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Challenge: Motion Blur IV (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2010
Camera: Canon EOS-50D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Date: Dec 7, 2010
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2 Seconds
Galleries: Transportation, Blur
Date Uploaded: Dec 7, 2010
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A DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) commuter train rushes past Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas in the early evening.
I shot this scene a couple of years back and almost entered it in a freestudy, but changed my mind for something else. This challenge was a good opportunity to try again and see if I could improve on my earlier shot.
I had intended to shoot this with my 10-24 Tamron, as that handles distortion well at the focal length I needed. Unfortunately, that lens was at home, I had forgotten to retrieve it from my wife's camera bag. The 18-135 has some pretty heavy fisheye distortion at the wide end, but being basic editing, I couldn't do anything about it.
I guess I just got lucky with timing on the earlier one. It took a few tries for me to get the timing down on when to take the exposure, but ultimately, I think I ended up improving on my original.
[Dec. 11th, 2010 01:02:20 PM]
It was also an interesting example in how quickly the light changes. I think I was there about an hour, starting 30 minutes before dark. At first I had to shoot using an ND filter and f22 in order to get a longish exposure. By the time I left, the camera was blinking the F3.5 at me to tell me it could not get enough light to maintain my chosen shutter speed of 2 seconds.
Post challenge notes:
This was one of the most consistent challenge entries I've ever had. It spent almost the entire challenge hovering between 6.10 and 6.20. Can't complain about a top 10! |
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12/15/2010 10:39:57 PM |
| Hey coolness! Top ten! Congrats! |
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12/15/2010 03:26:33 AM |
whoo hoo!!! I thought top ten when I first saw this! (that's why I gave up on motion and went for life, instead. :)
Congrats!!! |
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12/15/2010 02:59:30 AM |
| Nice work mate. FWIW I reckon this deserved to finish higher than my entry. |
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12/14/2010 11:26:58 PM |
| Congratulations on the great finish for a great shot (checked for sensor dust :). Interesting point about the light change. Although these days we have long winter sunsets at these latitudes, I've also noticed how the lighting conditions can be tricky and uneven. |
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12/14/2010 09:05:34 PM |
| Blur make Guurl queasy. Happy for Grogg top 10. |
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12/14/2010 07:31:08 PM |
| congrats on the top 10. Great shot! |
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12/14/2010 05:21:33 PM |
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12/14/2010 04:13:50 PM |
| Wowo this is really good, top 5. 10 |
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12/11/2010 05:57:47 PM |
| great sky and lovely light trail. |
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12/10/2010 06:36:53 PM |
| nice composition and trails. Works well also because all the lines are moving at the same angle |
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12/08/2010 05:18:36 AM |
| You must have been going to the Stars game. Great snap |
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12/08/2010 12:24:14 AM |
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