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Lined up perfectly ... great job !
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Just perfect... excellent !
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What a great shot! Your narrative makes it
even better. Nice work!
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Nice job, nice colors
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Love this capture! I've wanted to take this
shot for years... how did you do it?? Were
you standing on the Warren overpass?
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Excellent composition! I like to think of
the beautifully lit sky as symbolizing
"the golden glimmer of hope" for
this once-great city. Congratulations for a
superb photo and commentary.
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I had to come back and fave this as I've
always found this juxtaposition to be very
ironic.
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This is a superb capture- a fantastic piece
of social documentary caught with a keen eye
for irony and commentary. Thanks for the
history to the shot, and really well framed
with beautiful light too. You've told your
story well here. Excellent work.
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A modern Oz...
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Wonderful and thanks for the edifying
description.
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fantastic story telling too....just
wonderful...the whole thing.
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i like the light in the pic! really cool
shot!
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Great shot. This picture has been taken many
times before but not with this amount of
quality. I also like the social commentary
on Detroit. Most people dont take the time
to understand the problems that face Detroit.
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Fantastic shot and commentary ... I have
wanted to take this same photo for years but
just never got around to it ... thanks for
sharing ... cheers
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well done!
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beautiful shot, wonderful colors and
detail.....
God forgives.
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Interesting shot and interesting comment.
Thank you.
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Great job geoff! I also really like your
commentary, and its good for people who still
think of detroit as a prospering city to
realize its true nature. very nice!
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I hope you pop over to Windsor one day and
take some awesome photos of my hometown!
"Detroit City is the place to be
Let the Mad Dog City set you
free."-Ted Nugent
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georgeivetic: I'll hop on the bridge one
sunny day to take some pics. I've been to
windsor a few times but mainly to take the
train to Toronto or Montreal. I'll be sure
to check out the downtown extensively.
Thanks all for your comments!
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Back again to this great shot. I've always
detested the architecture of the RenCen; it's
like a giant phallic symbol. Adding the GM
logo just heightened the irony.
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I've imagined this picture thousand times,
but none like this. This is absolutely
great. Alignment is perfect, the lighting,
the symbolism, everything.
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Geoffrey, Your photo is worthy of National
Geographic, or the superb pictorial essays
that used to run in LIFE. I found a
less-successful version on Flickr, from 2005
-- this one severely cropped, and with
punning alliteration in the caption:
www.flickr.com/photos/urbantiki/5024415/
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thanks Wystan!! I am humbled by your
suggestion that this could be in LIFE or NG.
Maybe one day.... best,
- Geoff
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Perfect position and lighting on this.
Congratulations on this great shot.
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These two things not only contrast each
other, but complement each other. Detroit has
many, many beautiful churches, but is also
the once dauntless champion of industry,
paralelled by few other cities in its heyday.
I once heard that Detroit's industrial output
was more than that of Cleveland, Cincinnati,
and Buffalo combined. The city of Industry,
but also the city of churches. These two
things are staples of Detroit.
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Great shot indeed!
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This is the sight I'm treated to as I take
the off-ramp to my school not far off the
exit just before Mack. Thanks for capturing
the view so beautifully.
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This is a great shot! Love your description
as well!
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I drive by this everyday and have always
wanted to take this exact image. Love the
story.
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Beautifully conceived and executed, but I
think it's dangerous to take photos from the
roof of a moving car.
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No, no -- it was perfectly safe. It's obvious
from the angle here, and the exposure, that
he was riding inside -- driving a Jeep
Cherokee with the top down, speed steady at
about 55, steering with his knees . . . .
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It is a great picture. The only comment I
have is that the church is far from
struggling. It has an excellent membership
base and is a bright spot in an otherwise
dismal area.
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Wow! Breathtaking.
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Just Freeways, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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Nice shot. You have Henry Ford to thank for
all of that irony as I'm sure you are well
aware. Many of us folks working to ween this
country from its auto-dependence feel for
Detroit which was where the dominance of the
auto began and where the resulting pain is
first being felt the hardest.
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emotive. i suggest - www.carfree.com
you might also try -
www.energie-cites.eu/-Projects-
or even a Texas strategy -
www.infinitepower.org/
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I'm rarely on that section of road so I
wasn't aware of the interesting juxtaposition
of the church and the Renaissance Center.
Nicely captured!
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called One of these things is not like the other..., and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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good job...
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wonderful photos for the world - Please
comment on Three (3), and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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Great capture!
I like so much that difference between cold
tones at the road in foreground, and warm
tones at buildings and sky in background...
Lovely!
Viewed in Wonderful photos for the world
You are my winner!
Please add this photo to
www.flickr.com/groups/mywinners/
invited with SICI
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Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo
chiamato Write me!. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere le tuo foto
al gruppo.
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You are invited to add this great photo to
the group Travel on 5 Photos a Day.
Please tag photos with "5PhotosaDay".
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nice
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Beautiful.
Please visit www.lost.eu/753c4
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Please add your photo to our group,
Impressions & Expressions and feel free
to join us unless you’ve already done so.
Remember to tag your photos Impressions
& Expressions and please indicate if the
photo has a story when posting.
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I've wanted to take this shot for years. You
see this composition as you travel down I75
but just for a brief second. Nice job.
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really great shot :D
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nice one
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i drive that route many days, it never looks
this nice though, where are the burnt out
houses =) Great image though, very nice
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Very nice. Bet you could get a nice shot from
that bridge too of the high-rises and the
church... unless the church blocks them too
much from there
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Great shot! I remember seeing this every day
when I drove to work ... until I started
taking the bus instead. Very lovely
lighting, too. How did you get the sun to do
that? Is that the weak winter afternoon sun,
circa January?
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totally liking it.
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Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo
llamado OSTRELLINA (Sólo fotos invitadas) y nos encantaría agregar esto al grupo.
Excellent.
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Great shot!
Seen in OSTRELLINA.
www.flickr.com/groups/ostrellina
Comment posted with GratePic.
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So, there is a road from money to heaven...
and hopefully sufficient time in between to
ask for forgiveness.
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Seen in OSTRELLINA.
www.flickr.com/groups/ostrellina
Comment posted with GratePic.
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What an inspiration. Thank you for sharing
this.
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great shot
I have seen it on All From A To Z .
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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called God above, and we'd love to have this added to the
group!
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This is such a great shot! I think the
history part you added really adds to it. :)
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I commute I-75, and was thinking of someday
taking this shot... however, you've done it
better than I ever could.
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