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Reflections in a Rainy Civic
Reflections in a Rainy Civic
posthumous


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Automobile Ad II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Collection: Stories
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Tranquility, NJ
Date: May 24, 2009
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 500
Galleries: Emotive, Travel
Date Uploaded: May 24, 2009

 This poem makes me feel like buying a new car. It lies on the front hood of my old Honda Civic, among the reflections of trees and sky.

Welcome to the debut publication of this poem. I expect to take DPC by storm, the Walt Whitman of our age. I predict at least an 8.

For the Critique Club: I expect a moving, insightful analysis of my poetic technique.

Statistics
Place: 68 out of 68
Avg (all users): 3.5316
Avg (commenters): 3.2500
Avg (participants): 3.6667
Avg (non-participants): 3.5038
Views since voting: 1049
Views during voting: 419
Votes: 158
Comments: 22
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 06/07/2009 10:55:21 AM
Sorry Posthumous, you got me, so not sure I will be too helpful with the old poetry critique!

You know this was destined for a low score and kudos for you for doing this anyway. I do appreciate your talent, but do not have the verbal skills to express that appreciation. Unlike you, I am no wordsmith.
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 06/06/2009 01:16:42 PM
ha - this is awesome. It sooooo meets the challenge and yet it's a strong OOB entry too. Very cool.
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 06/02/2009 06:03:44 AM
I gave this a 9. If I were in a market for a car, this would certainly help sell one to me!! I didn't give it a 10 because, although I understand that the dull colors fit with the overall theme, I thought just a tad more color or contrast could have helped. This was one of those out of the box shots that aren't OOB simply for its own sake, but because it actually means something. Wonderful!
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 06/02/2009 12:41:57 AM
Tre cool!
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 06/01/2009 10:53:42 AM
hey Don..loved this stray from the box entry..just found out it's yours! I think there are plenty of us who recognize the moment you set up here...sitting in the car on a rainy day; the words. @ one time or another, pretty core to most of us I'd wager...
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 06/01/2009 07:31:14 AM
I like reflections, and this is a reflection - both photographically and poetically. Congratulations on the brown - a strong statement about the voters. After all, a car ad must have a color picture of a car, right? Duesenberg sure followed the norm with its ads, didn't it? (Of course, they're out of business, so I'm not sure what that says...)
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 06/01/2009 01:43:20 AM
Reminds me of e.e. cummings, actually, buffalo bill's "watersmooth silvergrey stallion"...
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 06/01/2009 01:41:38 AM
It just HAD to be yours, didn't it? Jejeje� Well done!
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 06/01/2009 01:37:44 AM
Weren't you complaining some time ago that you never get brown ribbons........
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/30/2009 05:38:34 PM
I'm afraid it won't sell many cars.
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 05/28/2009 01:37:00 AM
nice. maybe you will get a brownie award!
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 05/27/2009 04:46:35 PM
Nice ad-copy, but from personal experience, this photo is probably going to get "chewed-up" pretty badly...Sorry! :(
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 05/27/2009 04:14:32 PM
Not sure how this qualifies as a car ad. Wording is nice but It wouldn't inspire me to buy a Civic. Sorry
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 05/27/2009 01:55:12 PM
wow
very high brow for a civic ad...is this your poem? I love it!
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 05/27/2009 02:50:46 AM
Um... yeah... ok... if this doesn't sell cars, I don't know what will.
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 05/26/2009 11:22:59 PM
Where is the car?
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 05/26/2009 10:40:20 PM
Fits challenge.
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 05/26/2009 12:26:43 PM
a very unique and OOB type shot....something Iwould clearly ponder as an advertisement in a magazine....not voting
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 05/25/2009 10:40:10 PM
Really do not see this as meeting the Challenge. This is a Photography Contest for Automobile Ads. This is no way makes me want to buy a car.............DNMC
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 05/25/2009 10:08:16 AM
Beautiful poem. The image is only secondary or maybe tertiary.
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 05/25/2009 02:47:54 AM
made me smile
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 05/25/2009 12:47:31 AM
Oh, I *SO* admire you for having done this. The more so because it's actually a *good* poem! Ah, the cojones of it, entering a poem in a photography contest.... You get a 10 from me.
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