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Challenge: Night Shot III (Basic Editing III)
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Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Westminster, London, UK
Date: May 5, 2006
Aperture: F22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30 secs
Galleries: Urban, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 5, 2006

 A slow zoom in/out shot of Big Ben's tower of the Houses of Parliament, which I really liked due to the way the clockfaces seemed to be popping out of the tower.

The CR2 (default RAW settings) was imported into PS:CS2 in 16bit mode, rotated, cropped, auto levels, auto contrast, some shadows/highlights adjustment (muted the highlights), tweaked the levels again, boosted the green & yellow saturation a tad, resized, converted to 8bit and USM.

Statistics
Place: 15 out of 287
Avg (all users): 6.7340
Avg (commenters): 8.0222
Avg (participants): 6.4891
Avg (non-participants): 6.8439
Views since voting: 2671
Views during voting: 585
Votes: 297
Comments: 58
Favorites: 15 (view)

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 09/17/2006 06:23:57 PM
I am not normally a big fan of zoom shots, but this one is very interesting and grabs my attention. Well-deserved score and very nice work.
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 06/09/2006 08:59:20 PM
A real stand out in the crowd effect. I agree with Elvis L, you were robbed.
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 05/17/2006 12:50:09 PM
cool effect!
looks like you and chiqui stood in the same place more or less yet the results are so remarkably different.

Respect :)
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 05/17/2006 10:22:29 AM
Awesome shot! Didnt get a chance to vote but this is my favorite entry.
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 05/17/2006 03:46:13 AM
you were robbed.
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 05/16/2006 08:58:24 PM
I thought this one was going to be among the top 5. Deeply underrated. Congratulations on a creative and very well shot image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/16/2006 07:00:18 PM
Nice efect - Weird. Definately diferent from all the others. refreshing. r8
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 05/16/2006 06:24:29 PM
Very cool use of the zoomin technique. Very smooth.
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 05/16/2006 03:11:36 PM
Excellent! How did you do this? (10)
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 05/16/2006 01:46:46 PM
beautiful
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 05/16/2006 12:57:51 PM
Excelent use of the zoom to create this magnificent effect. One of my top choices for this challenge. Congratulations!
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 05/16/2006 06:26:43 AM
This sums up how I feel at the end of a night out!
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 05/16/2006 03:50:47 AM
Good image, though I'm not sure what the street lamps in the bottom right corner do for it. Has an interesting "pulse" feel to it.
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 05/16/2006 03:34:22 AM
That's impressive. I can't even imagine how this was done - doesn't look possible with a zoom blur.
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 05/15/2006 10:17:33 PM
Zooming while the shutter was open?? Very interesting idea. I like the surreal effect.
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 05/15/2006 08:33:32 PM
How did you move the camera without jittering? Great shot!
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 05/15/2006 03:24:09 PM
smashin'
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 05/15/2006 10:32:08 AM
Very Creative. Nice zoom effect - 9
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 05/15/2006 05:37:33 AM
Very interesting tactic and effect.
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 05/14/2006 09:45:36 PM
well done!
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 05/14/2006 03:01:52 PM
Zoomed with the lens open? Cool shot. Well done.
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 05/14/2006 02:09:09 PM
I like the effect, great colors.....
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 05/14/2006 01:31:58 PM
That IS very cool! Works really well!
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 05/14/2006 08:57:27 AM
Funny!
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 05/13/2006 10:32:05 PM
Good idea. Well done...10
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 05/13/2006 04:41:51 PM
NICE interpretation of Big Ben. Love those zoom shots.
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 05/13/2006 04:07:43 PM
Liked the idea!!
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 05/13/2006 09:26:35 AM
Now that's original! Well done! Finally an imaginative shot!
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 05/12/2006 08:45:19 PM
this is a cool pic, a very cool pic, especially since i have been to london and have seen it. but nothing can beat "scared of the dark"
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 05/12/2006 07:56:59 PM
That is just incredible, an amazing shot.
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 05/12/2006 06:22:59 PM
Very unique...congrats!
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 05/12/2006 04:33:34 PM
I love the effect you used. Great effect, great exposure.
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 05/12/2006 03:25:47 PM
Psychedelic, fits the time of night wonderfully imo. :) 8
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 05/12/2006 08:42:15 AM
Very surreal shot. I like the title.
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 05/12/2006 02:20:23 AM
Nice Photography.
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 05/11/2006 10:43:53 PM
Very creative, and with a very pleasing result ΓΆ€” I really like it.
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 05/11/2006 02:10:44 PM
Very interesting pic.
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 05/11/2006 01:11:34 PM
That is a really cool effect. I assume you were zooming while the shutter was open? Great idea.
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 05/11/2006 12:36:20 PM
Nice zoom effect.
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 05/11/2006 12:24:34 PM
neat effect.
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 05/11/2006 12:06:39 PM
I hear rumors that DPCer's don't like these type of shots but I think it is great, ihope idoes well 4 you, getting bumped up
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 05/11/2006 10:54:34 AM
interesting idea
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 05/11/2006 08:20:46 AM
Nice. Work that zoom ring hehe...
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 05/10/2006 10:19:18 PM
Hmmm, that's very interesting. Not sure how that is acheived but it looks really fine. - 9
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 05/10/2006 04:30:21 PM
I like this and am giving it a good score. Hope it's legal.
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 05/10/2006 01:01:09 PM
This would really alleviate the need for people to ask the time if clocks were projected into the sky like the Bat Signal!
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 05/10/2006 12:38:33 PM
love this effect
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 05/10/2006 12:03:11 PM
wow, very cool! Too bad the top edge got a little cutoff.
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 05/10/2006 10:31:41 AM
well done. i think it will be in the top ten.
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 05/10/2006 10:14:33 AM
What a great idea! :) So you zoomed during the time exposure, right?
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 05/10/2006 09:12:25 AM
This is a great effect. Congratulations.
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 05/10/2006 08:39:45 AM
Holy crap! I would have never thought to play with my zoom during a long exposure, but what a cool freakin' effect it has!!
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 05/10/2006 08:06:41 AM
Incredible effect!
[10]
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 05/10/2006 04:50:54 AM
Very hard to pull off! Great job.
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 05/10/2006 03:55:23 AM
well done...say hi to my brother next time you see him...he lives in Richmond
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 05/10/2006 01:19:58 AM
I see the image and have trouble seeing it TTL,for basic editing....Tried to imagin as a reflected image in water.....am voting ....8 and hope you are not DQ
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 05/09/2006 09:56:48 PM
OK, THAT is a very cool trick, and a great subject to try it out on.
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 05/09/2006 08:56:49 PM
wicked cool
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