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Challenge: Time Passing (Advanced Editing II)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Concord, California, USA
Date: Nov 19, 2004
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 400.144
Shutter: 1/2 sec
Galleries: Emotive, Digital Art
Date Uploaded: Nov 21, 2004

Lights on the road, made a suggestive pattern.

One RGB curve for contrast, one Curve on the Blue/Yellow channel to tweak the colors a bit.

Cropped/resized, one application of USM at 88%/0.8 dia/TH=5. JPEG=10/10.

Statistics
Place: 153 out of 155
Avg (all users): 4.0056
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 3.7159
Avg (non-participants): 4.2826
Views since voting: 1133
Views during voting: 294
Votes: 180
Comments: 7
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12/01/2004 12:21:14 AM
Originally posted by kdolso:

This photo certainly give the illusion of movement. There is a hectic, frenetic tension. The artist captures the feeling of pushing the edge for me. The title doesn't fit with my interpretation, but that is the beauty of subjective art.

Thanks! Your comment pretty much expresses what I liked about this myself. It was a somewhat happy accident that the lights seem to form a stampeding herd of cars, and I did think later that "Stampede" might have been a better title ...

The feeling and style this evoked for me -- and I hoped to pass on -- is related to the paleolithic cave paintings found mainly in Southern Europe, like those at Altamira in Spain and Lascaux in France -- a few simple strokes with some earth-based pigments and you suddenly have a thundering herd of antelope, horses, or bison. That was my first impression when I saw it pop up on the monitor when I got home.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/27/2004 02:22:15 PM
I'm not sure I get this photo based on the title. There's nothing that makes me interested in the light and it feels a bit too random for my tastes.
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11/27/2004 04:25:27 AM
A clear technical meeting of the challenge - no, that doesn't read like I mean it (it's a compliment). I mean that the element of passing time is a camera-relevant one, rather than subject-based. I love that you haven't gone to black for your background. I love the intent of this too. Great shot, I hope it does wildly better than I expect it to ;-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/25/2004 04:28:32 AM
Not quite sure of the connection with the challenge theme.

Concerning the technical merits of this photo: The lights are quite a blur and appear haphazard and the subejct is not readily discernable (translation: what am I looking at here?). Whatever this photograph is portraying, the focus appears to be good and the image has adequate sharpness. This is overall much too abstract and while I like abstract, there has to be a certain level of "frame of reference" upon which the viewer can make a judgement. Sorry.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/23/2004 10:25:26 PM
This photo certainly give the illusion of movement. There is a hectic, frenetic tension. The artist captures the feeling of pushing the edge for me. The title doesn't fit with my interpretation, but that is the beauty of subjective art.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
11/23/2004 10:24:44 PM
hmm...I would like it better if I knew what it was! I still like the composition though. 8
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11/22/2004 06:01:43 PM
Although I like the movement of the lights, I'm not comprehending what it is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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