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Wasting time silently in the library
Wasting time silently in the library
MadMountie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Silence IV (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Olympus C-5050Z
Location: Hamilton, NJ
Date: Feb 27, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 197
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Abstract, Traditional Art
Date Uploaded: Feb 28, 2004

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Statistics
Place: 19 out of 312
Avg (all users): 6.0706
Avg (commenters): 6.9149
Avg (participants): 5.8561
Avg (non-participants): 6.2774
Views since voting: 1905
Votes: 269
Comments: 51
Favorites: 4 (view)


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03/10/2004 01:56:43 AM
This was an amazing art exhibit at Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey. From the outside it looked like a brown teepee (because of all the books pages) but when you crawled inside it was an amazing display of colors. I can't take credit for this beautiful work of art, just the photo of it.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/09/2004 05:37:13 PM
Someone had WWWWAAAAAAYYYYYY too much time on their hands...
TC
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03/09/2004 04:22:14 PM
I really love the colors and the abstract appearance. the blown out areas in the bottom are distracting
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03/09/2004 04:19:02 AM
A very nice arrangement of colors. Great concept!
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03/08/2004 08:38:30 PM
This is a really interesting idea. It almost looks like an abstract painting.
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03/08/2004 06:12:41 PM
Cool!!
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03/08/2004 04:27:44 PM
Ordinarly, the library communicates the theme of "silence" but in this image, that's not the case. Interesting photo, but it's not making me think: silence! It's actually making me think of the "noise" of too many books screaming for attention.
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03/08/2004 06:35:18 AM
this is cool, the best of the bunch. I've never seen so many shots of grave yards,people with tape over their mouths,unplugged stereos, empty playgrounds, babies sleeping or snow scenes in my life! this is very refreshing, what a great poster this would make.....I gave it a ten only because I can't give it an eleven.wow
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03/07/2004 11:39:36 PM
One of Most orginal,8
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03/07/2004 03:48:23 PM
I Love the abstract, flow of rainbow colors is awesome. I am not 100 % sure this is Silence unless you are trying to show a library. I rated it quite high due to the composition. Great Take
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03/07/2004 10:58:39 AM
I love the color proggession! It fades to like a surreal effect. I can't stop looking at!
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03/07/2004 10:55:09 AM
Very cool, love the rainbow of books, did you have to stack those all up?
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03/07/2004 07:43:43 AM
That must have been alot of work, nice rainbow.
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03/06/2004 09:50:56 PM
I like this one.. A bit tenuous with the challenge subject, but works for me... 7
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03/06/2004 11:23:04 AM
I really like this - though I think it's the work of art itself I'm admiring as much as your image of it. It's a great idea for the challenge though. Cropping at top is slightly out, not that this has an impact on my scoring or anything.
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03/05/2004 07:29:51 PM
Interesting composition. It almost has a rainbow effect with the book colors.
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03/05/2004 05:48:05 PM
Must have taken a while to set this shot up. The colours look great. Work well together.
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03/05/2004 04:10:27 PM
This is a great capture of a work of art.
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03/05/2004 01:11:08 PM
I like your photo, and I like the colours... but it's so bright and loud, it doesn't really give me "silence".
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03/05/2004 12:42:07 PM
Surely - SURELY - you did not stack up all of those books just for the competition? It's certainly amazing, as well as dizzying.
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03/05/2004 06:55:53 AM
I don't know if this shot really answers the challenge. I don't know if this is really in a place that is quiet. I do know that you chose a dynamic POV and got great colors. This is my favorite shot of the challenge. I don't know why.
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03/05/2004 06:25:44 AM
Incredible, very time consuming I'm sure. 9
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03/04/2004 05:04:23 PM
interesting photo, but i'm not sure I get silence out of it.
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03/04/2004 03:06:42 PM
this is crazy it had to be an art project or somthing... anyway reguardless ... 9
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03/04/2004 01:55:25 PM
Like the originality and the colors.
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03/04/2004 11:34:02 AM
I'm not sure this really convays silence, but I like the shot. This must have taken a very long time to set up, I like the way the colors move from one color to another.-6
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03/04/2004 08:33:04 AM
What a trippy photo... who did this & why? Is this a tightly cropped fisheye lens?
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03/04/2004 07:28:54 AM
I like it! It seems a little too busy to be placed in the "Silence" catagory. The colors are great, depth of field works. this is an image I would probably like to print for fun. just curious, how did you set this up? Great idea.
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03/04/2004 07:25:43 AM
Errrr. not sure if this picture/subject exists in reality, but it makes for a very cool abstract. Unfortunately it doesn't translate to "silence" for me. Keep it up. :)
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03/04/2004 06:01:09 AM
Would be interested in knowing how you did this shot. Cool effect.
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03/03/2004 11:41:00 PM
This must have taken ages to set up... colours are great!
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03/03/2004 06:44:20 PM
Ok, somebody took a lot of time to stack those books as such. The color combinations are great.
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03/03/2004 05:15:12 PM
Wow! This is awesome! I love the progression and variance of colors.
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03/03/2004 03:49:35 PM
Did you build this? Very nice! Reminds me of some of the book sculptures made by the Icelandic artist Sigurdur Gudmundsson. My only complaint is the clumsy title.
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03/03/2004 02:08:50 PM
very cool and very creative.
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03/03/2004 12:56:00 PM
VERY CLEVER PHOT. WOW!
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03/03/2004 11:46:23 AM
I really like the way the colors fade and blend.
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03/03/2004 11:37:47 AM
neat pic.
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03/03/2004 11:17:23 AM
Time spent with books is never wasted :) Is there some other purpose to the rainbow tower of books, or was it set up just for this shot?
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03/03/2004 09:42:27 AM
That is so cool. I once heard of some students who got locked in a college library overnight and built a log cabin out of the reference section. Love how organized this is, so the colors swirl.
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03/03/2004 07:21:28 AM
I only wish that the picture was a little more centered (rotate a bit to the left). Other than that, very nice! Almost surreal. I like how there are different colors from the top to the bottom. Put a "Be Quiet" text on it and it'd end up being a great poster for libraries. :-)
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03/03/2004 06:50:15 AM
Great shot. It's so busy it almost seems Loud to me, if that makes sense. lol. I'm not sure what to score it, though........okay.....5.
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03/03/2004 06:49:35 AM
Wow...you have WAY too much time on your hands. Please tell me this was some sort of art exhibit or something.
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03/03/2004 05:39:47 AM
Beautiful colors. I assume this is an installation at a school or library? Otherwise, you are a very dedicated challenge participate!
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03/03/2004 05:34:28 AM
I looked at this as it loaded on my screen and my first instinct was that this was going to be good - books, silence etc.. But no people! IMHO this photo screams out for a person. Well done for the effort involved though! it's a very creative composition and I note the attention to the colour spectrum - nicely done. An 8 with a person, 6 without.
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03/03/2004 05:21:15 AM
A very nice abstract take on the challenge. High marks for originality.
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03/03/2004 05:15:04 AM
I´m feeling dizzy! Very cool Where did you find all those books! clever idea
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03/03/2004 03:55:00 AM
Very awesome stack of books!
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03/02/2004 08:33:47 PM
wow...
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03/02/2004 08:13:06 PM
Wow...take one out and they all come tumbling down?? Nice pic. 6
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03/02/2004 07:56:36 PM
Awesome use of color... great job
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