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Challenge: Electricity (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Mong Kok MTR station, Southbound train, Hong Kong
Date: Sep 19, 2006
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3
Galleries: Cityscape, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Sep 19, 2006

 Shot handheld using multiple exposures at 1/3 second. This meant I could keep shooting for aaaages! Had so many pix to choose from, and then the crop! Ended up with this. YES, the lights are blown, but the purpose is to show electricity at work, so is it clear enough now?


10 mm on my EF-S 10-22.

Picasa2:
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Levels (EDIT: "I feel lucky color/contrast" :-) )
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Think I should do OK this time, if I am not blown away, just as the lights in the photo are ...

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Thank you for all the nice comments! 15 out of 121 works for me, this is actually a personal high for me. The shot was not planned ahead, had been thinking for a while, but when going on this MTR subway in Hong Kong I thought that here I had both transportation as well as illumination - both of which are greatly influenced by electricity!

Btw, I am all new to SLRs, so I only had my new 400D for 1 day when I took this shot. Haven't read much in the manual yet, it is all very intuitive for me, coming from an S2 IS ...


Statistics
Place: 14 out of 123
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AuthorThread
 12/26/2007 02:57:12 AM
Originally posted by duckyb:
I do like this, a lot.


Thanks, Ducky, but it can never even reach the socks of YOUR version



:-)
 12/25/2007 10:39:18 PM
I do like this, a lot.
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 12/20/2007 08:50:26 PM
Originally posted by whiterook:
Should used a higher speed and film. Subject matter is uninterested.


Higher speed and film? Don't carry a film camera. Higher speed? Then I would not have gotten the same effect of the train in motion.

And you are right, the train was not interested in me at all. Not that I could tell :-)
 12/21/2006 03:00:26 AM
Originally posted by whiterook:
Should used a higher speed and film. Subject matter is uninterested.


I am not sure I quite understand.

This is from the electricity challenge. Show electricity at work. So I do. The intentional motion blur is to show motion in an otherwise still photograph. Electricity is - amongst other things - giving us transportation and illumination, which is what I illustrate in this shot.

You write that the subject matter (the train?) is uninterested? How can a train be interested in anything?

I don't get it, but then, I am not the fastest animal in this forest, and English is not my mother tongue!
 12/20/2006 05:37:07 AM
Should used a higher speed and film. Subject matter is uninterested.
 10/02/2006 11:39:21 AM
Congrats on your high finish, excellent shot!
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 09/30/2006 08:52:04 AM
I love the movement and colors in this image. A magical sweep! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2006 02:32:02 PM
Good one... Congrats on your personal best and your new equipment :o)
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 09/28/2006 01:36:03 AM
Originally posted by puzzled:
Whooohoo! Congrats on a top shelf shot with that new camera and sweet lens - and above all, a personal best! The movement here is great. Amazing that it was handheld. Way to go, K.


Thanks, Amy, I hope this is a new trend for me :-) It definately helps with some more toys to play with, I just looove my 50 and 10-22 mm lenses ...
 09/27/2006 01:05:50 PM
Whooohoo! Congrats on a top shelf shot with that new camera and sweet lens - and above all, a personal best! The movement here is great. Amazing that it was handheld. Way to go, K.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/26/2006 05:55:20 PM
great movement in this shot..........love the motion blur!
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 09/26/2006 04:55:52 PM
wonderful. I enjoy the composition in this shot. The long person in the upper right really makes this shot work for me.
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 09/26/2006 05:30:22 AM
The composition is very cool and movement in this photo makes it very dynamic. Great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/25/2006 04:54:05 PM
Light and motion well done.
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 09/25/2006 02:37:36 PM
Beautiful job. Love the capture of the yellow - on the train, on the ground and on the sign. It brings it all together.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/25/2006 12:17:55 PM
Nice sense of movement.
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 09/25/2006 03:11:04 AM
The movement is just great here. It's funy because when I was looking for examples of leading lines I saw an image very similar to this. This si a great use of shutter speeed and a great example of eletricity.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/24/2006 12:10:00 PM
interesting
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 09/22/2006 07:28:56 AM
Nice capture! I always like images like this. 8o)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/21/2006 11:59:40 PM
Well done. Would have been good for the "Leading Lines" challenge too... ;-) (8)
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 09/21/2006 11:00:53 PM
Like the movement of the shot.
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 09/19/2006 09:42:10 PM
good exposure and movement 7
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