Winner - Challenge 54

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited January 4, 2006 in The Dgrin Challenges
OK the voting is over and our winner is

Standing Down by davidryan
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Congrats, David!

And may I say, this was a particularly close challenge - and, lots of votes. Congrats to all!
Andy

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    Congrats david ..excellent shot thumb.gif
  • DanielBDanielB Registered Users Posts: 2,362 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    grats!clap.gif
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  • vandanavandana Registered Users Posts: 373 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    thumb.gifthumbCongrats! great picture !
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    Congratulations, David, for winning with your moving and very evocative picture. clap.gifclap.gif

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
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    Exceptional photo.....CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! thumb.gifclap.gifthumb.gifclap.gifthumb.gifclap.gif
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  • davevdavev Registered Users Posts: 3,118 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    Congrats dave.
    dave.

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  • RevLinePhotoRevLinePhoto Registered Users Posts: 354 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    Great shot Ryan glad you won.

    Ryan
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  • JnicholsJnichols Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    Yea! Congrats - lovely shot.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    Well done and well deserving of the win
    Congrats thumb.gifclap.gif
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  • kudbegudkudbegud Registered Users Posts: 190 Major grins
    edited December 29, 2005
    Congrats!! Great photo, tells a poinient story....and got my vote too. nice job.
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  • harjttharjtt Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2005
    Congrats to Dave !
    A simply cracking shot and a deserved winner thumb.gif. There was some really good shots all round, esp Eternal Peace but then again I have a thing about Japanese/Chinese landscapes etc.

    Cheers

    HarjTT

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  • ThusieThusie Registered Users Posts: 1,818 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2005
    BIG CONGRATS Dave!!!thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif
  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2005
    Great photo, Congrats!
  • StormdancingStormdancing Registered Users Posts: 917 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2005
    What a great photo!
    Deserving of the win even though there were so many good shots to pick from. Tough voting choices.
    Dana
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  • cabbeycabbey Registered Users Posts: 1,053 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2005
    wow, great contest again, lots of good shots. Great job David!thumb.gif
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2005
    I loved that photo, but I didn't quite understand the message, though I thought I did. I think it was because my monitor doesn't go any brighter. What war was it supposed to be from? Am I on the right track. I could see the boots, a chair, and a gas mask (?). I wasn't sure about the gas mask.

    I did think it was excellent!

    ginger (great toning, too.)
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,936 moderator
    edited December 30, 2005
    Congratulations on a very well done shot.

    Ginger, what you see is a flight helmet and oxygen mask. I believe davidryan
    is retiring from the Air Force where he flew B-52s.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited December 30, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Congratulations on a very well done shot.

    Ginger, what you see is a flight helmet and oxygen mask. I believe davidryan
    is retiring from the Air Force where he flew B-52s.

    Oh, well, Davidryan, that is really cool. A winning photo and retirement, too.

    I liked the photo a lot, as I said, I was really confused if I thought it could be WW1 or something. I was thinking of poisoned gas.........I have not been in a lot of wars or military service. Makes sense though, high altitudes would equal a need for oxygen.

    I knew that photo was excellent, though.

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • aero-nutaero-nut Registered Users Posts: 693 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2005
    Well deserved win! Congrats. Great photo.
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  • thegreeneggthegreenegg Registered Users Posts: 551 Major grins
    edited December 31, 2005
    Congradulations.
    I very nice simple and touching photo. It is very moving especially for the time and I liked your choice in sepia.
    Have a Happy New Year.
    Ashley
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  • Bandit959Bandit959 Registered Users Posts: 70 Big grins
    edited December 31, 2005
    I thought it was a great shoot and I didn't even know that davidryan was a Buff pilot. I'm betting that he has some great phots and has some cool stories. :D

    I couldn't make out the patch so I couldn't tell if it was STRATCOM or not. Can you let us know more about the shot davidrayn? I'm curious to know more about it.
  • davidryandavidryan Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2006
    Hi all-- thanks for the support and the votes :D What an honor it is to have won. I'm so sorry it has taken me this long to get back here but I had a computer hard drive blow out-- a Christmas present from Fate this year! A special thanks to DanB for his push for the photos entry-- thanks man.
    Ryan

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  • davidryandavidryan Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2006
    Bandit959 wrote:
    I thought it was a great shoot and I didn't even know that davidryan was a Buff pilot. I'm betting that he has some great phots and has some cool stories. :D

    I couldn't make out the patch so I couldn't tell if it was STRATCOM or not. Can you let us know more about the shot davidrayn? I'm curious to know more about it.

    You want to know some stories from the B-52? Aw gees... not in mixed company rolleyes1.gif I could dig up a few older photos, though.

    About "Standing Down." I was inspired to make the photo because when I finally got official word that I was leaving the USAF, there was a lot of very difficult emotions to weed through :cry It wasn't an easy decision to make. So I made a color version of "Standing Down" but it didn't capture the feeling I wanted-- a feeling that this part of my life is now the PAST. And of course, the props I used, te flight suit, the helmet, the O2 mask, the boots and flight jacket were my gear-- my facade, every day I stood up and took my spot in the plane. We recently had a full bird Colonel retire, too-- a man who was revered (and feared) by many. His way of saying goodbye was by leaving a pair of his flight boots, bleached white, on the door of our Group building-- an old tradition. We all have our ways of expressing feelings and thoughts. He did it his way, I did it my way.

    Thanks again everyone-- I really appreciate the support.
    Ryan

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