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Racing in the Rain
Racing in the Rain
sugarbear


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Car/Automobile (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Location: Road Atlanta
Date: Oct 3, 2015
Aperture: 14.0
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/100
Date Uploaded: Nov 6, 2015
I was in Atlanta visiting a friend and decided last minute to attend the Petit Le Mans race, which is a 12 hour race at Road Atlanta. I had lots of fun shooting in the rain for 8 hours.

Statistics
Place: 18 out of 27
Avg (all users): 5.5286
Avg (commenters): 6.2000
Avg (participants): 5.4000
Avg (non-participants): 5.5800
Views since voting: 319
Views during voting: 134
Votes: 70
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 11/24/2015 12:24:17 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I'm sure this WAS fun to shoot! And... you've captured at least this one well. Lovely job at panning to keep the subject in focus and get that fabulously blurred background to show us the speed of the vehicle.

I really like how the rain added that gorgeous blue stripe on the pavement.

I do wish you'd taken advantage of the entire 1200 pixels and 700MB so we could see the image larger. I'm sure this affected your score negatively. Perhaps some sharpening would be in order to really make this pop!

I'd also suggest a crop off of some of the left of the image, to allow the car to have room to "move within the frame". As it is, it crowds the car... since the viewer gets the idea that it's running out of room. If there's more room forward than to the rear, the viewer can relax while viewing.

Overall, this scored about where I would have expected it to... without the benefit of the voters being able to see it clearly (with the reduced size).

I'm glad you're back at DPC. Keep entering, please. It's fun to see how far you've come since your first race car entry years ago. Well done!

 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/15/2015 07:28:43 PM
You need to take advantage of 1200px.
 11/15/2015 01:52:04 PM
Very nice shooting. Give 8
 11/13/2015 12:36:55 PM
Nice action shot, I like the uphill tilt.
 11/12/2015 02:42:52 AM
Nice pan, quality focus and the rain is a nice touch. Not big on the center composition, as it feels very static.
 11/10/2015 11:20:06 PM
well done, would like to see a tighter crop - 6


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