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Challenge: Right Angles (Classic Editing)
Collection: Architecture
Camera: Sony DSC-F707
Location: New York City, NY
Date: Aug 1, 2003
Aperture: f 3.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Abstract, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Aug 5, 2003

This is the inside of my NYC hotel: the Marriott Marquis. As I was shooting the picture, a couple security guards ran over to me, hands on gun holsters, and barked at me to put my camera away. As I had a few seconds before they got to me, I pretended that I figured they were accosting someone else and went ahead and took the shot. When they arrived, I was slowly putting my camera away, and I said, "Are you talking to me?" They made it clear to me that they were, and I looked very compliant as I walked to the elevator.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 250
Avg (all users): 6.8566
Avg (commenters): 8.9130
Avg (participants): 7.0909
Avg (non-participants): 6.5804
Views since voting: 4434
Votes: 244
Comments: 57
Favorites: 6 (view)


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09/13/2006 08:01:59 AM
lovely well composed and colorful image
08/17/2003 10:56:11 PM
Hi David

Well done on the ribbon - well deserved!

But do you think this has improved on your good work or not? I think it looks more dynamic:
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Obviously, cropped from your already cropped image - and apologies if this irritates you. ;)
08/14/2003 03:59:08 PM
just got back from out of town, loved your pic, excellent work and congrats!
08/13/2003 10:45:36 PM
Thats quite a story! But the picture is great! congratulations :)
08/13/2003 05:21:41 PM
Very nice shoot. Congratulations!!!.
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08/13/2003 12:03:53 PM
Very nice! sharp, colorful, and right angle to its full effect. my favorite in the challenge.
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08/13/2003 11:48:06 AM
Congrats on yet another ribbon! 1 more blue and you've got 3 of a kind... figers crossed :)
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08/13/2003 09:30:33 AM
Congratulations! A well deserved win for a great shot. Wonderful lines and color.
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08/13/2003 06:10:18 AM
Congrats! Wow, why were they after you for shooting the skylight? Strange America... Good job though, you could be a spy!

Nathalie
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08/13/2003 06:05:16 AM
congratulations, david!! this is a beautiful photo and i love the colors. great eye for details!
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08/13/2003 05:01:57 AM
Congratulations, David! I love the yellow/orange, it's beautiful. How did you get the picture so clear top to bottom, in particular without a tripod?
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08/13/2003 02:52:52 AM
Congrats! Very slick, nicely done.
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08/13/2003 02:50:32 AM
Lovely shot - great use of angles, colour and composition. It's getting to be a sad world when we can't even take pictures in a public place without being suspected of nefarious intentions.
Congratulations on your 1st place.
Frank
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08/13/2003 02:49:26 AM
Well done, well done!
:o)
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08/13/2003 12:20:25 AM
Glad you weren't arrested. You'd best be framing this, David. I really like the lines in this - challenge aside it's a great photo with an abstract quality to it. You've a got a great eye.

Pedro
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08/12/2003 10:50:57 PM
Stunning work, congratulations on the win.
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08/12/2003 10:41:08 PM
Congratulations David, that trip to New York really paid off huh?
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08/12/2003 10:36:06 PM
Now that's a low score for a blue - bet you're surprised to see this. Excellent work - and the best kind of revenge on the loony security guards :-) congratulations.
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08/12/2003 09:28:20 PM
Congrats on a very well deserved blue ribbon!!
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08/12/2003 09:05:44 PM
congrats!!! and good job taking care of those security people. hehe.
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08/12/2003 08:27:42 PM
Congrats on another one David! I knew you were hiding something from us after that NY trip!
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08/12/2003 08:19:35 PM
Congratulations! I love this shot.
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08/12/2003 08:13:25 PM
Wow, 1st Place! Congrats - a very fun/excellent shot! I love the colors. Well deserved.
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08/12/2003 08:09:19 PM
Knock 'em dead. Congratulations, a winner all the way.
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08/12/2003 08:04:13 PM
congrats!!! I thought that looked familiar
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08/12/2003 08:04:09 PM
Congrats, I LOVE this image. Great job and well deserved!!
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08/12/2003 08:04:04 PM
I knew it! I knew it! Good job Sir! once again you did a great job!

Message edited by author 2003-08-13 00:04:30.
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08/12/2003 08:02:02 PM
Superior...as always.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/12/2003 03:10:27 PM
A perfect perspective shot. Great colors and clarity. One of my favorites so far this challenge.
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08/12/2003 08:53:55 AM
Great in all ways... Good shot... After voting on all shots, your is the best of the show.. Great job.....
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08/11/2003 02:10:45 PM
Beautiful colors here, very interesting shot that really draws the eyes upward. Well done!
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08/11/2003 07:45:02 AM
Great angle on the angles :) The contrast of the colors really pop! Amazing!
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08/11/2003 12:16:37 AM
I love the design in this shot. Great colours and composition. One point - I wonder if you'd rotated, until the vertical 'line' was 90 degrees, whether that would have made the shot neater? I think the design would have been even stronger as a pattern, making it more difficult to discern the subject. [9]
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08/09/2003 11:48:08 AM
I love abstracts. This one is fabulous.
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08/09/2003 10:11:26 AM
Great perspective. Congratulations
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08/09/2003 06:04:06 AM
I love this shot. The colors and texture are wonderful:) You have IMO nailed the challenge. good job. the only problem is I think it is better then mine:) but, alas, truth hurts.......10 from me! good luck
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08/09/2003 01:16:15 AM
Cool perspective. Great right angles. It looks almost abstract. Nicely done.
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08/08/2003 06:38:06 AM
Great shot! :)
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08/07/2003 09:08:24 PM
Beautiful colors and lines. Great submission.
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08/07/2003 10:56:57 AM
Very nice! a 9
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08/07/2003 08:51:36 AM
Very interesting image. I really like this one. Best of luck.
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08/07/2003 07:53:14 AM
great abstract. love the colors! works with out the heavy border.
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08/07/2003 06:45:47 AM
Striking, good colour, nice composition and great placement of diagonal.
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08/07/2003 03:53:06 AM
Lovely right angles with no major distortion. There is a nice texture to it too. Great colour. Would love to know where it is or see an original.
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08/07/2003 01:31:31 AM
only if you had not chopped the corner in the bottom most rung [7]
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08/06/2003 10:04:26 PM
Picture is hypnotic. What is this a picture of? The composition is very good. Wonder how the picture would look like in B&W. I like the yellow though.
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08/06/2003 08:17:57 PM
Don't know what it is but I love it. :) Very very cool. Love this. 9.
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08/06/2003 07:00:18 PM
beautiful color and geometry
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08/06/2003 05:07:20 PM
There's nothing I can think of that would improve this image. The corner line leads the viewer up and up and up and the yellow just give this image a ton of impact. Great capture. 10
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08/06/2003 02:15:25 PM
bravo (or brava whatever the case might be)!
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08/06/2003 10:45:02 AM
Great framing & color
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08/06/2003 10:23:02 AM
Whoa - knock out stuff. Nailed it - I'm hugely impressed. If this doesn't win I'll eat my hat.

PS. don't actually have a hat, but hey.
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08/06/2003 05:51:06 AM
This is so well taken that it is an optical illusion. NO flaws here. 10
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08/06/2003 03:25:54 AM
i like that there's no scale to this
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08/05/2003 09:55:53 PM
Wow. Interesting image.
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08/05/2003 09:51:43 PM
I like the change in shade, andhow the angles seem to radiate out. Good work.
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08/05/2003 09:20:24 PM
My second favourite. You deserve a ribbon. Simple, yet very powerful. You definitely met the challenge. I can't find anything wrong other than maybe you could make your image even bigger for more powerful effect. 10
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