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Comment by RedRuthann:
Very nice

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Comment by vin rigby:
this shot should have done much better.

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Comment by mci:
thanks for all the comments. a few remarks for those of you that asked:

i did this by leaning out the passenger side window of the car with a short tripod. i put the tripod up against the side of the car and snapped some shots. i tried a lot of different angles, and was torn when submitting on which type of angle to go with. some showed a lot more of the road, which i was suspicious might do better in an "on the road" challenge than one without any real road at all. i ended up submitting this one as i really liked the effect that was going on and it was definitely the most "arty" shot of the bunch. i was happy with the shoot as a whole.

the reason the right side is blown out is probably pretty obvious. it was a bright day and i was using a 1 or 2 second exposure to capture the blur. this, coupled with the fact that it's a dark green car (my girlfriend's mitsubishi eclipse, btw) made the photo hard to expose properly in all places. in the end, i liked the effect it gave, especially where it blends into the car on the top portion of the fender area.

if i was really serious about making this photo look its best, and i had had more time, i would have had the car washed and waxed to get rid of some of the dust and pollen that you can see in certain areas of the photo. i think that was the only thing that i didn't really like about this shot.

anyway, thanks again.

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Comment by langdon:
Awesome shot, The motionblur matched with the crispness of the fender is awesome.

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Comment by lisae:
The curvy reflections, the composition, and the motion blur all work together beautifully.

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Comment by sgmallen:
Look of speed, color and placement of wheel on vehicle were well done. A bit too much white area to front of vehicle. Distracts a bit from overall impact. Otherwise excellent.

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Comment by welcher:
Fantastic! So kinetic.

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Comment by mpjashby:
A bit corporate

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Comment by FranziskaLang:
Definitely gives a feeling of speed, well done. Like the reflections on the car. Unfortunately, the right hand side is too blown out.

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Comment by BAMartin:
I love the angle of this shot, and the blur in the background. I sm wondering how you did this.