Let the SUN SHINE [Contest Finalists September 2010]
Uploaded: September 27, 2010 02:59:42
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Just one tiny isolation of wonderment at Philadelphia's Magic Garden on 1022 South Street. This was the place that Sean could not wait to show me.
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(from a Google Search):
Covering an indoor and outdoor space equivalent to half a city block, Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens glisten with creativity, urban renaissance and a hint of madness.
Isaiah Zagar, a local artist who began tiling South Street in the 1960s and never stopped, constructed the space out of cement, bicycle spokes, bottles, ceramic shards and other artistic knick-knacks.
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Exif: F Number: 9, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/200 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 320, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 18.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 7D
Gord MacEachern September 27, 2010
Hi neighbor, a little bit of everything here. Great find and capture! #1312015Jack Gaskin September 27, 2010
A cool capture for sure.Happy Shooting
Jack #8931793
Jeff Robinson September 27, 2010
What a great place - Very interesting! Excellent capture and info Michelle! Jeff #8931833Tiia Vissak September 27, 2010
cool colors, light & compo! #8931837Ellen Hodges September 27, 2010
Super beautiful light and color, Michelle!! #8931844Jean-Pierre Ducondi September 27, 2010
So cool Michelle. Beautiful colors and presentation. Great effect.Julie Burnett September 27, 2010
Fantastic composition, color, and light, Michelle. #8931940John Rivera September 27, 2010
Great perspective and work here Michelle! #8931964Barbara Waldoch September 27, 2010
Glass and colour-wonderful! #8931970Nikki McDonald September 27, 2010
Almost an abstract, Michelle -- very nice colors and perspective and a cool place for sure. #8931976Val Feldman September 27, 2010
A genius of a comp and the perfect angle to catch all the wonderful light thru the myriad of different colored glass..Austin has it's own "Cathedral of Junk" on the same order but Mr. Zagar has him beat hands down - this is a glorious feast for the eyes - he has quite the artistic flair...and the quirky "madness" is right up my alley...Great find, super capture, Michelle! #8931990Ron McEwan September 27, 2010
Great capture of light at its finest hour. Just enough sky to ad reality to the shot. WTG #8932019Alan L. Borror September 27, 2010
What a fantastic find, Michelle! Beautiful composition and great light and color! #8932031Danny B. Head September 27, 2010
I hate the overused word "awesome", but I'm goinfg to use it anyway!!! #8932128Linda D. Lester September 27, 2010
Love the full frame of these "awesome" colors! LOL! Great find! #8932155Marilyn Cornwell September 27, 2010
This image has so much vibrance - colour, forms, flow, and shapes! #8932243Jack Ryan September 27, 2010
An excellent image of a very cool location...great work! #8932341Laura E. Swan September 27, 2010
Whoa! Cool find Michelle! If not for that dreamy sky there I would have had a hard time with perspective! WOW! Love it lots! The variety of colors, shapes, the comp & TREATMENT! Very well done!!!-Laura :D #8932404
Carol Eade September 27, 2010
What a find, Michelle, terrific comp and colors! #8932419Lorna Shutter September 27, 2010
Wow! I've never seen anything like THIS before! What an "AWESOME" creation of mad genius! We couldn't put this together even if we tried! Ha! Ha! The bottles really do make this image shine! Love the wonderful colours and your fantastic POV! Beautiful capture and effects! Excellent work, Michelle! :) #8932468Stan Kwasniowski September 27, 2010
Michelle, beautifully done #8932601Mike Clime September 27, 2010
Really nice capture and so colorful! Lots of photo ops there. #8932745Ann Coates September 27, 2010
I can see why your grandson wanted to show you this place. What an interesting and intriguing place to have a look around. Love all the colours in this image Michelle. #8932768Terry Cervi September 27, 2010
I love it, Michelle! And I love that garden. I'd love to visit some day! #8932819isabel C. Zepeda September 27, 2010
Michelle.It so unique and diferent,lots of colors and shapes.
Ysa...
Thanks for your visit :) #8932898
Hal Bambrick September 27, 2010
Vincent would be Proud of this Michelle! #8932997Kerry Hill September 27, 2010
A great capture full of wonderful interest and colours Michelle! #8933066Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 27, 2010
AWESOME! #8933285Kaye Burazin September 27, 2010
this is beyond artistic and your capture of it is outstanding with detail #8933379Tammy Espino September 27, 2010
A neat capture :) #8933464William C. Raco September 27, 2010
What a great scene and photoRandy D. Dinkins September 27, 2010
Great find, comp, color, details and overall capture. Very cool! #8933475Ian M. Hill September 27, 2010
Well,the sun shines here Michelle,this is simply adorable!! #8933631Jessica Jenney September 27, 2010
Must be a fantastic exhibit! Beautiful capture, Michelle! #8933638Tamara K. Walker September 27, 2010
Very unique and interesting! #8933652Renata Gusciora September 27, 2010
Wow!This is so cool!LOve it,Michelle!What a unique find and fabulous capture with wonderful colors! #8933681Derek D. Dafoe September 27, 2010
Very unique indeed! nice catch as always Michelle! #8933736David Phalen September 27, 2010
Awesome find and capture with terrific light, colors and shapes!! #8933741Rona L. Schwarz September 27, 2010
Colors and light are fantastic here, Michelle! Almost like an abstract painting, but all the more special because it's real! Marvelous find and excellent composition! #8933874Tommy E. Burgess September 27, 2010
What a fantastic scene and capture Michelle!! #8933937Robert K. Bemus September 28, 2010
Great find, color and comp, Michelle!! Sort of reminds me of the Watts Towers in South Central L.A... #8933986Brett Dolsen September 28, 2010
Not only a great find but a winning composition here Michelle! #8933999Dick W. Wyatt September 28, 2010
Everyone has said it all on this one, Michelle.mike dougherty September 28, 2010
I love the magic garden.. beautiful capture. #8934360Randall J. Scholten September 28, 2010
Fascinating photo! #8934627Kathy Reeves September 28, 2010
As usual you captured this BEAUTIFULLY! #8934662JO ANN CLEVELAND September 28, 2010
How cool Michelle, great find, beautifully done..jo ann c. #8934825
MELODIE C. ROBERTS September 28, 2010
I would have been in Heaven here ;0)Awesome find and capture Mickey!! #8935739
Sam Britt September 28, 2010
Very cool, unique & colorful find. Great capture, Michelle. #8935741Karen Celella September 29, 2010
Very interesting and fun find, that you present beautifully, Michelle. #8937061Marilyn K. Lincecum September 29, 2010
Another beauty..fantastic lighting, colors, detail and effects. #8937448David Van Camp September 29, 2010
This is a really cool, WILD comp! Great colors and comp, very interesting with lot's of details, nice image, really caught my eye, Michelle!! #8937854Daniel Ruf October 02, 2010
Very, very cool image, Michelle. #8942415Mitch Spence October 03, 2010
What a marvelous melange of shining glass and rough stone texture, put together in a great composition against the sky. #8944356william r. griffin October 03, 2010
fantastic shot Michelle, love everything about it !!!fav #8944448Karen Bacon October 06, 2010
What a great way to recycle!!! Wonderful composition Michelle! #8951532Carolyn J. Connolly October 07, 2010
Wow, Michelle - this place must just be SO amazing to see in person!! A really FABULOUS capture here, my friend!! :o)BTW, I nearly wore out my scrolling finger getting to the bottom of your comments - mine is No. 58!! Lol!! ;o) #8953573
Anita Tykwinski October 09, 2010
Stunning capture of this colorful mosaic....love it!! #8957112Terry Cervi October 15, 2010
Congrats on this very cool Finalist, Michelle! #8968409Tiia Vissak October 15, 2010
Congratulations! #8968418Stan Kwasniowski October 15, 2010
Michelle, congratulations #8968532Nancy (Peaches) Harker October 15, 2010
Kaye Burazin October 15, 2010
beyond exceptional...congrats #8968763Douglas Pignet October 15, 2010
Congratulations on your Finalist Award!Tammy Espino October 15, 2010
Congrats on this awesome finalist :) #8968781Carol Eade October 15, 2010
A terrific finalist, Michelle, congratulations! #8968906Stefania Barbier October 15, 2010
congratulations on your gorgeous finalist!!! #8969129Jack Ryan October 15, 2010
Congrats...very much deserved. #8969460Jeffrey R. Bange October 15, 2010
Congratulations Michelle on your finalist award and best of luck in the next round. #8969608Lydia Williams October 15, 2010
This is so neat, Michelle. Congratulations on your finalist! #8969630Dick W. Wyatt October 15, 2010
Congratulations ! #8969759Lorna Shutter October 15, 2010
WTG, Michelle!!! CONGRATULATIONS on your two great FINALISTS this month!!!!! :)Marilyn Cornwell October 15, 2010
A celebration for you and Isaiah! Congratulations! #8970032Brett Dolsen October 15, 2010
Awesome finalist Michelle!!Hope to see this among the upcoming winners!!! #8970283Rona L. Schwarz October 15, 2010
Super CONGRATULATIONS on this very unique Finalist, Michelle! Hope to see it again! #8970347Deborah Lewinson October 15, 2010
Fabulous find and capture, Michelle! Congrats on this beautiful finalist!Debby #8970861
Carol L. Fowler October 15, 2010
Congrats! WTG! #8970917Ann Coates October 15, 2010
Congratulations on your terrific finalist Michelle. #8971087Nancyj E. Hovey October 15, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SPatti Coblentz October 15, 2010
Wow...it is amazing! Congratulations on your finalist, Michelle! #8971680Ian M. Hill October 15, 2010
Congrats Michelle,I knew I would see this again,best of luck! #8971799Barbara Waldoch October 15, 2010
Congratulations on your beautiful Finalist, Michelle! #8972403Beverley Scott October 16, 2010
Congratulations on this great finalist, Michelle! #8972632Boyd L. Alexander October 16, 2010
WOW! WTG Michelle! Stunning Finalist! #8973122Mukesh Srivastava October 16, 2010
Congratulations on your fantastic finalist Win,Michelle!!! #8973212Linda Blair October 16, 2010
Wonderful and fun finalist...congrats!!! #8973219Merna L. Nobile October 16, 2010
Every month, with our camera in hand, we go out and find what we hope will be the “winning photo.”Debra R. Harder October 16, 2010
LOVE this, Michelle! So artistic and creative!! Huge congratulations on your brilliant finalist! Deb #8973900Kathy Coombs October 16, 2010
Wow..that is a cool shot! Congratulations! #8974344Nadia Paul October 16, 2010
What a wonderful place and beautiful capture Michelle - congrats on your finalist! #8975065Tamara K. Walker October 16, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS! #8975103Rony Sagy October 16, 2010
Congratulations on this wonderful Finalist, Michelle. #8975725JO ANN CLEVELAND October 17, 2010
Big Congratulations on this awesome finalist Michelle!jo ann c.
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Patricia A. Stalter October 17, 2010
This deserves to win! #8977162Courtenay Vanderbilt October 17, 2010
Oh, thank you so much Michelle! And you have a spectacular piece of art work here! Congratulations yourself!! #8978352Sharon Sawyer October 18, 2010
WTG, Michelle!!! HUGE congrats on your fantastic & well deserved finalist!!! #8982170Ujjwal Mukherjee October 18, 2010
A wonderful image and finalist,Michelle!! Congratulations!! #8982209Mitch Spence October 19, 2010
You bet, it's a winner. No suprise there. #8983356Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 21, 2010
Such a cool image and creation, congratulations Michelle! #8988174ALLEN O. HOWARD October 21, 2010
WoW!!! Awesome Michelle! Congratulations! #8988616Laura E. Swan October 21, 2010
HUGE on your BEAUTIFUL and COLORFUL Finalist, Michelle!!!-Laura
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Tommy E. Burgess October 23, 2010
Belated congratulations on your fantastic finalist Michelle!!! #8990773Kate Jackson October 25, 2010
Amazing! Love the way you've caught the light! And belated congratulations Michelle! #8995060Rosemary Sampson October 26, 2010
Awesome capture! Love the colors, shapes and lighting! Well done! #8996494Rosemary Sampson October 26, 2010
Awesome capture! Love the colors, shapes and lighting! Well done! #8996495Patrick Rouzes November 08, 2010
Michelle, I absolutely love this! You know, I have always wanted to creat something like this! WOuld love to visit that place!Lorri Shane November 22, 2010
A very busy scene but you framed it so well! Nice job. Congrats on the FINALIST! #9057286Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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