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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM
Location: Oulton Park, Cheshire, UK
Date: Aug 28, 2006
Aperture: f8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/100s
Galleries: Sports, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

 John Delane (USA) gets treated to some good old fashioned British weather at this year's Gold Cup event at Oulton Park.

Here he is qualifying his 1959 Lotus 18 for the Historic Formula Junior race which he would finish in 6th place after placing 5th on the grid.

Statistics
Place: 76 out of 684
Avg (all users): 6.2846
Avg (commenters): 8.1538
Avg (participants): 6.2476
Avg (non-participants): 6.4259
Views since voting: 1164
Views during voting: 365
Votes: 260
Comments: 37
Favorites: 15 (view)

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 10/19/2006 10:26:40 PM
nice nice nice! new fav
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 09/09/2006 03:49:15 PM
Great shot, great processing. Love it :)
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 09/09/2006 01:50:51 AM
Way, way underscored, Paul. Excellent work. Keep wowing us.
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 09/08/2006 07:06:57 PM
Shame on you voters, shame!!
Gave you a 9 in the challenge and have come back to add to faves.

Paul I hope you know how good this really is.
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 09/08/2006 10:35:27 AM
one of my picks for best of the challenge - 77 is far too low -

what can we do to help the DPC crowd get over their aversion to beautiful, artistic grain?

the processing here is terrific too, great work. Go find a way to make money with this (shouldn't be that hard) and you'll feel TONS better about your 77 - I will too!
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 09/08/2006 10:06:04 AM
I love the old feeling this shot gives me. At first look I had to wonder whether or not this was taken now or back in the 50's or 60's. Great work.
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 09/08/2006 07:11:18 AM
this really is awesome...wow.
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 09/08/2006 06:52:13 AM
great shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 04:49:58 PM
I like this shot and your treatment. It definitely has an old film feel.
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 09/07/2006 02:05:02 PM
Nice grain...very fitting. I like the high-contrast feel here, too. Good luck.
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 09/07/2006 12:16:24 PM
I really enjoy this classic feel to this image. I think the pp style works very well. Just slight distraction in the lower right corner.. Very well done.
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 09/07/2006 10:45:19 AM
Nice work adding noise. The noise works great in the photo.
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 09/06/2006 07:35:28 PM
I think the "artificially-aged" technique works well with this subject -- nice to see another something in B&W too.
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 09/06/2006 10:33:00 AM
Grainy, blurry .... but it works. Comes across as a real old action image. Well produced and I hope this does well for you.
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 09/06/2006 09:03:37 AM
love that grain! 8
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 09/05/2006 07:08:05 PM
great noise added...works VERY well for this shot! 10
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 09/05/2006 01:46:32 PM
How the hell did you get this?
The grain and the monochrome really does work well. 7 from me.
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 09/04/2006 07:09:37 AM
great old feeling to it. the title matches perfectly and you ahve done an excelent job in creating the old look.
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 09/03/2006 06:29:02 PM
well done. could have been a period shot if not for the helmets.
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 09/03/2006 01:24:29 PM
Very awesome, love the rain and the very vintage feel. Excellent PP for a great photo!
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 09/03/2006 12:58:53 PM
I like the b/w and the grainy effect really works for this shot. Bumping up!
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 09/03/2006 08:13:16 AM
Somehow I get the feeling this wasn't taken in the past month....I like it though!
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 09/03/2006 03:31:05 AM
this really has an archive quality that makes it look 1940's...excellent action and grain like Ilford film...the rain looks amazing...spectacular...has to be 10
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 09/02/2006 11:54:09 AM
cool. very contrasty. 6
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 09/02/2006 11:02:19 AM
fantastic B&W!!! the only thing I can think of to improve this would be to clone out the bottom right triangle and go with the grainy road instead:-) great non the less!!!
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 09/02/2006 08:03:43 AM
Except for the helmets, your photo seems to come from another time in an earlier era. The building behind fixes this race in the world. The splatter adds the dynamic element needed. Lovely work.
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 09/02/2006 07:13:32 AM
This totally rocks. Love the "old" feel of this image.
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 09/02/2006 06:50:43 AM
Very nice post processing on this - you've definitely achieved a vintage feel.
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 09/01/2006 06:39:59 PM
Wow, I really like this, the post processing is great!
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 09/01/2006 04:19:55 PM
Very. very cool shot & pp. The only thing that gives away that it is shot recently are the rollbars. The rains adds a nice extra dimension to it. Cool!
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 09/01/2006 12:32:49 PM
This is superb!
The grainy look and the high-contrast post-processing took this to a different level.
One of my top picks and added as a favorite.
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 09/01/2006 11:01:46 AM
I love the image grain. 7
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 09/01/2006 07:41:19 AM
I like the grain in this photo for it adds to a nostalgic feel. The slightly sepia tones also help to add to the nostalgic feel of days gone by with some good ol' fashioned racing derbys. Overall a good action shot. My only critique, small one at that, is that their seems to be a tad too much dark space/negative space seen at the top of the photo.
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 09/01/2006 02:30:33 AM
brilliant post processing! the drawing effect of the background, which really feels like rain, is deeply impressive and is an excellent example of the tasteful and enhancing use of filters. the mono / duotone is also effective with the high contrast. it's a brilliantly composed action shot as well, conveying both the sense of speed and the excitement of the chase / race.

Really stirring stuff - 10.
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 09/01/2006 01:28:56 AM
I like your image a lot, but I feel like the top border could have been cropped closer (top 3rd or so) so as to squeeze in tighter on the action and emphasize the lateral movement being captured. Other than that, very good shot.
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 08/31/2006 08:52:25 PM
This shot looks like it belongs in the Indianapolis Speedway Museum. Great shot and post processing.
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 08/31/2006 08:51:20 PM
I really like this. Not the usual DPC shot. The grain works, the high contrast works. Love the sprays shooting up. Nice.
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