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River of Light
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Challenge: Landscape II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh
Date: Nov 5, 2005
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 100
Shutter: 259 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Nov 5, 2005

 What is it? An almost-five-minute exposure of people walking up and down Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh on bonfire night. The explosion at the top is actually the point where fireworks were being launched throughout the five minutes, as you can see by the trails. I was really quite pleased with the whole volcano effect of it :)

Oh, the lights are mainly blue because most people were using LED torches or their mobile phones to see where they were going.

Editing: crop, increase in intensity, sharpen

Had this not been basic editing i'd have taken out the annoying sparks in the top right which are from a firework going off just outside the frame, and cloned out the dozens of hot pixels (which are fortunately barely visible at 640).

Statistics
Place: 52 out of 403
Avg (all users): 6.1142
Avg (commenters): 7.7857
Avg (participants): 5.8828
Avg (non-participants): 6.2653
Views since voting: 1139
Views during voting: 447
Votes: 324
Comments: 17
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/14/2005 09:07:30 PM
not sure how you did this, or what exactly it is, but i'm gonna give it an 8.
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 11/14/2005 12:50:07 PM
this looks interesting, appears a bit too dark on my screen tho, 6.
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 11/13/2005 06:06:40 PM
Wow, where is this?
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 11/12/2005 08:00:09 AM
This is a very unique shot... I'm guessing the light on the river/road is from the fireworks? Nicely exposed, and a very nice capture.
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 11/11/2005 10:48:29 PM
What is this? I like it though, I just wish I could figure out what it is.
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 11/11/2005 09:15:59 PM
8 - Great shot. Criticism; difficult as I am not sure how you did this nor the time of day it was, and am certainly no expert in lighting, but would like to have been able to discern more 'color' in the volcano/mountain. Also to see the 'river' enhanced more, 'somehow', even just the color, would have been great. Perhaps a slightly tighter crop on the left, incorporating a fraction more on the right (dependent of course what is there), may have made this even better in my opinion. Certainly unique in the Challenge. As for a 'true landscape', again no expert on that, but sure comes close, just 'different' in my opinion. edit: post challenge - you fooled me - I had no idea - but I just learnt more about long exposure - thanks

Message edited by author 2005-11-16 00:33:08.
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 11/11/2005 07:42:56 PM
Cool, is that a real volcano or are those fireworks? Not that it matters, I like it. :)
Especially the flow of what I guess is moonlit water from the mountain is a nice element here.
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 11/11/2005 05:58:23 PM
Very nice photo.
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 11/11/2005 12:13:15 PM
Amazing!
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 11/11/2005 06:42:40 AM
dont really understand whats happening in this image, but thats a good thing, i am interested.
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 11/10/2005 01:40:51 PM
Outstanding shot, the car lights lead you right through the mountains to the bright lights or explosion
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 11/10/2005 12:34:05 AM
amazing how you did this. I can't wait to see the explanation of this picture
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 11/09/2005 02:27:49 PM
i am confused at what i am looking at, but it is an interesting photo. this photo is composed well
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 11/09/2005 01:28:28 PM
Very cool, science fiction feel to your photo. I like it alot. Good luck in the challenge. 10
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 11/09/2005 09:42:53 AM
Very novel, I like it.
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 11/09/2005 07:41:39 AM
Very pretty and dramatic.
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 11/09/2005 01:27:52 AM
Great exposure- love the movement- lighting is excellent!!
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