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Palms over London
Palms over London
Rob O


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Challenge: Free Study 2010-09 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: London
Date: Sep 12, 2010
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 7sec
Galleries: Travel, Action
Date Uploaded: Sep 25, 2010

 Mayor's Thames Festival along the River Thames in London, celebrating the 'end of summer'. Set up on the Waterloo Bridge a good two hours before scheduled start of the fireworks to ensure a good vantage point (with St Paul's Cathedral in the background). Unfortunately, the display was "rapid fire", with one burst on top of another, so it was hard to get good clean shots. There was also a slight breeze, causing the fireworks (and smoke) to drift across the frame left-to-right. And while I ended up with a few keepers, this was by far the best shot of the night.

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 296
Avg (all users): 6.8015
Avg (commenters): 8.1000
Avg (participants): 6.8990
Avg (non-participants): 6.5000
Views since voting: 1694
Views during voting: 254
Votes: 131
Comments: 13
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/11/2010 12:06:26 AM
Your preparation paid off in a terrfic image.
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 10/08/2010 09:40:51 AM
Great image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2010 09:30:53 PM
Amazing capture
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 10/07/2010 09:17:55 PM
Nice capture!
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 10/07/2010 07:25:11 PM
Nice +++
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 10/07/2010 12:38:56 PM
Perfect timing!
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 10/03/2010 07:55:58 PM
Great job on getting the exposure timing down to perfection on this image!
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 10/03/2010 04:25:40 PM
Beautiful capture and great technical work.
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 10/02/2010 02:53:16 PM
terrific in every way. great comp. Palm tree effect is fab. Love the spectators in the bottom right. Bound to finish high
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 10/02/2010 05:11:19 AM
Very cool :) 7
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 10/01/2010 11:20:29 AM
great timing! 8
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 10/01/2010 10:46:44 AM
Wow. Great shot. How'd you get rid of all the smoke? Super sharp and well composed. Great one.
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 10/01/2010 06:41:47 AM
WOW - great capture
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