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Title: AASHTO Announces Winners in Photography Competition
Post by: Grzrd on October 08, 2013, 10:50:54 PM
The theme was Faces of Transportation (http://facesoftransportation.org/). The Grand Prize was awarded to:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FjnIAkaD.jpg&hash=cb74fccfba622f9dab1973c5ff4c82e2f57ed004)

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The Grand Prize was awarded to California Department of Transportation Engineer Martin Chandrawinata for his photograph of an iron worker using a cutting torch while suspended from the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
Title: Re: AASHTO Announces Winners in Photography Competition
Post by: NE2 on October 08, 2013, 10:58:21 PM
Damn liars. There's no face in that photo.
Title: Re: AASHTO Announces Winners in Photography Competition
Post by: Grzrd on October 09, 2013, 11:05:10 AM
Quote from: NE2 on October 08, 2013, 10:58:21 PM
Damn liars. There's no face in that photo.

Maybe AASHTO is asking for an abstract interpretation of the sparks from the viewer, sort of like Forbidden Planet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYFr3UyVpRA):

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F7o4Nc2W.png&hash=ef958be228cdfce3b7d2d9cd12a0e94db1b8ec27)
Title: Re: AASHTO Announces Winners in Photography Competition
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 09, 2013, 12:58:55 PM
that's not a bad photo but I feel like if you walked two feet to the left, you'd get a better composition.
Title: Re: AASHTO Announces Winners in Photography Competition
Post by: Molandfreak on October 09, 2013, 03:22:47 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 09, 2013, 12:58:55 PM
that's not a bad photo but I feel like if you walked two feet to the left, you'd get a better composition.
In the context of that photo, I don't believe that was possible.
Title: Re: AASHTO Announces Winners in Photography Competition
Post by: Alps on October 09, 2013, 09:52:37 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 09, 2013, 12:58:55 PM
that's not a bad photo but I feel like if you walked two feet to the left, you'd get a better composition.
I feel like if the iron worker suddenly jumped two feet to the left, spraying sparks all the way, that would definitely improve the photo value.