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Rob O


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Challenge: Minimalism II (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Tempe, AZ
Date: Jan 25, 2007
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640s
Galleries: Abstract
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2007

 This staircase winds around a large silo at a hydrogen/air products plant. With cropping allowed you can make it so the stairs enter the frame in one corner and exit another, which is near impossible framing with only the camera. There are a number of other limitations such as the top of the silo, which has all kinds of industrial rails and pipes, a tree that extends up the side and often enters the bottom of the frame, sky to the right of the silo, and so on.

Shot --> transfered to PC --> opened in CS3 --> Sharpening applied (as allowed under ME rules) --> resized to 640px tall --> 2nd dose of Sharpening (as allowed under ME rules) --> Save As.

**** POST CHALLENGE ****

Wow! I can't believe it ... really! I was just hoping for a Top 10 or Top 20 finish, so to ribbon is truly a surprise.

Thanks for all the great comments.

BTW, here's a wide angle snapshot of the silo (taken last year) just to give a better idea of what this isolated view is from: click

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 231
Avg (all users): 6.7045
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 6.3976
Avg (non-participants): 6.9785
Views since voting: 10122
Views during voting: 361
Votes: 176
Comments: 34
Favorites: 13 (view)

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 01/13/2008 06:14:57 PM
That is an amazing shot. Looks unreal, a staircase to no where!
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 02/08/2007 01:01:25 AM
Like this muchly - very satisfying to behold.
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 02/04/2007 02:20:50 PM
Very well seen. I love the "gradient" effect! Congrats on your ribbon!
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 02/04/2007 09:46:34 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved red ribbon, this is a fantastic shot!
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 02/03/2007 08:49:12 PM
Hi Rob. Red! Not bad for only 6 challenges entered. I have no doubt it's the first of many ribbons for you. Well done!
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 02/02/2007 03:14:59 PM
hi, congrats for the red. very interesting the composition. your solution is probably the most original.
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 02/02/2007 07:49:51 AM
I love the shot. I drive by one of these everyday on my way to work..... I'm kicking myself for never stopping to take a shot. Someday I will, but now I probably won't be able to enter it in a challenge. :-) I thought a shot like this would have also done well in Lines, Curves, Stairs, or possibly Diagonals. Congrats on the Ribbon!
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 02/02/2007 07:22:39 AM
This is beautiful! Who needs editing! It's flawless! CONGRATULATIONS!

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 02/02/2007 03:05:50 AM
Congrats, very good shot!
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 02/02/2007 02:16:46 AM
Congratulations - excellent and enjoyable composition to this silo/tank narrative.
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 02/02/2007 12:42:08 AM
I did not vote on this challenge but as I scanned the images, yours stood out as being very unique from the bunch. I love this. There is a bit of surrealism in this image. I give you a post 10 and congrats on your ribbon, you can now cross that off of a goal. Way to go. Your on a very good start with just 6 entries.

Message edited by author 2007-02-02 00:43:34.
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 02/02/2007 12:37:28 AM
I think you need some new goals for your the year, wasn't I just commenting on how you knocked off half the list? Well there goes the other: ribbon, and 6 average are now complet too :) Congrats your on fire!
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 02/02/2007 12:33:51 AM
Great shot and great idea. It looks like a staircase going from nowhere to nowhere (I see the silo, now you've mentioned it). Huge congrats on the red.
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 02/02/2007 12:23:37 AM
Congrats on your first ribbon!
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 02/02/2007 12:06:58 AM
Congrats on ribbon
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2007 11:52:11 AM
Perfect!
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 01/31/2007 02:50:22 PM
Very nice.
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 01/31/2007 03:24:55 AM
well done
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 01/30/2007 03:16:41 PM
curve of the water tower (?) is suggested by the shadows - enhanced by the staircase and lights -- dramatic and unusual --- one of my ribbon picks
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 01/28/2007 06:38:23 PM
Well done. Nice eye to catch this. Love the gentle curves
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 01/28/2007 02:36:56 PM
Excellent - very nicely seen and nice exposure. Now clean your sensor! :)
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 01/28/2007 08:21:28 AM
This is really cool. I think you composed excellently. Tones excellent. Shadows enhance the image. great work 9
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 01/27/2007 05:15:24 PM
Excellent composition - great image.
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 01/27/2007 03:54:27 PM
Breathtaking. One of the best here.
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 01/27/2007 12:17:35 PM
Gud composition, nice light!
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 01/27/2007 11:04:20 AM
Awesome shot!
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 01/26/2007 07:46:21 PM
Creative...
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 01/26/2007 05:43:29 PM
This is also really good, love the lines, the shadows, etc. Great job ..

-8- Jack
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 01/26/2007 03:17:43 PM
Brilliant.
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 01/26/2007 09:28:26 AM
Very nice, the ladder looks quite surreal, the space in the frame is used wisely, and the texture of the background (a big tank?) is well visible. 9
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 01/26/2007 09:25:24 AM
very good
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 01/26/2007 09:08:32 AM
great exposure and lighting on this entry
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 01/26/2007 08:03:15 AM
"only occupying a very small portion of the image space"
 01/26/2007 06:33:38 AM
superb! great simplicity and an excellent result
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