Spelunking

Challenge #79 in the Diversity series. Hosted by FNG303.

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Pictures taken in a cave . Natural formations as much as possible . You are in a cave and the subject is in the cave . No deities .

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Total comments: 9

Disqualified for posting an image that absolutely followed the posted rules:

Rules as listed:

Pictures taken in a cave . CHECK

Natural formations as much as possible . Nope but followed rule as posted -CHECK

You are in a cave and the subject is in the cave . CHECK

No deities . CHECK

Yup a person was in the image but that was not listed as a disqualifier.

From Disqual email: "not what the challenge is looking for." Then I request that you actually put in the rules exactly what you're looking for.

I failed mind reading in college.

Ray

Comment edited 29 seconds after posting

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Spelunking : no check.

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I don't have any caving photos, but I just like saying the word "spelunking"...

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Actually, the expression is also used for visits to dives, bars and such "low places" (where the whiskey drowns and beer chases... as Garth Brooks would say): http://www.myspace.com/video/efdeeeljee/garth-brooks-i-39-ve-got-friends-in-low-places/7562520 :)

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Hey, visiting Luray Caverns and photographing artistically lit formations is NOT spelunking! According to Wiki: Caving—also occasionally known as spelunking in the United States and Canada and potholing in the United Kingdom and Ireland—is the recreational pastime of exploring wild (generally non-commercial) cave systems.

Edit: I post this out of respect for those of you with scabbed knees, callused hands and broken fingernails who actually ventured into the dark...

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As one of those scabbed kneed "spelunkers" i couldn't agree more. In fact i was forced to check that dpreview was indeed British before agreeing that this was indeed a mere accidental Americanism...

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"As one of those scabbed kneed "spelunkers" i couldn't agree more"
Rob is right, pictures in well lit showcaves require little skill re lighting, however, in the real underground world, placement of flashguns, in the order of 16 flashes for one of my shots, then the composition of the shot.. etc.. I'd do "show cave" piccies all day long, yada yada, but I dont, I do "real" cave pictures, which take months planning, & serious effort to produce a single shot worth showing.

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