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Challenge: Negative Space IV (Basic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Bad Dürkheim, Germany
Date: Feb 25, 2011
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 1400
Shutter: 1/80s
Galleries: Landscape
Date Uploaded: Feb 26, 2011

 Wow. Thank you very much. I normally don't track scores but I took a peek last night and was blown away that this was at 6.9 with all the wonderful photos in this challenge. Some amazing stuff in this one.

The funny story to this is that I was visiting my parents in Florida when the "two lonely shoes in B&W" challenge was announced. Immediately I knew what I was going to do. There are these two shoes that have been lying in a field for four months that I see every day on my way to work. I've invented all kinds of stories about them that have ranged from compost to alien abduction. When this challenge had been mentioned I thought finally, there is some order to this world, and these shoes have entered my life for a purpose. What a tidy circle.

There was a train strike and I was stranded somewhere else and I never got to take the photo for the challenge. After hours and hours of tears I decided, hell, I'll take it anyway. Just for me, or maybe I'll post it in the outtakes thread.

So I packed up my camera on a nice misty morning to take a photo of two shoes for an expired challenge. I made it 33% of the way to my destination when boom, another train strike. This one had me stranded for four hours without transport options in any direction.

But I was in Bad Dürkheim and I had my camera. Things could be worse. So I went for a walk up to the abbey. It was a beautiful scene on a special day and I managed, out of a hundred or so shots into the mist, to take a single decent pic, and this is it.

And I have the shoes to thank for it.

Thanks again for the lovely comments.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 167
Avg (all users): 6.9709
Avg (commenters): 8.0667
Avg (participants): 6.6452
Avg (non-participants): 7.1545
Views since voting: 4920
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 172
Comments: 44
Favorites: 4 (view)

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 07/13/2013 02:00:07 PM
somehow, you broke all the rulls here, and still its amazing shot.
somehow, i still find some rulls that can fit. :)

great scene.
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 04/08/2011 05:05:18 AM
I'm glad I looked at your profile -- how did I miss congratulating people in the negative space challenge?? I love negative space!!

What a beautiful shot! I find fog very difficult to process correctly. This is beautifully done and beautifully seen! Congrats on a well deserved red!
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 03/15/2011 11:39:50 AM
Spectacular!
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 03/12/2011 10:26:11 PM
Tvoje sestra te pozdravuje z Huntington Beach. Gratuluje ti k druhemu mistu v DP chalenge. A ja take - Dan z Prahy. Chodil jsem na Bohemku na fotbal.

Proud. luv n hugs.

Message edited by author 2011-03-13 06:42:40.
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 03/12/2011 06:23:03 AM
Congrats on the ribbon.
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 03/10/2011 10:34:24 AM
Just viewing this for the first time - really lovely.
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 03/10/2011 02:53:01 AM
This is absolutely beautiful. It's scores like these on images like this that made a lot of people leave this site. This photo is truly under rated. IF I would have voted I would have gave it a 10.

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 03/10/2011 01:57:37 AM
Congrats on your wonderful finish, i enjoyed reading your story of how this came about, keep up the good work.
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 03/09/2011 06:24:18 PM
What a great story! And do go shoot the shoes anyway. I want to see them. Congratulations on the ribbon!
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 03/09/2011 06:05:36 PM
Great shot, Scott. Congrats on the ribbon, this one's a beauty!
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 03/09/2011 11:01:13 AM
Congrats on your ribbon! Excellent image, love the fog. Looks like two little gnomes clinging to eachother at the base of the tree ;-)
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 03/09/2011 08:06:20 AM
Very nice and serren and the fog bank bank looks very nic
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 03/09/2011 06:30:49 AM
Very happy to see this here
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 03/09/2011 05:56:45 AM
Love the story Scott. Well done, always keep walking because there is always some unknown treasure down the road waiting to be found. Congrats on the ribbon and your PB!
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 03/09/2011 05:29:03 AM
Very nice image. I've always liked fog shots. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 03/09/2011 04:04:48 AM
beautiful picture and well deserved ribbon!!!
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 03/09/2011 03:34:58 AM
Congratulations on your ribbon with this beautiful and mysterious capture. Well done!
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 03/08/2011 11:27:38 PM
Awesome Scott, and a new personal best :-D

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 03/08/2011 10:28:22 PM
So apparently I needed fog to get on the front page of this challenge... Congrats on the ribbon.
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 03/08/2011 10:27:27 PM
A typical german scenic overlook :(
Very well done, congrats on the red!
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 03/08/2011 09:24:18 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon! Great capture!
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 03/08/2011 08:24:54 PM
Beautiful image Scott. Congrats on your second place finish.
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 03/08/2011 08:13:46 PM
Congratulations on your second second Scott! :-) Lovely image, so peaceful and Zen like.
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 03/08/2011 08:03:05 PM
Oh GOLLY! I love this! Congrats on your ribbon!
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 03/08/2011 07:39:22 PM
Another lovely mist shot. Just something very special about them. Congratulations on your ribbon.
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 03/08/2011 07:22:58 PM
Wonderful finish. Well deserved.
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 03/08/2011 07:17:34 PM
Glad to see this was widely appreciated. Well deserving of the ribbon. Got an 8 from me.
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 03/08/2011 07:12:56 PM
That was yours! WOW!! CONGRATS!!
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 03/08/2011 07:12:07 PM
Congratulations on a lovely entry - and the ribbon!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/08/2011 03:39:27 PM
such a pretty picture...makes me want to walk the fence line
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 03/08/2011 03:02:57 PM
Lovely.
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 03/07/2011 03:37:37 PM
awesome
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 03/04/2011 08:52:24 PM
Beautifully atmospheric shot. The mist to the left adds great mystery
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 03/04/2011 07:38:41 PM
wonderfully atmospheric
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 03/04/2011 10:49:25 AM
Oh how nice! The fog adds so much to the photo.
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 03/04/2011 03:49:21 AM
very pretty, I love fog shots and this is a beauty
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 03/04/2011 01:28:00 AM
Just beautiful, I love the fact that you cant see the rest of the wooden fence and that it just disappears. Lovely use of your negative space.
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 03/03/2011 06:14:48 PM
Lovely image, truly enhanced by the negative space. Well done.
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 03/02/2011 07:51:34 AM
nice title and pic
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 03/02/2011 07:00:39 AM
Great foggy view. Feels like the cliff could drop forever.
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 03/02/2011 06:54:55 AM
wow
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 03/02/2011 03:43:58 AM
This has that fairy land ethereal feel. Love the fog.
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 03/01/2011 08:39:39 PM
Top 10
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 03/01/2011 07:51:07 PM
Just stunning, the mist on the trees and fence are magnificent. 9
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