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Challenge: Road Signs VI (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Date: Jun 14, 2015
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2015

 Thank you all for your comments. Yes, this is a real street name and it's only a few miles from my work. I had tried out a few other concepts for this challenge, but with out anything I wanted to submit. I shot this the a few hours before the deadline on my way home from work (yeah we're really busy, so I was working that Sunday).

I forgot to bring my remote trigger for the camera so I did a lot of running with the camera on the 10sec delay, but the sweat is actually from a bottle of water. I had a flash on the ground to my right and another on under the hood with the late afternoon sun on the left.

Thank you all for the votes and the great comments.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 170
Avg (all users): 6.5692
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 6.5000
Avg (non-participants): 6.9091
Views since voting: 1994
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 130
Comments: 28
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 06/24/2015 12:23:24 AM
Love it.
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 06/23/2015 08:24:25 PM
Good story :). I like the way he's scratching his head.
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 06/23/2015 12:41:40 PM
A-MAZING!! So award-worthy! Congratulations!
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 06/22/2015 04:33:09 PM
Brilliant set up and the two flashes that you mentioned are doing the trick! Specially the one under the hood is adding a lot!
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 06/22/2015 04:15:29 PM
There is always someone who can take a simple challenge and come up with a fabulous image. Today it is you.
This is very clever and I love the processing A well deserved ribbon.
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 06/22/2015 08:04:34 AM
Love the processing, great shot. Many congrats on your ribbon.
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 06/22/2015 04:39:56 AM
Terrific story - made the image. Is here really a Mechanical Dr? Looks to me as if you did a great job of printing and bringing just the right sign with you. Very clever idea and the perfect location as it looks to be in the middle of nowhere. Congratulations on the Red.
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 06/22/2015 04:19:16 AM
Great job! I called a top 5 finish for this one. I really like what you did with the processing, I think it made a great image out of some difficult lighting. The story is what really sells it though.
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 06/22/2015 02:43:37 AM
A one-two punch!!! Congrats on the red!
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 06/21/2015 08:22:43 PM
Great find and set up. Congrats on the ribbon.
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 06/21/2015 08:15:21 PM
I knew this had to do well, congrats!
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 06/21/2015 08:08:53 PM
FANTASTIC! This was my fave out of the challenge. Congrats on the ribbon!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/21/2015 07:58:39 PM
Funny set up, bump!
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 06/21/2015 07:33:05 PM
The set up seems so overly obvious but so well executed as well. voted earlier
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 06/21/2015 05:25:57 PM
Very creative. Not the most scenic of corners, but the "story" makes up for the lack of beauty.
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 06/18/2015 03:01:09 AM
Nice setup and great shot.
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 06/17/2015 08:14:42 AM
Top 3
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 06/16/2015 07:58:38 PM
Excellent set up and tones. Love the sign. Wish the vignette wasn't so heavy, and the glow/blur. Still, I'll bet this will do very well.
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 06/16/2015 02:13:26 PM
The cursed spot!
bump
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 06/16/2015 10:31:03 AM
Straight 10 from me.

Great idea and well executed!
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 06/16/2015 04:38:40 AM
Nice find.
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 06/15/2015 05:11:13 PM
Great idea & very well done.
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 06/15/2015 03:00:28 PM
Nicely executed.
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 06/15/2015 02:32:57 PM
What are the odds of that.
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 06/15/2015 02:30:07 PM
ha! I love it!
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 06/15/2015 09:13:03 AM
One word. LOVE!
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 06/15/2015 07:30:47 AM
A wow image for this challenge. Really nice idea and image.
Good luck
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 06/14/2015 09:26:07 PM
Very very nice. Lovely processing. Good to stop at Mechanical Dr. The sweat on your shirt delivers the time factor in the image. Fantastic composition.
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