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A cold day in Hell.
A cold day in Hell.
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Challenge: Road Signs Revisited (Classic Editing)
Collection: Challenge Entries
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Hell. No, really!
Date: Jan 19, 2003
Galleries: Humorous, Travel
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2003

 Taken in Hell, Michigan. Crappy, overcast, COLD day in Hell. It consists of 3 buildings, and a creek. Weather was pretty bad, and got this pic in between low visibility snow showers. Had to drive 2 hours to get there. Wish the conditions had been better, but sometimes you take what you can get. I love the subtle "do not pass" sign in the background. kind of adds some humor.

Statistics
Place: 94 out of 174
Avg (all users): 5.3030
Avg (commenters): 5.6190
Avg (participants): 4.9735
Avg (non-participants): 5.7412
Views since voting: 3749
Votes: 198
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 02/13/2005 10:10:57 PM
what a strange sign....ever been to NY ? no reason to put those signs up here !
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/26/2003 06:37:54 PM
Like I told the other one - don't go there! :-) I like the composition, but the snow is a little overexposed.
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 01/26/2003 09:28:48 AM
THis is a good shot and a great title. :-)
01/26/2003 02:41:57 AM
Interesting, I always thought it was in a more downward direction. Good shot.
 01/25/2003 09:54:34 PM
That's comedy.
 01/25/2003 08:20:51 AM
This photo bothers me a little because the supposed focal point is no where near where I'm actually looking.
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 01/24/2003 08:58:57 AM
Good composition. Could do with a little contrast added, the dark areas seem a little too light, but all in all a nice photo. 7
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 01/24/2003 04:44:01 AM
level out the sign and this gets a much higher score
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 01/23/2003 01:52:23 PM
Makes me cold just looking at this photo. Like the DO NO PASS sign just pass the HELL sign too!
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 01/22/2003 09:40:41 AM
What an unfortunate name for a town.
 01/22/2003 02:05:00 AM
So, I guess hell really does exist after all! Lmao, gave me a good laugh. Everything in the photo looks great, except I think the photo was cropped a little to close. I would have preferred more space above and to the right of the sign. No big deal though, just a suggestion, good photo overall. Good Luck.
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 01/22/2003 12:29:29 AM
Coming from Pinckney? We used to ride horses at Hell Creek Ranch once a summer. My dad lives about 1/2 hr from here. - Inspzil
 01/21/2003 06:24:19 PM
Good subject. Picture not really appealing
 01/21/2003 04:08:51 PM
Is this the same sign, but two in the same family submitting it and changing the title? You do have 2 other road signs. There needs to be more contrast for a sharper focus. For some reason the sky is washed out to complete white and the photo has a tint to it. Decent photo just needs better execution. 5
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 01/21/2003 03:12:26 PM
Very cool shot. The technical part isn't that great but it goes great with the theme
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 01/21/2003 10:08:07 AM
maybe you should have done this in b&w because it is colorless--nice concept
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 01/20/2003 05:53:23 PM
Actually ... seems you cant pass on your way to hell.
 01/20/2003 02:05:59 PM
lol Neat shot.
 01/20/2003 01:52:41 PM
Is this the same sign is the other entry? The sign is too high in the picture. You should have climbed up onto the roof of your car to get a better perspective on the sign. Very good idea tho!
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 01/20/2003 10:25:32 AM
Been there.
 01/19/2003 09:13:32 PM
That it is! Great find. Greater DOF would have improved it.. Cub
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 01/19/2003 08:06:30 PM
I don't know if you found or made this sign, but it's pretty funny. As far as the picture goes, I would've liked a little more space on the upper and right edges of the signs. You might have given it a little more umph if you had had an angle more to the left, too - that way, we could see the "stop ahead" sign on the road away from "Hell" which would've been interesting to people who look for that kind of stuff.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2003 08:05:46 PM
what the hell...I am sorry I just couldn't resist. I guess the devil made me do it. Hell will freeze over before I make another pun. I just hope that when the now melts hell is not is high water. Now I have to do all those things I said I would do when hell froze over. Seriously, good photo p.s. I give it a 6.66
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