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Twisty roads ahead
Twisty roads ahead
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Challenge: Night Shot III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Wells, Maine
Date: May 6, 2006
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 301.9 seconds
Galleries: Landscape, Rural
Date Uploaded: May 9, 2006

 Now I know what you're thinking, this was taken in the middle of they day. Wrong.
I took this at 9:15pm eastern time, the timestamp says 8:15pm because I forgot to set it for daylight savings time (spring ahead), either way the sun was down. This was a 5 minute exposure on a really dark road, and the moon was out, the moon was to my right which caused all the shadows. In the top center of the picture you can see two white streaks, those are stars.

For editing:
Less noise, levels, maybe curves, I don't remember.

Statistics
Place: 255 out of 287
Avg (all users): 4.2500
Avg (commenters): 4.2500
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Views since voting: 962
Views during voting: 348
Votes: 268
Comments: 10
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AuthorThread
 05/29/2006 11:05:44 PM
Awesome...it really looks like it's daytime. Couldn't people tell that those streaks were stars? What else would they be, radioactive sensor dust?
Nice shot!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2006 04:33:24 PM
you guys all suck, just because the sky is bright and there are shadows you all immediately assume that it was taken in the day, well maybe being the "awesome photographer" that you all think you are, you'd realize that with the right settings, any picture can look like daylight; or night.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/16/2006 10:36:24 AM
Misses the point I think.
 05/16/2006 06:39:15 AM
uhh... night shot?
 05/14/2006 06:27:58 AM
NIGHT?
 05/11/2006 08:07:27 PM
nice depth of field ... but was this taken after dark?
 05/11/2006 02:58:21 PM
The angle you use here really works with the title. The sky may be a bit bright to convey a night shot and the shadow by the car doesn't help matters. I know the moon was bright during challenge week and you did a good job using it to your advantage since it appears there's no other lightsource nearby.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/10/2006 11:55:36 PM
Seriously? Did you look at the challenge topic before you submitted this?
 05/10/2006 12:24:28 PM
I would have shot this at a smaller aperture so the sky wasn't so day-like. I also would have adjusted the white balance to give some cooler colors in the sky. I've found that a Tungsten setting (if you have it) gives a nice blue cast to night shots.
 05/10/2006 10:26:41 AM
Is this a night shot?


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