Comments on Puzzle #10: On The Pond
By Jan Wolter (jan)
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quality: difficulty: solvability: line logic only
Puzzle Description:
A black swan
#1: Mark Conger (aruba) on Mar 29, 2004
I thought it was something else at first. Nice picture!#2: Diane Willis (HeadHoncho) on Apr 18, 2004
There's an error on "22", 17 rows down.#3: Jan Wolter (jan) on Apr 18, 2004
I'm not sure what kind of error you mean, but I don't think there is one here. This program actually stores the image in the database, not the counts, so the counts are always correct for the image. The only kinds of errors possible would be a non-unique solutions, or an ugly picture. I've checked that the solution is unique using a program. One thing that is confusing is that the picture is 24 squares wide, so the last set of columns contains only four instead of the usual five, which can make miscounting easy.#4: Teresa Jacobson (kalany) on Oct 22, 2005 [SPOILER]
Oh, it's supposed to be a black swan. I thought it was one of those swan-boats from Boston! Great puzzle. :)#5: Isabella Ambrey (izzy.1) on Jul 6, 2007
A very beautiful black swan also! Well done :)#6: xiiimoons (xiiimoons) on Aug 9, 2007
Before I read that it was a black swan, I thought it was a witch's hat and cane.#7: Ida Stagsted (dipsyhappy) on Feb 10, 2008 [SPOILER]
i could see right from the beginning that it was a swan, or when i was finnished because whan i started i thought it was going to be a boat :-)#8: Mary Ellen Brockett (maryellen) on Sep 7, 2008 [SPOILER]
Beautiful Painting!#9: Byrdie (byrdie) on Sep 13, 2009 [SPOILER]
Solving for me went from the bottom up. Before the neck and head began to solve I thought it was going to be one of those ancient Egyptian papyrus boats, like the Ra. Fit the title.#10: Cynthia D. Price (cdprhys) on Oct 17, 2009 [SPOILER]
Not at all difficult to solve and a very nice image as a result.
Beautiful image. My only suggestion would have been for a single red square under the 3 black in the first row; to represent that bit of orange-red skin on their beaks.#11: Jan Wolter (jan) on Oct 18, 2009
I don't think this site yet supported color puzzles when I made this puzzle.#12: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Jun 6, 2010 [SPOILER]
I thought for the longest time that it was a witch's hat. Witches float on water, you know.#13: Amy Can (hannahkin) on Jul 2, 2010 [SPOILER]
Reminds me of the Swan boats in the Public Garden in Boston.#14: Linda Martin (ilovethispuzzle123) on Nov 22, 2010
very nice :-)#15: Diana W (aeris) on Feb 2, 2011 [SPOILER]
Great! It popped out at me when i was almost done.#16: LoloJean (LoloJean) on Mar 22, 2011 [SPOILER]
This is such a gorgeous image!#17: Maggie Johns (Magginni) on Aug 13, 2011
Beautiful!#18: Susan Nagy (susannagy54) on May 8, 2014
Nicely done! I also saw a boat -- and a sail -- until the very last pixel was solved and then I saw the swan.#19: Greggo (Greggo) on May 8, 2018
Beautiful !#20: Hannah Ingram (blueberry) on Mar 12, 2020
infrapinklizzard I got that reference ;) Lovely picture.
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