Photo or painting?

[underpants]

Poll question: Photo or painting?

Answer below (hold down left mouse button and scan over the rest of the text box)

People watch fireworks during the first edition of 'Golden Nights' International Pyrotechnic Festival in Bucharest July 5, 2008.
REUTERS/Mihai Barbu (ROMANIA)

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. ***Spoiler****

That was on the front page of the USA Today. That's the only reason I know.

[underpants]

2. SPOILER --we have TWO incorrect votes

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. I didn't vote.

Sorry. I knew what it was but didn't want to mention it. If you run a search it was on the cover of USAToday.

[Schema Thing]

4. Of course I don't know what it looks like larger

but on my screen, what is most giving it such painterly quality looks to be the artifacts of .jpeg compression.

[DS1]

5. Heavy processing on a photo

otherwise you wouldn't see the colors of the backs of the shirts of people.

[NashVegas]

10. Probably

Shutters stay open for long periods when you take fireworks photos and you will capture enough surrounding light if you're close enough to the action. BUT this photo doesn't look like the shutter was open for more than two-three seconds and it's not that close. HD, perhaps.

[begin_within]

6. If it's a painting, the artist is a master of light and shadow

[Pool Hall Ace]

7. Ooh, you mean like Thomas Kincade?

:rofl:

[begin_within]

8. no, his are too overcast and gloomy/misty

[MrScorpio]

9. I chose correctly

I rock