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Twilight at the Train Tracks
Twilight at the Train Tracks
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Motion Blur III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S100fs
Location: Cosnino Crossing
Date: Oct 27, 2008
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: .6 sec
Galleries: Rural, Blur
Date Uploaded: Oct 27, 2008

 My first efforts at a train shot along one stretch of tracks all bombed, so I drove to a different location, a scenic crossing that's one of my favorite spots because of the gorgeous views (not visible in this shot). I rolled down the car window to wait for a train, and after a while, poked my lens out the window just to see what the metering looked like. I realized the crossing guards were visible in the rear view mirror, and then some cars drove over the crossing. "Oh ho!" I thought. Taillight motion! Took a bunch of shots, some of headlights and some of taillights, some with the lens visible in the mirror and some not. Liked this one best.

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Statistics
Place: 110 out of 201
Avg (all users): 5.0114
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 4.7857
Avg (non-participants): 5.1167
Views since voting: 814
Views during voting: 313
Votes: 176
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0

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 12/16/2008 01:55:40 PM
There's a handful of "things" that may have led to the low score on this within the context of the challenge it was in. The visible camera lens, the degree of difficulty, the "Wow" factor or lack thereof (compared to the top finishers in this challenge), etc... The lack of comments does make it more difficult to decipher the mindset of the voters on this one. :-/ I can't help but wonder if the title may have diminished the impact some...like the impact or important feature is supposed to be the 'twilight' piece of the comp? Just thinking out loud. :-)

Why do I even mention the above? ... I was poking around your profile page (after you left a nice comment on one of my images today - Thanks!) and this photo stood out for some reason. I wanted to get a closer look. It's funny, when you see this shot outside the context of the challenge it can make you wonder - why? What's going on? The POV with the mirror causes the viewer to pause to get oriented. The camera lens in the comp also begs the question of why? Feels even slightly voyeuristic - like the viewer caught someone spying on something.

One last minor item (well, maybe not so minor)...I like the way you carefully crafted the comp on this with the placement of the mirror in the frame - whether it was composed that way or cropped to fit - it works well to balance the image.
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11/02/2008 11:14:57 PM
Very effective.
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