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Light Speed
Light Speed
RickH


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Challenge: Late Night (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Irvine, CA
Date: May 2, 2005
Aperture: 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 20 Seconds
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2005

 I was on my way to a spot where I wanted to take some night shots. I thought that while I was on the way I would experiment with this. I set the tripod up with two legs on the back seat floor and one on the back seat itself. I Took several shots with the remote and the camera set to Manual. Each shot was unique because of the various streams of light. The difficulty was keeping from turning and reducing the vibrations from bumps in the road; which is almost impossible with our winding, cracked roads in Los Angeles. I actually got stuck in traffic at 12:30am (The clock on the dashboard says 1:17) due to construction and was never able to take the shots I was on my way to take.

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Statistics
Place: 16 out of 334
Avg (all users): 6.5818
Avg (commenters): 7.5750
Avg (participants): 6.3660
Avg (non-participants): 6.7241
Views since voting: 2241
Views during voting: 543
Votes: 385
Comments: 43
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 05/12/2005 02:23:43 PM
BMW 3 series! Do you enjoy driving?
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 05/12/2005 12:06:06 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 dinish with this slick moving like image.
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 05/11/2005 12:07:29 AM
I am sooo appreciative of all of the positive comments. Thank you all very much for the feedback. I can tell you that the competition, encouragement, resources and help on this site has helped me to start to take better pictues.

Thank you.

Message edited by author 2005-05-11 00:54:34.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/10/2005 11:26:19 PM
i thoght of doing a similar shot. wish i did. looks great nice job.
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 05/10/2005 09:40:10 PM
I love this capture, this is one of my favs from the challenge.
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 05/10/2005 08:11:31 PM
Where's the driver?!? :-) Great picture!
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 05/10/2005 07:39:38 PM
this you've done very well!
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 05/10/2005 03:27:18 PM
wow a nice image
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 05/10/2005 04:35:32 AM
cool!
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 05/09/2005 07:34:23 PM
Great action feel
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 05/09/2005 04:10:17 AM
i can feel the speed ;P
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 05/09/2005 01:46:15 AM
Nice lights! I like this shot...the trails all of the cars leave look really cool! The inside of the car is nice and clear, good focus.
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 05/08/2005 12:44:49 PM
Great idea and well executed. Good luck!
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 05/07/2005 11:54:33 PM
interesting shot. I like the effects you get with the lights. It makes you feel like you are in the car.
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 05/07/2005 06:43:52 PM
how did you do that? It seems that the outside lights traveled quite a bit and therefore indicates a long exposure but your interior dash lights seem pretty clear to be in a moving vehicle for a long exposure. hmm, I'd be interested to see your notes on this one. Nice. shot.
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 05/07/2005 08:19:58 AM
wow, nice rushed feel to this picture. I feel like I am sitting in the drivers seat.
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 05/07/2005 06:14:14 AM
I like the starwars effect.
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 05/06/2005 06:06:06 PM
very cool
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 05/06/2005 04:35:08 PM
cool 7
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 05/06/2005 12:17:32 AM
Wow, very unique. I love the lights, they really create a sense of motion! 8
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 05/05/2005 10:48:15 PM
This is a pretty wicked picture... i like this kind of stuff...8 from me
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 05/05/2005 05:42:13 PM
pretty cool actually. thanks for original idea
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 05/05/2005 04:27:29 PM
Warp factor 3, Mr. Zulu. I like it.
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 05/05/2005 03:52:22 PM
You've created a nice feeling of speed.
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 05/05/2005 11:38:59 AM
The best of the time-lapse effect shots that I've seen so far (and I'm almost done with voting), mostly because the inside view of the car adds context and takes away the gimmicky feel. It tells a story, rather than just being a technical display of what moving light looks like. A nit: there's just enough detail on the radio that I want to make out what the text says, but it is just blurry enough that I can't. Overall, having the light there is a positive thing, as adding more black area would have unbalanced the shot, but I do wish that one aspect had been slightly sharper. Oddly, I don't have this need for clarity on the speedometer, possibly because it fits well just as geometric shapes, or doesn't really have text to read.
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 05/04/2005 05:38:28 PM
creates a real sense of speed, well done
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 05/04/2005 05:19:59 PM
this is a great photo and really captures the theme of the challenge
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 05/04/2005 05:16:58 PM
My favourite shot so far this challenge.
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 05/04/2005 03:23:28 PM
the cocpit is nice and sharp, looks like the driver could use a radar detector...
Good idea and nice job, nice center of the image
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 05/04/2005 03:09:33 PM
This cliched shot has been carried out well here, although the interior could be much more sharp.
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 05/04/2005 03:07:44 PM
Very cool looking!
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 05/04/2005 02:27:20 PM
Now this is VERY cool. Still not a 10 from me though as I feel there is something missing but I can´t really put my finger on it. Perhaps a longer shutter time and more lights on the outside, especially directly left of the rearviewmirror. Anyway, like this shot a lot, gave it an 9 and great job, very creative, makes me want to try something like this myself.
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 05/04/2005 12:11:27 PM
great image...nicely thought of composition..6
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 05/04/2005 11:10:33 AM
is this a 330?... I did not know the light speed was 80mph :)
nice shot, but would be even better if a silouette of the driver was visible on the left
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 05/04/2005 10:34:21 AM
IMHO this is the best, most creative and orginal shot in the challenge! when voting over u will have to email and let me know how this was done. great job and the best of luck....10
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 05/04/2005 10:07:13 AM
nice capture.
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 05/04/2005 09:05:20 AM
WONDERFUL. I think the only word that can describe it.
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 05/04/2005 08:54:06 AM
Great point of view ! Cool !! ** 7 **
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 05/04/2005 08:40:43 AM
I like this shot.
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 05/04/2005 08:31:48 AM
A 3 Series with no Sport Package??? Bummer! Nice picture, anyway.
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 05/04/2005 06:40:22 AM
This is pretty cool. I'm glad to see no flash, and some great detail on the dash. Nice shot (8)
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 05/04/2005 05:36:34 AM
good framing
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 05/04/2005 12:33:58 AM
which model BMW is that?
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