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Challenge: Obvious Tripod (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Port Botany, Australia
Date: Jun 17, 2011
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 100
Shutter: 16 sec
Galleries: Cityscape, Urban
Date Uploaded: Jun 16, 2011

 Not the shot I was going for when I ventured out in the early hours on a winter morning. There are some major road and bridge works happening near here that is usually well lit but not this particular morning. I had limited time on my way to work so I grabbed my long lens and this is at full zoom (200mm) which I don’t feel is the best way to capture night shots. It didn’t help that it was quite windy to get a really clear shot but my manfrotto tripod performed well in the conditions. The wind did help with the smoke effect though.

I’m not particularly happy with this shot and I had hoped to take something better but time has gotten away from me and I feel this is good enough to enter. So I’m not expecting high scoring votes for this but I would be a bit annoyed if people DNMC this image because there is no tripod in the picture. I think some people just look at challenge titles and do not read the details. I feel this is worth 5.5xxx but will only feel disappointed if it finishes in the 4’s.

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06/25/2011 07:32:09 PM
It's less of sharpness of the buildings, zoom more will give better details imho.
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 06/21/2011 03:23:29 PM
Good nocturne and b&w works well. However, I'd have left out the heavy white letterbox border -- it's too distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/21/2011 01:56:42 PM
Great use of very deep blacks to help make the smoke trails stick out more.

Obvious tripod use: High
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/20/2011 09:49:55 AM
Obvious use of a tripod, or any other long-term stabilization tool (1-10): 10
I'm guessing a ~30 sec exposure.
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