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Night Vision Harrier
Night Vision Harrier
rcrawford


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Centered Composition (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Williams Gateway Airport, AZ
Date: May 15, 2004
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 16, 2004

 I went to Williams Field airport on Sat and was taking photos of the Harriers with my new Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 APO Macro II lens through the fence when one of the men that was working on them looked up and saw me. He walked over to me and in a very gruff voice asked me if that was a telephoto lens and if I had photographed the Harriers. I was afraid that I had violated some new Nation Security law and had visions of him confiscating my camera and haling me away. I sheepishly sad yes and asked if there was a problem with that. He, again in a gruff voice, said yes. After a long pause… he said yes he was sure the fence was blocking my view and invited me in. I was allowed to photograph anything I wanted. The only rule was to not touch anything.

Post shot adjustments:
Cropped, Cloned out some light poles in the background, removed color, in Levels for RGB pulled the Right slider to the Left and the Left slider to the Right causing the Negative effect, adjusted Contrast and Brightness, Resized and applied USMask.

Statistics
Place: 85 out of 240
Avg (all users): 5.5569
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3818
Avg (non-participants): 5.8947
Views since voting: 1065
Votes: 167
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2004 04:26:09 PM
Hmm, wonder if this would look better in color. It must have been a bad exposure for you to want to "invert" it?
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 05/22/2004 01:13:51 PM
WOW
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 05/21/2004 02:29:02 AM
I think the levels inversion you carried out here is completely unnecessary, the original is far better. And in colour, I think this would have been a great picture.
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 05/20/2004 10:48:44 PM
I love the effect. Infrared? or just an inversion of B&W? 9
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 05/19/2004 10:21:10 AM
Did you make this a negative image?
 05/18/2004 06:33:13 PM
Very dynamic effect for this shot. Serves the subject well.
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 05/18/2004 06:30:43 PM
Wow! Really unique in the challenge and well done to boot. Any other views?
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 05/18/2004 02:31:49 PM
Excellent seeing! Perfectly centered and very graphic. YOur choice to invert the black and white makes it more magical. Should score high! (And it would also be a great entry for "unusual angle."
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 05/18/2004 08:48:32 AM
I'd have preferred a regular colour or black and white shot instead of a negative...Technically good shot though. Here it just comes down to a question of preference.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2004 11:31:14 PM
cool
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 05/17/2004 07:49:51 PM
crazy use of inversion. almost scary looking.
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 05/17/2004 05:53:36 PM
This is very cool, one can not take their eye away from the center of your shot. I think the negative effect sets this all up well. Pretty darn good abstract too. Excellent job.
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 05/17/2004 12:47:30 PM
Excellent image, one of my favourites
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 05/17/2004 09:02:19 AM
Had to invert it to have a look. Looks good either way, but the inverted colors makes a more centered impact so I'll agree with you on that choice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/17/2004 05:17:59 AM
Wow, great photo.
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 05/16/2004 09:32:35 PM
Well composed! A treat to see the reversal effect as well!
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 05/16/2004 08:31:00 PM
Very cool...Great lines and shadows. I really like the composition.
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