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- Urban Decay - ( With End-of-The-World Colours + Border)

Challenge #233 in the U live, U learn U love, U learn U cry, U learn U lose, U learn U bleed, U learn U scream, U learn series. Hosted by ConanFuji, ConanFujiX.

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Take an dayshot urban scenery which matches the title above. It has to has end-of-the-world colours. It is preferred that the amount of human should be limited To less than 1% of the photo area. Put a Border around the photograph. Photo can be taken with any camera, i.e DSLR, SLR, Mirrorless, Compact, Smartphone, etc... .

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Announced:

Thursday, 12th February, 2015 (GMT)

Submissions:

Thursday, 19th February, 2015 – Wednesday, 25th February, 2015 (GMT)

Voting:

Thursday, 26th February, 2015 – Wednesday, 4th March, 2015 (GMT)

Processing rules:

No photo doctoring please.
Cropping is OK, but do not cut out / replace the background.
Filters are allowed as long as the other rules are respected

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Only entrants who have won at least one photo challenge in Dpreview.com can enter.
I might consider allowing entries from beginner participants if their shot are on par with the rest of the entries.
The total entry limit is now set at 85, might slightly increase the limit if this challenge is well received.
Do not submit shots used in previously completed DPReview.com challenges.
No political statements please, any photos with the slightest hint of controversial statement or message will be removed without any notice.
Shots I find offensive might be removed.
Make sure the entries look good and tasteful (at least you must find your own shot tasteful).
Complaints might not be entertained after the voting has ended.
The host's action (or inaction) is up to him.

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Total comments: 10

If "it's not so much fun anymore", maybe it's time for another host ?

If you have certain requirements for the challenge, the appropriate way to convey that is by placing them in the rules, not by expecting entrants to read your mind. Consider either defining your terms better or just writing in more common language.
I would like to submit that whining when someone asks for a clarification in the rules is childish behavior for somebody selected to host challenges.

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Dear people.

Have you ever watched a movie about post apocalypse? How about a war movie?

Ever watched Terminator? The Matrix?
Ever saw some pics of Hiroshima after the A Bomb landed?

Ever noticed how it's of a certain tint which conveys death and destruction?
Hazy feel of a burning atmosphere?
Doesn't it NOT look like the colours of spring/ autumn?

If I have to spell it out, it's not so much fun anymore, don't you agree?
Basically, I'll leave it to the entrants to interpret it however they want.
Regards,

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Are "end of the world colors" intended to be something OOC and intrinsic to the subject or is some amount of post processing allowed?

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Hi coronawithlime, please see my reply above. Regards,

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does B/W work aswell? I have a picture with a decaying building which works best in B/W because it draws attention to the details, without getting distracted by the surrounding colours.

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Hi manners, please see my reply above. Regards,

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The more I understand from the Host of this theme ,I have deep regards for him-1) for non doctoring stigma ,2) for banning cut & paste . I feel this is a curse to digital photography-banned by Nat Geo- a veteran of 125 years.

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What are "end of the world colours"?

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Some folks refer disparagingly to Australia as being at the 'end of the world'.... (especially after a long-haul flight from Europe). :-)

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Good question NilsBV! 'End of the world colours' as an expression of who-knows-what certainly never figured in any colour theory that I used to teach...

What's wrong with plain English???

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