of black and white with toning to bring out the clouds.
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01/23/2004 04:58:38 AM
This is my # 2 vote, great fog.
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01/22/2004 10:39:47 PM
I like the clouds and the monochrome treatment, very nice...
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01/22/2004 03:05:06 PM
wow... great capture!!! very nice tones!!
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01/22/2004 11:49:33 AM
So lovely! The fluid clouds and the curves in the sign work well together. The stark grasses poppong out against the clouds are great contrast. The dark hill tops in the foreground, the lighter ones on the horizon makes a nice progression. Wish there wasn;t any glare on the sign. 9
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01/22/2004 11:05:09 AM
Very nice juxtaposition and composition.
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01/22/2004 10:47:21 AM
This is my favourite pic of the lot! absolutely stunning! (10)
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01/22/2004 03:27:49 AM
Great shot. In the right üplace at the right time!
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01/21/2004 05:12:22 PM
Great surreal shot!
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01/21/2004 12:02:18 PM
this is the best one in the challenge. Good Luck!
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01/21/2004 09:35:38 AM
Incredible! Surreal! I would love to know where this is. Good Luck!
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01/21/2004 07:30:49 AM
What a view! Nicely composed and exposed, well titled as well. Very good job!
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01/21/2004 03:33:24 AM
awesome shot. :) (8)
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01/21/2004 01:35:38 AM
Lovely
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01/21/2004 01:33:23 AM
Looks like another beautiful day in Silicon Valley.
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