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As the holiday season slowly begins, here's this week's #AltTextChallenge. How would you describe this photo from a Christmas market in Nuremberg, Germany, to a friend who couldn't see it?

#AltText #christmas #ChristmasMarket #holidays #WritingPrompt

Nov 27, 2023 at 2:34pmWeb
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Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christkindlesmarkt,_Nuremberg
Christkindlesmarkt, Nuremberg - Wikipedia

Show threadJupiter RowlandNov 27, 2023
@Alt Text Hall of Fame I'm tempted to ask for a much higher resolution and some five hours of writing time. At least this is in real life, otherwise it'd take me days to describe this.
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@jupiter_rowland How do you feel about challenging yourself to writing a single paragraph, just for this one picture? See how much detail you can capture in two-three sentences.
Show threadJupiter RowlandNov 27, 2023
@Alt Text Hall of Fame That won't be sufficient.

This is not a cat picture. It doesn't focus on any one element. The whole scenery with everything in it has to be described, and competently and informatively so.
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@jupiter_rowland Fair enough!
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"a night photo (taken from an elevated angle) of an area of several city blocks with old buildings. There is a great deal of light, much coming from a warmly lit tower, likely on a church or cathedral. There is whiter light coming from the street level, spilling out from under the reddish roofs of buildings. The streets are thronged with people. "