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RE: Show Off Your Powers of Deduction - 1 Steem Prize - No Upvote, Resteem, or Follow Required!

in #contestkings6 years ago (edited)

I love this, and this one is harder due to the fact that I can't tell if you took it. Hmmm.

Okay. I'm afraid I'm not going to measure up to your skills but here we go.

I was initially thrown off by the banner hanging in the bottom right of the frame because it's not in traditional Thai as far as I can tell, but I was thrown back on track by Alex Face's graffiti work, which I actually happened to study for English 1101 back in college. So that likely places this image in Bangkok, Alex Face's stomping grounds.

(Not so much deduction as knowledge, the child's name is Mardi- a character he frequently paints in murals depicting social activism.)

The lack of sunlight in the courtyard means a low-angle sun. That places this in either mid-morning or late afternoon.

This one's a long-shot, but the stairway kind of reminds me of either a stadium or a public-transit station. The fact that it's not busy but still being used + the businessman walking down them makes me think it's probably public-transit, though.

That's all I can pull from it without resorting to Google to confirm my assertions and get more information, so well done! Can't wait to see what others say about it.

EDIT: I just visited your profile to follow you and I noticed that you're in Bangkok, which means three things:

  1. You took this picture
  2. The picture is, in fact, in Bangkok
  3. Because you're a traveler, this is definitely at one of Bangkok's public transit stations. Not sure which, though.

Cheers!

~ Mako

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Awesome intuition, thanks @makowrites! I really your idea for the contest and am looking forward to hearing the story of your photo as well!

Hi Mako, here's how you did:

  • Alex Face is indeed the artist (quite a coincidence you studying this in college, very cool!)
  • This is Bangkok and I took the photo
  • The sign is traditional Thai script, but a stylized font (nice observation!)
  • The bunny creature is a child named Mardi, dressed up in a rabbit costume (Mardi is inspired by the artist's daughter)
  • The photo was taken in mid/late morning: 11:30am. The lack of sunlight in this area comes more from big buildings and malls blocking out the sun ;)
  • This was taken from a public transport system, an exit from a BTS Skytrain station.

Great job, you're the winner! Look for the 1 Steem prize soon! Thanks for initiating the contest and thanks for playing!