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Challenge: A Night on the Town (Classic Editing)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7i
Location: Irvine, CA
Date: Jul 3, 2003
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 3 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jul 4, 2003

This shot was taken at the freeway over pass at Jamboree and the 405 in Irvine, CA. This is my frist shot submitted into dpchallenge. Hope you like it =)

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Place: 53 out of 130
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Votes: 256
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07/21/2003 05:17:03 PM
<-- Critique Club Critique (Say that fast 5 times) -->

Hello,

I got lucky and was assigned your image for critique, so here goes.

I really like the colors in this photo; while streak shots are easy to find, this is, in my opinion, one of the better ones. I find my eyes are drawn to the center of the photo where the on-coming traffic starts. This is better then your average streak shot because you include the cityscape which adds to the overall image, especially the tiny moon in the corner.

How would I make this photo better?

The horizon is a bit tilted to the left. Unless I am going for a tilted look I normally try to make the horizon as perfectly horizontal as possible so I would rotate this image a bit more to the right.

I assume you had a tripod and since this is an overpass, the tiny bit of camera shake that is visible is probably due to that. If not, you should consider getting one - they may be a pain, but can make the difference in sharpness.

And last but not least is image size. Your image on its longest side is only 546 pixels. You can go up to 640 on the longest side and there is a lot of detail that is too small to see that may have been visible, had you used all of your available space.

Thats about all I can come up with. Hope this is helpful to you.

Good luck in future challenges.


Diversq




 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/15/2003 11:39:01 PM
Zoom zoom zoom-- good shot 9
07/15/2003 02:21:53 PM
Nice look of going into the background
07/11/2003 06:38:40 PM
Great shot
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07/11/2003 12:32:26 PM
The moon makes the shot. Nice job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/11/2003 02:26:21 AM
Good job, I like the "speed" effect of the cars
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/10/2003 11:42:43 PM
This capture would benefit from a larger size.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/10/2003 03:22:23 PM
Awesome shot, the lights almost seem to explode where they converge. Reminds me of the cover of Artificial Intelligence. Slightly distracting glow to the left, but I think this is a good example of what is a common type of photo. 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/10/2003 12:19:33 AM
Rachel is an awesome little lady... but i'm the better photographer.
07/09/2003 10:34:32 AM
I Liked this photo alot. The whole thing seems to have a life. Not to mention the crisp lights, and in a way they seem quite colorful in that 2nd to left lane. Interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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