Cigarette Break
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Comment by curtpetguy:
address please, lol

Strike Three!
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Comment by scooter97:
Haha He was WAAAY out in front of that one. Nice capture.

Strike Three!
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Comment by jjstager2:
Great photojournalistic shot.

Strike Three!
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Comment by bmartuch:
Great capture. You caught that at the perfect moment.

Strike Three!
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Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Now, this is game for Grog! Grog is great wielder-of-club and hitter-of-things. Easily would Grog win. Would not be fair game because Grog is so great, so Grog wait outside. (Also, Grog not have small papers to trade for ticket. Female in glass cage not accept animal pelts.)

Strike Three!
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Comment by GiorgioBaruffi:
I like it, is a very difficult challenge, but I wish you could finish in a good position ...

Eye of a Newt
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Comment by Neil:
Nice abstract, though it makes my eyes go a bit batty!

Center for the Performing Arts ("The Egg")
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Comment by Neil:
Glad someone represented the capital district for us!

Imprisoned
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Comment by EL-ROI:

Originally posted by pwm6: Originally posted by EL-ROI: WHAT??? YOU WERE ROBBED!!!! I voted this a 9!!! Great shot in my opinion! Don't let this discourage you because this was severely underappreciated work! Well, thanks! Your comments really cheered me up considering the very low score this got from the voters. I guess that the problem had to do mostly with what some saw as noise. Actually this was a very difficult shot to do with basic editing because of the huge number of stops between the indoor and outdoor parts of the scene. I underexposed the indoor part to get at least some detail in the outdoor part and then used Topaz Adjust which brought back many of the interesting reflections in the horse but also gave the concrete a gritty look which I think some mistook for noise.

I recognized the difficulty you had with exposing this during the contest and thought you might have done some adjustments or perhaps a one shot HDR effect through adjustment layers to get this... I saw the "noise" more as texture and detail during voting. Anyway, at least you know this was appreciated. Hope to see more good stuff coming from you in the future! If I had a member award to give, you'd get one!

Imprisoned
by pwm6

Comment by pwm6:

Originally posted by EL-ROI: WHAT??? YOU WERE ROBBED!!!! I voted this a 9!!! Great shot in my opinion! Don't let this discourage you because this was severely underappreciated work!

Well, thanks! Your comments really cheered me up considering the very low score this got from the voters. I guess that the problem had to do mostly with what some saw as noise.
Actually this was a very difficult shot to do with basic editing because of the huge number of stops between the indoor and outdoor parts of the scene. I underexposed the indoor part to get at least some detail in the outdoor part and then used Topaz Adjust which brought back many of the interesting reflections in the horse but also gave the concrete a gritty look which I think some mistook for noise.