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Challenge: Road Signs IV (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Interstate 43, Wisconsin
Date: Jan 31, 2005
Aperture: f11
ISO: 640
Shutter: 3 seconds
Galleries: Urban, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Feb 1, 2005

 Waldo is a small town near to where I live in Wisconsin. I have always been amused by the name and there are signs off to it from the interstate. I had planned to use one of the signs for the "Where's Waldo" challenge but it seemed a bit corny. However I thought it would be fun to enter it for the street sign challenge. I went to the village and tried several shots of the sign as you enter, but there is no arrow and it loses some of the message. So I decided to take a shot of the interstate sign.

Fortunately there is a frontage road that runs parallel to the highway where I could stop and set up the tripod. The sign is not illuminated so I used a hand held flash during the 3 second exposure to light it. The tail lights of cars and a truck added the feeling of motion. Increased the canvas size, rotated, cropped and then played with curves, levels, hue and saturation. The actual interstate signs in US are green, but I preferred the blue which was simply achived by shifting the hue and saturation. Very light sharpening and c'est tout! Wish I could clone the one white light that breaks up the top red trail....

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02/08/2005 06:23:50 PM
Well, now we know!
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 02/07/2005 11:55:10 PM
NICE!
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 02/07/2005 05:25:43 PM
I think you're a cpuple of weeks late ;) Nice idea. Unfortunately, the picture in itself is not that interesting. 6.
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 02/07/2005 07:40:55 AM
hehe.... I LIKE IT!!! I especially like the dead straight tail light lines too.. Makes the shot very sharp...
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 02/05/2005 09:23:08 AM
The light trails are well done.
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 02/05/2005 01:50:54 AM
Nice angle, and quite clever play of words. I think your choice of extended exposure and time of day was most effective in giving this photograph that extra bit of appeal. Well done.
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 02/04/2005 05:48:37 PM
Nice lighting! I like the way the tail lights look!
My guess is that waldo was in a hurry! (8)
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 02/03/2005 03:16:40 PM
might look better to me leveled out. 6
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 02/02/2005 08:23:26 PM
very funny.
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 02/02/2005 07:53:08 PM
you need to clean your image sensor, theres red streaks all over it
 02/02/2005 04:38:03 PM
LOL! now we know!
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 02/02/2005 02:31:39 PM
So where's Waldo???
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 02/02/2005 07:14:25 AM
lol !!! You found him !
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 02/02/2005 06:26:56 AM
ROFL Love this concept and title! The contrast of the blue and red go surprisingly well together. Well done!
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 02/02/2005 05:30:00 AM
Striking composition
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 02/02/2005 04:14:53 AM
FUNNY!
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