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Little Boxes Made of Ticky Tacky
Little Boxes Made of Ticky Tacky
benolsen


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Suburbia (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 LD Aspherical IF Super II for Canon
Date: Oct 12, 2008
Aperture: 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Oct 12, 2008

 Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same.
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.

-Malvina Reynolds

Editing: crop/rotate, clone out some bird poop, color balance, hue/saturation, selective color, resize, USM and export.

POST: Thanks for the comments! Looks like half of you liked the vertical, the other half not. I choose to keep it portrait because it looks like you could just walk across them like a boardwalk. Also, they look more like stacked boxes as well as frets on a guitar. I considered B&W but it wouldn't go with the song.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 74
Avg (all users): 6.0387
Avg (commenters): 6.4400
Avg (participants): 5.8205
Avg (non-participants): 6.0986
Views since voting: 4938
Views during voting: 419
Votes: 181
Comments: 30
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/20/2008 06:38:43 AM
Clever idea. I voted for NO - but in retrospect understand and would have voted higher... a case of voter learning by voter's mistakes here ;-)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/19/2008 05:30:19 PM
Better in black and white? Not sure. I like how you've used the repeating pattern to emphasize conformism.
 10/19/2008 08:26:10 AM
I remember that song... oh, oh ;-) Cool shot and I really like way you've presented it.
 10/18/2008 07:56:24 PM
Love it. I think tipping it on it's back make this visually interesting. Nice job.
 10/18/2008 11:21:33 AM
An excellent photo that fits the challenge perfectly. The tilt is great: 10
 10/18/2008 09:37:24 AM
I was hoping someone would quote that song. :-)
 10/17/2008 10:14:30 PM
Very daring 90 degree angle. Nice shot definitely showing suburbia.
 10/17/2008 03:14:19 AM
did this really need to be tipped over??
 10/16/2008 07:55:32 PM
Interesting rotation.
 10/16/2008 07:31:30 PM
I wonder if this was intentional; to me it would be way better the normal orientation
 10/16/2008 01:48:54 PM
IMO not sure about the pov....still I gave you a 7
 10/15/2008 03:26:58 PM
I don't like the angle. Good pic otherwise.
 10/15/2008 12:05:05 PM
I enjoy the unconventional orientation of this pic.
 10/15/2008 05:33:09 AM
Interesting - let's say 'arresting' approach; after a while looking, I have to say I don;t quite think it succeeds - perhaps simply because its subject is too plain, so that, even rotated, it's plainly just a bunch of row-houses turned through 90 degrees. The point is, it absolutely feels like a posting mistake, rather than an artistic statement.
 10/14/2008 06:35:30 PM
Perfect captures of the challenge. The 90 degree flip really keeps it interesting and adds a lot more than if it were still horizontal. Also, having the image against the overcast sky really makes you feel that blah feeling the suburbs can carry. Great job!
 10/14/2008 07:40:31 AM
this is the ultimate suburbia :D
my only problem is tilting my head sideways to get the best view.
 10/13/2008 11:44:12 PM
Nice image - Really like the subject, tones and real suburbia feel to this.... Why though did you rotate the image. I find that too distracting. Trying to make a boring subject interesting by turning it seems to have gone against you for this as I love the image the right way round - Screams suburbia. Now rotated though I find it too distracting.
 10/13/2008 07:08:17 PM
I honestly think this would have worked much better in a horizontal layout. I even don't mind the blown sky with these homes.
 10/13/2008 04:24:59 PM
Did you intend to have this shot be at right angles to what one would expect to see? Nice shot. I like the line from upper left to 1/3 on the left.
 10/13/2008 01:22:45 PM
I like this. I don't like the pain in my neck from looking at it, but I like the shot.
 10/13/2008 09:27:15 AM
awesome choice of perspective - and the quote from Pete Seeger gets you full credit!
 10/13/2008 07:48:13 AM
Little boxes, all the same. There's a green one and a pink one, And a blue one and a yellow one, And they're all made out of ticky-tacky, And they all look just the same.
 10/13/2008 07:03:57 AM
Interesting angle...
 10/13/2008 06:44:43 AM
its wierd, i like it... 7
 10/13/2008 06:01:14 AM
Did you rotate this vertical intentionally ???
 10/13/2008 04:36:31 AM
Too bad about the white sky. I really like the pale colors in the houses and the angle is creative.
 10/13/2008 02:03:31 AM
i don't get the choiche of portrait orientation..
 10/12/2008 10:55:19 PM
That song cracks me up. This could also go in the upside down category. :~}
 10/12/2008 09:21:46 PM
I was SO HOPING someone used this idea - we don't have such dwellings near us or I'd have done it.

Perfect subjects for the line - bold decision to have it verticle - not sure I love that about it though.
 10/12/2008 08:25:51 PM
really would have LOVED this landscape


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