> So is it worth 1000 words ??? > http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4094041a6479.html Well, if the words are all the same, such as dollar dollar dollar ..., or exposure exposure exposure ..., then certainly yes. If it was a matter of describing what was seen well enough that a viewer would recognise it instantly and not be surprised by any of the content, then maybe 100 words or two hundred would do. If it was a matter of replicating it well enough that it looked like someone had copied it from memory after having seen it the day before, then a few hundred words would probably do. But, if it's meant in the sense that the term is usually meant, yes, it's worth 1000 words. I'm becoming increasingly aware that "top" photos in a competition are not pickable in advance by the submitters. It's not even possible to predict with any certainty what will attract a newspapers interest. Beauty is very very very much in the eye of the beholder when it comes to photos. Just because *I* like a photo (like this one) it doesn't mean anyone else will. Below is one of a series of photos that I took that I especially liked. I think that this one is in the same class compostionally* as the winning example cited above - *BUT* if 10,000 judges didn't think so I wouldn't be surprised. Just a bit sad :-). The scene is surreal. A large conveyor system with wwwww bracing underneath ascends at an angle from near the middle lower right towards the left, terminating about 2/3 of the way across the picture and 35% up in a rusty steel tower, perhaps 50 feet tall. There is one intermediate bracing tower, also rusty. . The conveyor then turns at 90 degrees away fro the viewer and runs horizontally into the middle distance. A strange somewhat yellowish stone building is visible through the conveyor bracing and below the conveyor at its right hand (lower) end. There are 3 black vaguely seen lamp standards with lamps on the ascending conveyor's frame and much closer to the camera a single bright white lamp standard of similar design. A series of low greyish clouds are drifting from (so the story goes) the right and onto the ascending conveyor. The conveyor is picking up clouds, carrying them up the conveyor, sorting their component parts in some manner and depositing them into off colour white, grey and brown beneath the conveyors horizontal section. Evidently it has been very cloudy as there are now large conical piles of cloud components beneath the conveyor. Some clouds have escaped capture and are scudding on towards the left. The sky is an impossibly deep blue with whisps of high altitude nimbus. A gravel road enters the picture from the view point and curves across the picture to the right, with light levels darkening as it goes so it leaves the picture in front of the base of the conveyor with its details invisible due to dark shadow. There is a silhouette of what may be low tress or bushes at far right at the very base of the conveyor. I could add more words to the 290 or so above - so far I've really only got to the "describe so no detail will surprise when viewed" level, and even then viewers WILL be surprised as the overall impact is (I think) far greater than the above factual description may suggest. Viewing the picture gives you the 1000 words at a glance. Needless to say, the conveyor is NOT dismantling and sorting clouds, but that's the impression that it gives me, and I HOPE that is the impression that it gives at least some other people. The title "Cloud Conveyor" or perhaps "Cloud Catcher" is intended to enhance that impression. Successfully or not. 3 versions at http://others.servebeer.com/misc The small version quality suffers from compression artefacts. Medium is OKish. Big 1,674,815 CloudConveyor.jpg Medium 223,878 CloudConveyorh70.jpg Small 58,167 CloudConveyorq70.jpg Russell * Optically it's rather noisy, but that's another issue. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist