Romantic Progress?
by Tygerr

Comment by Melethia:
LOL! Interesting take on the challenge. Bright pink and green isn't my favorite color combo, though.

Romantic Progress?
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Comment by mist:
Yep. Is it progress or not?

Romantic Progress?
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Comment by jerryc12:
Certainly meets the challenge. I like the sharpness/blurred contrast between the modern and old.

Romantic Progress?
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Comment by BeckyT:
Great idea and so true.

Romantic Progress?
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Comment by ahayweh:
Says a lot...

Romantic Progress?
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Comment by ltlmschrisss:
I love the idea. I miss the romance of writing love letters. Somehow the typed ones on phones all look the same.

Romantic Progress?
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Comment by SandyP:
Tee hee. . .this is great. We sure have come a long way in the romance department haven't we :) Good idea for the challenge!

Acidic enough to eat through metal...
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Comment by Structor:
Congratulations on the 7th place! Very good shot!

Turn Left
by Tygerr

Comment by Tygerr:
Well done to locutus for noticing that the lights in this shot are from oncoming traffic.
My original idea was to capture both lanes of traffic - getting both red and white light trails. I actually spent hours waiting for exactly that situation (it was late - traffic had died down).
But then when I was busy with pp, I liked the crop that only had the white lights - the lines seemed much cleaner and simpler, and the whole "turn left" concept seemed enhanced by it.
Here is what the uncropped original photo looked like:


And I think I agree with the comments about rotating it. I just liked the shape of the light curve so much, that I didn't really concentrate on the angle of the signpost.

Acidic enough to eat through metal...
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Comment by Tygerr:
Thanks to everyone for the comments.

It could have been a better shot, but given the constraints of resources and time I faced on this one, I'm still happy with the way the image came out: I managed to shoot it just the way I saw it in my head.

I agree with the comments about the distracting texture of the towel and the slight patches of yellow in the top left corner. Unfortunately I didn't have much choice. That's the only makeshift white backdrop I could come up with.
That's also the reason it's a bit overexposed, and why I cropped it so tight at the top - all done to try minimize the texture of the towel showing up in the photo.
Also, I should have paid more attention to the focussing. That soft patch on the shoulder of the can really bothers me...