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Challenge: On the Road (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus C-2100UZ
Location: Long Grove ,Illinois
Date: Jun 6, 2002
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Rural
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2002

Small cemetery in rural Long Grove, Illinois

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06/16/2002 11:58:00 PM
I LOL. This photo is very humorus, yet sobering at the same time. These two moods are very difficult to combine, but the above does so splendidly
06/16/2002 11:23:00 PM
I'd like to see the signs not cut off... interesting idea.
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06/16/2002 08:01:00 AM
Nice idea. Very creative with use of available sign and arch. While not the best as to exposure you had to use what was on site. Well done and funny.
06/15/2002 01:45:00 PM
that sign must be a prop, unless you live in a town/city that has an actual sense of humor. cheers
06/15/2002 01:46:00 AM
:0)
06/13/2002 09:46:00 AM
Great combination of signs! :-) Have you tried cropping (if the quality allows) or taking this shot in portrait format to bring out the emphasis on the signs some more? I would probably crop just to the right of the gate to the cemetery and then to the left of the street signs - however far you have to go to follow the DPChallenge photo size rules.
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06/13/2002 01:12:00 AM
You'd think the signs would say "Entrance Only" and "One Way -- No Exit" -- but it's still pretty funny as-is...
06/12/2002 10:33:00 PM
Creative idea, but the shot is a bit busy.
06/12/2002 05:13:00 PM
yikes. well i guess ill get there eventually .. too bad it's so hard to read the cemetary sign.
06/11/2002 10:15:00 PM
Pretty clever!
06/11/2002 07:04:00 PM
Admittedly, I don't know what the background would do if you shot this way, but I would have been very tempted to shoot the humor of the lower sign straight on so you wouldn't be able to read the "exit only" sign. This reminds me very much of a cemetery my parents were doing some genealogical work at and the sign at the bottom of the road said, "Dead End."

As it stands, the photo just seems a little busy in the background -- and the cemetery sign is a little hard to read -- I think because the left end has light colored leaves directly behind it -- the other end of the sign, with the darker background, is easier to read. Anyway, fun shot.
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06/11/2002 10:14:00 AM
creativety 6 interesting 5 focus 7 framing 4 = 5
06/11/2002 09:20:00 AM
Interesting photo... These signs by the cemetery are an interesting 'twist'...
06/11/2002 09:06:00 AM
Oooooohhhhh, kinda surreal with the signs.
06/10/2002 09:47:00 PM
when I do stuff like this I get 1"s---------10
06/10/2002 07:00:00 PM
I really like the storytelling as it fits very well with the theme. However, the photo is a bit cluttered and hard to read. Because of the size, contrast, and position of the signs, my attention was first brought to them and I couldn't quite make a connection with the theme. After searching awhile I noticed the cemetery sign, but was barely able to read it. In this case it may have worked better to keep the photo simple and include only the cemetery sign.
06/10/2002 05:41:00 PM
Great eye.
06/10/2002 05:33:00 PM
Nice photo, only a few small problems, all nits: Sky was probably cloudy, but appears overexposed (all whited out); the LONG poart of the cemetery name is very difficult to read, maybe a half step to your left; especial nit - isn't this technically off the road? Is the EXIT ONLY supposed to be a reference to death? Nice touch.
Photo 9 Creativity 7 Road 8 total 8 (see: these really were NITs)
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06/10/2002 02:45:00 PM
clever
06/10/2002 12:56:00 PM
A little busy. Maybe getting down lower so you could get the sign and the arch only would have helped.
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06/10/2002 12:07:00 PM
the signs work well. Seems it could be framed better though, if vertical, with just the three signs stacked
06/10/2002 11:38:00 AM
wow, what an appropriate sign....except it should be enter only, no exit....heh heh
06/10/2002 11:29:00 AM
point made...could this have been taken from a better viewpoint? It's hard to read the cemetary sign and the traffic signs are a little too dominating in this image to me. Great idea.
06/10/2002 11:28:00 AM
LOVE those roadsigns! Hahaha.
06/10/2002 11:19:00 AM
The sign just says it all. I think maybe moving the camera a little bit more to the right so that the sign is still in, but you catch more of the purple flowers. Other than that, I like it.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
06/10/2002 12:26:00 AM
This is hilarious.


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