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Moving Silence
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Challenge: Perspective V (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Schipol Airport, WTC, Amsterdam
Date: Dec 18, 2007
Aperture: 22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30s
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Dec 18, 2007

 Peoplemover, horizontal escalator, travellator ... magic carpet? Don't know what it is really called, but you step onto a moving ground, so you move faster - and endless conveyor belt ...

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Hee Haaw!

#5, so close to a ribbon, I am really happy how this entry did! First time I did a challenge where the score mainly went up (it was a 6.93x at a time though ... but had started around 6.6 ish)

Thank you for all your comments and scores (not a single 1 or 2?), most positive feedback and the few negative mainly constructive - something I can use to get better.

What I really like is that so many liked it without knowing what it was.

This was advanced editing, but I am not advanced, so it is really simple what I did:

Camera sitting on the floor of this travelator, used AV mode and got 30s exposure. Floor stays sharp as it moves with the camera, while surroundings blend together, but due to symmetry, lights, rail and so on stay visible.

Crop, shadows, sharpen, all done in Picasa only.

(Just entered the Contrast challenge, having used photoshop with a picture I really like, I am only just over 5.)

On DPC, you never know!

Happy New Year everyone, and thanks again :-)

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 148
Avg (all users): 6.8805
Avg (commenters): 8.3000
Avg (participants): 6.7069
Avg (non-participants): 6.9802
Views since voting: 3294
Views during voting: 287
Votes: 159
Comments: 33
Favorites: 7 (view)

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 12/31/2007 12:50:54 PM
Good gritty texture, beautiful play of light. 8
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 12/31/2007 09:07:26 AM
congrats on your Top 5 finish. A really cool shot and well deserved!
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 12/31/2007 08:25:06 AM
Awesome stuff! Congrats on the HM.
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 12/31/2007 05:51:55 AM
Great finish, fantstic image! Congrats on 5th place.
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 12/31/2007 05:24:06 AM
Congrats on your 5th place with this great shot!
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 12/31/2007 04:56:59 AM
Congrats on your 5th, very well deserved!
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 12/31/2007 01:08:55 AM
Wow! This is fantastic! Congratulations on your honorable mention. Good way to end a year, right :)



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 12/31/2007 12:44:19 AM
Great finish.
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 12/31/2007 12:22:47 AM
What a creative idea...I gave this a 9, really loved the quirky creativity. Perfect for a perspective image. I love the touch of colour in the centre
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 12/31/2007 12:07:58 AM
I really enjoy this shot. Great work.
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 12/31/2007 12:06:20 AM
Ah, very good! I recently took some shots like this, but didn't get the belt itself nearly as sharp. Congrats on your personal best and honorable mention!
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 12/31/2007 12:06:17 AM
Congrats on top 5 finish, one of my favorites for the challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/30/2007 09:23:26 AM
Very cool perspective shot, would work well in textures also.
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 12/30/2007 05:08:41 AM
I really like the multiple vanishing points here, and the satisfying metallic colours. Good viewpoint too, if a little typical!
; )

My only gripe is the overpowering white light which, although dynamic, is just too dominant.
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 12/30/2007 02:15:54 AM
Perspective approved, well done
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 12/29/2007 09:50:22 PM
I'm not sure what it is, but this shot is very cool. If the bright line top left could be toned down it would help this shot by keeping the eye moving around. As it is, the eye is continually drwan to the bright line.
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 12/29/2007 08:45:25 PM
stunning!
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 12/29/2007 08:13:07 PM
Don't know precisely what I'm looking at but it's giving me vertigo!
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 12/29/2007 04:28:41 PM
Terrific, dramatic shot. Love the light, the blur, and the clarity of the textured walkway. 10
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 12/29/2007 02:55:53 PM
Wow. Great Great picture. Truly shows perspective despite the fact that i have no idea what im looking at? possibly subway grates?
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 12/28/2007 10:15:41 AM
Striking shot.
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 12/28/2007 10:06:42 AM
Nicely done. It has an abstractness that I really like.
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 12/26/2007 10:17:50 PM
This will be even better when I know what it is! Oooh, oooh, oooh...is it a bridge? Those are cars back there, right? 7
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 12/26/2007 08:47:37 PM
What is this!? I love it! 9.
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 12/26/2007 09:18:38 AM
Very Interesting! :)
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 12/25/2007 07:08:07 PM
A 10 from me!
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 12/25/2007 09:54:59 AM
terrific shot, seems like I should know what it is but can't figure it out. well cone 9
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 12/25/2007 03:57:26 AM
Nice perspective, but had to spend too much time figuring what it was. Would have preferred to spend more time admiring the details in the image instead - 6
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 12/24/2007 01:02:56 PM
This really grabs me, love the different point of view :)
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 12/24/2007 01:00:10 PM
What on earth is it? an organ or piano? well done pic -8
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 12/24/2007 10:40:27 AM
Great effect.
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 12/24/2007 02:00:12 AM
very interesting! What is this? However, I like it!
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 12/24/2007 12:26:51 AM
what a fantastic image for the challenge, with a great abstract feel, and a feeling of movement...excellent 9
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