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Challenge: Shutter Speed (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX APO IF HSM for Canon
Location: Curitiba's International Speedway
Date: Oct 29, 2005
Aperture: f/11
ISO: ISO 400
Shutter: 1/80s
Galleries: Sports, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Oct 31, 2005

 Shot at the drag race, last weekend.
It's been quite a while since my last submission, so I thought I'd give it a try!

Editing steps were: curves, levels, hue/sat layers (no blending changed). Flatten image, convert to Lab Color, apply USM at lightness channel, convert back to RGB, save for web.

Statistics
Place: 113 out of 296
Avg (all users): 5.3625
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2143
Avg (non-participants): 5.4371
Views since voting: 1116
Views during voting: 378
Votes: 251
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/08/2005 07:51:29 PM
Jusssst needed that engine to be a little more in focus (yes, I know that's almost impossible), other than that nice shot...
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 11/08/2005 12:42:16 AM
Ahh Horsepower... sick of waterfalls, waterdrops and "ghosts" great shot .... let's go to the track.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/04/2005 10:18:40 AM
I'm always partial to any kind of car photo, but even without my bias this is a very good photo. You're composition and exposure are very good!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/03/2005 06:20:07 PM
7 - Good shot. Criticism; 'if only' the engine/etc were not blurred, but I realize it was 'rumbling', so maybe (if possible) to work with what you had, a tighter crop on the driver and wheels, even (again dependent) showing more 'smoke' at the rear, not sure.
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 11/02/2005 07:41:02 PM
Great action photo, however not very well focused. sharper focus would boost the score alot.
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 11/02/2005 11:59:15 AM
I understand that the engine had to be soft because of the obvious vibrations, but it ruins the image. SInce you have decided to leave the front out of the image, you could have cropped out the engine as well, leaving only the driver and the wheel in play. It is a general rule of thumb to leave some space in front of the moving object, but in this case, you could have played with leaving the space behind the vehicle to 1) avoid having OOF engine and 2) enhance the effect of movement, i.e. the car ran out of frame?
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