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Silver Diner
Silver Diner
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Challenge: Neon Signs (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Date: Nov 4, 2006
Aperture: f/ 4.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8 sec.
Galleries: Still Life, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Nov 7, 2006

 So after shooting the waterfront from Camden, Bev and I went to BJ's to pick up supplies and then went to dinner at our new favorite restaurant. Love the Capri Insalata there....hmmmm! On our way back I asked if we could go by the Silver Diner and I took a few shots. Went home. Burped. Nice night! Not too bad for 1/8 second hand held with no VR. Must have been very calm when I shot.

Post: Convert from raw with a +0.33 exposure compensation.
Slight CCW rotation and crop twice. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue saturation. Layer of curves adjustment. Dang if I could find any dust spots. Guess they are all in the dark areas. Sharpen. Resize. Sharpen.

OK....for the train thing....the shape of the neon behind the name of the diner is that of a fork....I know it's a stretch but my smiley face and fork reflection without mirror shot just did not pan out. Sorry!

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Post: Thanks again to my friend Bev for driving me around. Good Pic night! Thanks Bev!!

A note about the top of the sign in the circle. It has not worked for some time. I reviewed another shot I took of this in 2005 and it was not lit then either.

Thanks for the comments and the top 10 finish!

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 124
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AuthorThread
 11/15/2006 08:32:41 PM
Awesome shot! Congratulations on your top 10!! Great colors
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 11/15/2006 03:35:22 PM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish. Great shot!
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 11/15/2006 12:44:09 AM
great shot, robert! congrats on top 10 :)
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 11/15/2006 12:38:32 AM
A great and lovely capture, Robert. Congratulations on your top ten.
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 11/15/2006 12:15:31 AM
WTG Robert!! Love the vibrant colors.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/13/2006 11:30:22 AM
suppa time.. cool
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 11/13/2006 07:05:05 AM
great shot great colour, framming and subject the focus is just slightly out though, still a 9
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 11/13/2006 06:25:53 AM
Nicely symmetrical. 8.
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 11/11/2006 11:39:45 PM
Hey, I eat there sometimes!! Bonus point for familiarity ;-)
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 11/09/2006 09:17:17 PM
Good composition. 7
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 11/09/2006 04:15:00 PM
Very pretty! And composed very well! One of my favorites. 10
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 11/09/2006 09:52:48 AM
i like the contrast in colors
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 11/08/2006 11:57:40 PM
Beautiful
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 11/08/2006 08:56:43 PM
Awesome clor and exposure. Wish you could have gotten the clock face a bit more exposed.
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 11/08/2006 05:32:58 PM
This is very pretty. Great exposure, and even better composition.
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 11/08/2006 04:58:31 PM
This shot is nice in its simplicity and the colors are great.
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 11/08/2006 08:13:07 AM
good sharp image, strong contrasty colour against a deep black, and a good framing, well done
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