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Champions Ave
Champions Ave
Elliottjms


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Challenge: Free Study XIV (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: The Ohio State University
Date: Oct 24, 2006
Aperture: f 22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 30 sec
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Oct 26, 2006

 Lane Ave Bridge on The Ohio State University Campus. They re-named the street Champions Ave.

Adjusted curves, Slight Saturation Bump, Sharpened then selected spotlights and sharpened again.

Things I did wrong:
Did not use a lens hood, hence the lens flare spots. Stupid mistake, I need to buy one for this lens. My goal is to never have a DQ so I left them in.

Did not level the shot. I tried but any adjustment just looked un-natural. Bring on the un-level comments.

Too much negative space? Well this I struggle with, how to get a dramatic effect without having too much negative space. I calibrated my monitor and depending on the monitor and lighting I get different results. I need to work on this one.

The two major blown out highlights that no burning will fix. Well all I can say is I will be back out there re-shooting to get this one to perfection. Re-shoot Re-shoot Re-shoot. I know I can fix in Photoshop but that not legal here and I want to figure out how to get it right.

Things I did right:
Increase ISO to 400. I traded exposure noise (length of exposure) for ISO noise and it worked out very well.

Kept the original shot without too much post processing. I colorized this and got great results but ultimately decided the original was much nicer.

Shot at Midnight when there was no traffic and the streaking headlights.

Score I expect: Who knows thats the fun.
Score I believe it deserves: 7.1

This is one of my favorites.

Statistics
Place: 302 out of 625
Avg (all users): 5.5340
Avg (commenters): 5.2000
Avg (participants): 5.4901
Avg (non-participants): 5.7000
Views since voting: 652
Views during voting: 260
Votes: 191
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/06/2006 09:12:32 AM
the lens flares are a little distracting.
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 11/05/2006 11:14:28 PM
nice night shot.
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 11/05/2006 11:47:57 AM
great shot
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 11/05/2006 10:43:31 AM
Was this taken the week of the Indiana game. I was at a conference at the Holiday Inn on the lane and have almost the same exact shot. Very cool
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 11/03/2006 10:39:55 AM
Very nice night photography!
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 11/03/2006 05:46:16 AM
Good night shot here...
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 11/02/2006 07:02:41 PM
I like the star effect on the lights, but I think the grass in the foreground is a little distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2006 12:52:17 PM
I like night scenes like this a lot.
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 11/01/2006 11:43:14 PM
I'm a sucker for bridge shots like this - very nice! Clean and crisp. The star flares add a nice element too.
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 11/01/2006 07:26:32 PM
Very nice shot. I would have tried to remove the lens flare on the far left side. That's minor nit pick though.
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 11/01/2006 06:47:47 PM
Good composition, I like the lines. I think you could improve this shot by making the sky color more of a true black as opposed to a brown. This would accent the lighting a bit more.
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 11/01/2006 02:50:31 AM
the wrong angle, a little further along the bank so more of the bridge and the reflection would be visible
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