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Challenge: Shutter Speed (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Austin, TX
Date: Oct 31, 2005
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1s
Galleries: Action
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2005

 Placed camera on a tripod, stuck it out the window, and having it on continuos shooting, locked the remote. Cropped to straighten the horizon, levels/curves and USM only.

Statistics
Place: 172 out of 296
Avg (all users): 5.0111
Avg (commenters): 6.5000
Avg (participants): 4.6889
Avg (non-participants): 5.1713
Views since voting: 864
Views during voting: 371
Votes: 271
Comments: 4
Favorites: 0

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 11/14/2005 02:44:29 PM
I'm not looking at other comments so I don't get swayed. Here's my impression:

1) It certainly meets the challenge by even strict guidelines. I got no idea why you got 4 1-scores and 9 2-scores. That could just be back luck.

2) Control your background. The idea is great, but I'm a fanatic about controlling what is in my background. That car parked in the middle of the picture is hugely distracting and is probably the single part of the composition which converts it from a photograph to a "snapshot".

3) On the same lines, you may have done much better with a different location and a different angle. Perhaps the picture would have done better with a slightly more forward looking angle. This would have allowed more "hyperspace" landscape to go shooting by. (possibly landscape rather than portrait would have helped) That in combination with a more interesting location might have done well. Was there anywhere with fallen leaves on the ground? That could have made interesting textures. Even going as far as raking them up and dumping them on the road would at least show some dedication.

4) You did a very good job of keeping the car in focus. Not the easiest thing to do while trying to blur the background.

In the end, I think you got the jack with the 1 and 2 votes. Who knows why people would vote like this? Even "snapshots" don't deserve those scores.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/08/2005 02:39:59 AM
This looks like you were stuck on the side of the door on this one! I hope you didn't drop your camera!
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 11/05/2005 05:07:34 PM
Sweet shot
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 11/04/2005 04:40:03 PM
Hopefully you weren't one-handing the camera out the window! Great idea!
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