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Weekly Photo Contest, Feb 3 - 10: Unique View

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For this week's challenge: Unique View

The difficult thing about photographing famous landmarks is that a lot of it has been done. And originality is one of the most important traits of a photographer, I feel. It's something I struggle with particularly when traveling.

So, for this week, I'd love to see your unique take on famous landmarks. I really want to emphasize the uniqueness in this. While I love those light-trails-on-famous-bridge photos, the high and wide has been done a million times. Show me something new or something with a new twist!

This is (one of) the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Or a Petrona Tower?



Rules:
  • Be creative and have fun.
  • You may only submit one photo per contest.
  • Please do not comment on photos until after the judging has taken place.
  • The contest runs for exactly one week, starting NOW! (see time/date stamp at the start of this thread.)
  • At the end of the week, The Judge (last week's Winner) will choose a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place photo, providing as much feedback as possible.
  • The 1st place Winner will start a new thread with the topic/theme of their choice, and act as the Judge for that contest. (Winner has 48 hours to create new theme, after that it defers to 2nd place).
 
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Hi all! Contest will close today but keep the entries coming until 6pm ET. I have a hectic day so I likely won't be able to post much but please keep the cut off time in mind. I'll have winner posted by tomorrow morning, possibly late tonight if I can manage it.
 
OK! So I really enjoyed seeing everyones submissions to this week's contest. I wasn't sure if I made the right choice in theme. But seeing some of these, I know it was.

Sadly, I am unexpectedly slammed with work so I won't be able to give feedback on everyone this week. The whole point is to help each other get better through feedback :(

butch10x - An excellent way to open the submissions. It is indeed a different perspective of a very famous landmark giving us a closer look at the intricacy of the building. I really enjoyed the leading lines of the columns. I think they are columns?

anotherscotsman - are all of those reflections you? I can't tell if this is a composite or you have positioned yourself perfectly for such a photo. It have the Bean the illusion of a different shape, which I really appreciate.

MacRy - Definitely a different view of the Millennium bridge as most of us have seen the many angles from the top side. Though I would have loved to see something a little more creative in positioning (you've set a high bar for yourself here, pal). Though I guess that is hard to do that when, well, you're under a bridge and your positions are limited. haha.

Ish - I hate you. Kidding. Maybe I'm jealous. This is exactly what I was hoping for. You really captured the essence of this theme. It's very clearly the Shard (if you've seen the Shard before) but I have definitely never seen it distorted in reflection this way. It gives it the feel of coming through a portal. I just love it. That landmark is clearly identifiable but in a way that is set apart from the throngs of tourist photos we've all seen. Excellent work. What building was it reflecting off of?

kenoh - In general, I like where you are heading with this but the photo is a bit noisy. Since it was night time, I think a long exposure to give the water that gloss would have played great with the lighting.

Alexander.Of.Oz - this took my breath away!! I have never seen the SAHMRI building in person but I have seen photos of it, and most certainly not like this. I didn't realize this is what the walls were like! It is a beautiful. The whipsy sky gives it that ethereal feel. Or maybe like I'm on a space ship! The texture in this photo is as beautiful as it is intriguing.

Hughmac - this is a beautiful photo of the castle and I do enjoy the infrared. I feel like it's a scene in Game of Thrones! While it isn't a common photo of the castle, I have seen versions of it in this style. It is still a very lovely photo!

So winners are:

1st: @Ish
A very close 2nd: @Alexander.Of.Oz
3rd: @butch10x

Again, I'm sorry if I didn't get to everyone.

And now passing the baton to @Ish.
 
Thanks for comments. Challenge I had was that it was absolutely pouring down with rain and there were 50 people waiting for me to get out the way. I wasnt allowed a tripod to get a long exposure socthis is the best I could get. :-(

Some of the noise is actually just the rain causing blur. Really didnt turn out the way I hoped.
 
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Nicely done Ish. Well deserved for the wibbly wobbly Shard.

Your right about having limited options of where to stand E3BK. Should have tried harder though.
 
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E3BK said:
OK! So I really enjoyed seeing everyones submissions to this week's contest. I wasn't sure if I made the right choice in theme. But seeing some of these, I know it was.

Sadly, I am unexpectedly slammed with work so I won't be able to give feedback on everyone this week. The whole point is to help each other get better through feedback :(


anotherscotsman - are all of those reflections you? I can't tell if this is a composite or you have positioned yourself perfectly for such a photo. It have the Bean the illusion of a different shape, which I really appreciate.
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Great contest E3BK and thanks for the judging and comments. Congratulations to Ish and the other podium places - my personal favourite was @Alexander.Of.Oz.

Not a composite, and that's me reflected in the underside of the Bean on one of the rare occasions that there was no-one else around (dawn in mid-January). The underside is a complex concave surface that's a bit like a belly-button hence the name omphalos (Greek).
 
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Thanks E3BK! Thought @anotherscotsman had got it already when I put mine in, that's a great photo. Congratulations also to @Alexander.Of.Oz, really well seen, I'd no idea how the building looked close up. I assume that's how the building catches the light differently? Congratulations also to @butch10x for a photo that makes me want to lean back and look up! You must have got a stiff neck taking that :) Congrats to to everyone else—lots of good ideas there!

The Shard is reflected in what I assumed to be an office building near the river. I'd just been to St Dustan in the East taking photos and it was a very grey day. Great place to take photos if you're in the area. I used to work near there and didn't even know it existed! Didn't think I was going to get much because of the weather but this reflection took my fancy.

@kenoh — I think that scene is well worth another visit when the conditions are a bit better

I'll get my thinking cap on and come up with a new competition today.

EDIT: Sorry, should have said St Dunstan in the East. Sorry for the typo!
 
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Well done everyone. Some great pictures. Couldn't agree more with your winner. Well done @Ish.
Really liked the idea of this theme, but not shooting much at the moment.
Maybe the next one.
 
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