Urban Basalt
by Brent_S

Comment by citymars:
Cool location, though I think the color is way oversaturated.

Urban Basalt
by Brent_S

Comment by bendobb:
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Summit in Reach
by Brent_S

Comment by chipuc:
it shows strength and effort, i like it!

Summit in Reach
by Brent_S

Comment by WeJay:
Wonderful imagery! 9

Drive-By Shooting
by Brent_S

Comment by Brent_S:
Lol! I can't say I did that much math when I captured this DC ;-) I just played with the settings until the smear seemed about right with the trickiest part being to release the shutter at the right time. The car was actually about to head into a curve so I think you're close with your estimated speed but maybe 5-10 mph too high.
Thanks, and you can be a math geek under my shots anytime!

Urban Basalt
by Brent_S

Comment by Melethia:
Nice juxtaposition!

Drive-By Shooting
by Brent_S

Comment by DCNUTTER:
At first I thought the car had to be blazing through that tunnel to get that much motion blur in 1/3 second. After estimating distance and doing some math I calculated that the car was going just over 40 mph. Still maybe a bit fast going through a tunnel.

From my perspective I estimated about 20 foot of motion blur in the frame. At 1/3 sec shutter that would be 60 feet in 1 sec and 3600 feet in one minute. I multiplied that by 60 to get the distance in feet covered in one hour at that estimated speed and then did a feet to miles conversion.

1/3 that 20 feet = 60 feet per second
60 feet per second x 60 = 3600 feet per second
3600 x 60 minutes = 216,000 feet in one hour
216000 / 5280 (number of feet in statue mile) = 40.91 MPH

Don't mind me I'm a math geek as well and it's fun! LOL. So is that the speed limit through the tunnel...40 MPH?

BTW, the photo is fantastic and added as a favorite. Congrats on your Blue!

Drive-By Shooting
by Brent_S

Comment by karenk:
Congratulations on your Blue Ribbon great image.

Drive-By Shooting
by Brent_S

Comment by stevieian:
Congrats on your THIRD Blue! :)

Drive-By Shooting
by Brent_S

Comment by vikas:
Congrats on the ribbon, one of the favorites from the challenge - this is so rich in colors!