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Challenge: 2-Second Exposure (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Date: Mar 19, 2006
Aperture: f/ 8.0
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2 seconds
Galleries: Abstract, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 19, 2006

 A mulitcolor slinky shot in BW in a 2 second exposure. Lit with one clamp lamp with a 100w halogen bulb pointed up at a piece of white poster board over the shooting area.

Post: Layer adjustments for levels and brightness/contrast. Sharpen. Rotate 90° left. Crop. Clone some aberrations from in between on the sides of three of the spokes. Lots of hot pixels healed...fuji and low light, you gotta love it....got to get a DSLR...AHHHHH..I'm avoiding like the plagued but I can just about not stand it anymore....healed some more #($*)% hot pixels. Resize. Sharpen.

Statistics
Place: 74 out of 192
Avg (all users): 5.5792
Avg (commenters): 6.5333
Avg (participants): 5.3294
Avg (non-participants): 5.7607
Views since voting: 1332
Views during voting: 367
Votes: 202
Comments: 22
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 03/29/2006 02:55:12 PM
Thanks for the critique, Bruce!
 03/29/2006 12:26:01 PM
Hi! Here’s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
Nice shot! I like the way the lines lead my eyes to the “black hole”

Composition:
Really like the crop and the angle of your shot. B&W really works at highlighting the lines/curves.

Subject:
Given the forum traffic for this challenge, you met the challenge! (Thank you for a 2 second exposure!)

Technical:
I actually disagree with some of the comments below. I find the picture a bit grainy and the focus a little soft. Maybe it’s a monitor calibration issue. You mentioned sharpening twice. If you USM after resizing, you can make the picture a little more crisp.

Summary:
What were the chances of me drawing your picture again? I like the shot and your perspective. As mentioned below, the notion of time was not conveyed in you picture.

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 03/28/2006 07:32:43 PM
Thanks, Skip!
 03/27/2006 08:05:06 AM
what i wouldn't give for your eye for the simple abstract. you always leave me with my head shaking. great work, RoB!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/26/2006 10:58:03 PM
Right in your face. very nice. Bumping up.
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 03/26/2006 04:14:29 PM
This has nice visual appeal. Well done black and white(??I think).
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 03/26/2006 04:02:51 PM
Nice...
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 03/26/2006 03:58:30 PM
Exquisite image, though how can I see 2 seconds worth of exposure, 8.
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 03/24/2006 11:08:56 PM
slinky...what a wonderful toy... 10
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 03/23/2006 08:47:04 PM
the image is striking... nice movement even with no movement!
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 03/23/2006 08:31:42 PM
Love the geometric design. Well done.
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 03/23/2006 04:25:19 PM
wow a bizzare and weird photo which is gr8!
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 03/23/2006 12:33:33 AM
nice focus and lighting. i know it's your art, but i really like this rotated clockwise 45 degrees. i feel like i can fall into the hole easier
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 03/21/2006 03:56:59 PM
Another lens-cleaning slinky? I like this even though there is nothing about it that says long exposure.
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 03/21/2006 11:53:19 AM
great shapes
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 03/20/2006 03:54:25 PM
Wow, beautiful pattern. Nice and crisp.
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 03/20/2006 11:20:13 AM
lovely photograph, well done
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 03/20/2006 09:08:03 AM
I am concerned that there is nothing in the image that says this was a 2 second exposure. I could recreate this with a very quick shutter speed and produce an identical image.
I am sure that you had a 2 second exposure, and there is now doubt that this is a strong composition as a photograph is highly appealing to me.
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 03/20/2006 09:08:00 AM
very nice one... like the architecture here
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 03/20/2006 01:43:33 AM
Clear... sharp... and well focused.....
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 03/20/2006 12:31:06 AM
Nice image Bob!
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 03/20/2006 12:30:58 AM
while it is a nice shot as an abstract, I am not sure it conveys the 2 second idea very well
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