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Challenge: The 80s (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tokina AF 12-24mm f/4.0 AT-X Pro DX
Location: Son's car at my house
Date: Feb 18, 2006
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Transportation
Date Uploaded: Feb 18, 2006

"Unfortunate" background blurred, shadows lightened, a few surface blemishes cloned out. USM, resized, and USM again.

Statistics
Place: 22 out of 101
Avg (all users): 5.7901
Avg (commenters): 7.0714
Avg (participants): 5.3220
Avg (non-participants): 5.9402
Views since voting: 1442
Views during voting: 415
Votes: 243
Comments: 18
Favorites: 1 (view)


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02/27/2006 12:20:19 AM
It's my son's car (sitting in my driveway) and very real, indeed!

He just happened to drive over in it during the contest, so I took a picture. He had wanted one since he was a kid in the 1980's and saw the Back To The Future Delorian at Universal Studios.

Message edited by author 2006-02-27 14:25:14.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/26/2006 08:12:26 PM
Not fond of the selective blur, for some reason this looks like a toy model more so than a real car.
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02/25/2006 09:07:42 PM
funky shot with the over the top blurring. would have liked to see a more compositionally strengthening background . perhaps parked in the center of the street with homes lining the sides more symmetrically...just a thought.
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02/24/2006 02:29:01 PM
nice idea but i really don't care for the added blur.
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02/24/2006 10:07:48 AM
i love the delorian
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02/23/2006 11:33:06 PM
what a truly bizarre image. the car looks like a toy, but for the pavement below. arrexsting, yet annoying. vaguely stereoscopic?
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02/23/2006 07:50:42 PM
man, the d'lorean is sweeet. always wanted one. awesome picture
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02/23/2006 10:56:03 AM
I like the POV you've taken when composing this. Works well. Not sure about the gaussian blur. It works, but is a little obvious. May take a hit on that. Good luck in the challenge.
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02/21/2006 04:08:28 PM
This is nice. We watched Back to the Future for the first time just a couple of weeks ago.
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02/20/2006 10:26:22 PM
Very nicely done! Great macro.
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02/20/2006 01:08:35 PM
great use of depth of field
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02/20/2006 11:39:19 AM
OMG, that is sweet. Makes me wonder if it's real, LOL! The total clarity of the Delorian compared to the background, especially around the front area suggests that you seperated it on layers and blurred the rest, you can see the tell tale signs around the front area. Very nice lighting but the angle of the car seems weird to me for some reason. A 6
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02/20/2006 09:26:15 AM
Ahh sorry, the blurred backround a little bit too blurred for my taste, it´s pretty apparent it was done in the post processing and not by a big aperture...

Otherwise a pretty cool car that I always wanted to own when I grew up, well, one that flew anyway :)
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02/20/2006 06:39:28 AM
great picture! For some reason it almost looks like a toy car , but then it looks real as well. You got a fantastic angle on that one, well done !!
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02/20/2006 02:22:31 AM
great shot with nice dof...get the flux capacitor to 8
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02/20/2006 01:27:05 AM
DeLorian!! MAN. This should get a 10 just finding it. I love the personalized plate!! 10
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02/20/2006 01:10:33 AM
If we were voting on subject alone, you'd win, but the faked-DOF is hurting the image. Shouldn't be so blurry on the right side in the grass.
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02/20/2006 12:28:41 AM
great shot..i have a picture of one of those...check it out...

//apackard.buzznet.com/user/?p=8&id=1513150
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