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Six seconds on the Strand, Westminster (London)
Six seconds on the Strand, Westminster (London)
Bruce_the_Robert


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Six (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
Location: Westminster, London, England
Date: Jan 14, 2008
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 6 sec.
Galleries: Cityscape, Blur
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2008

 Six seconds, not much more to say.

Processing: lightroom for white balance, exposure, crop/rotate a bit.

Photoshop:
Neat Image (including light sharpening)
Healed and cloned out some sensor dust (one of which may have been street dirt, but what do I know) & distracting lens flares
Curves
Resize (in steps)
Unsharp mask
Save for web

Statistics
Place: 82 out of 134
Avg (all users): 5.3000
Avg (commenters): 6.0769
Avg (participants): 4.9298
Avg (non-participants): 5.4586
Views since voting: 748
Views during voting: 304
Votes: 190
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 02/01/2008 03:24:15 PM
Focus on those 33 7+ votes you got - the dpc masses would have shouted louder if you *hadn't* indicated the six connection in your title, they just don't know it. From what I know of these types of long exposures, you appear to have done an excellent job from a technical standpoint. The traffic blur takes us across the frame quite nicely.
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 01/28/2008 12:28:57 PM
So ... my first thought was "nope, doesn't meet the challenge" because I also tend to ignore titles.

However, after reading xianart's comment, I'm now thinking that yes, I could see this on the gallery wall in an exhibition about the concept "six." You may have changed how I approach voting!
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 01/28/2008 09:10:27 AM
hey, it's bush house! i was knocked off my bike just 'round the corner from here (on lancaster pl.) and did my pelvis in! i really like the shot, and find there's nothing whatsoever wrong with the title being an intrinsic part of the whole. the history of modern art is full of works that use their title to make themselves relevant. don't worry about it.
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 01/28/2008 07:17:15 AM
The dpc reinforcement of conformity overwhelms the suck inclination to try something different. Keep trying.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/27/2008 09:03:36 PM
Nice blend of still and moving objects.
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 01/27/2008 05:04:44 PM
the reason i dont like this is because the title is required to see why the photograph fits the challenge criteria of "Six"
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 01/27/2008 02:14:51 PM
Apart from the title, I would never connect this with the challenge topic of "six". As far as the image itself goes, it's nicely done with some good colors, but I don't like the bus in the image... it draws attention away from the rest of the image.
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 01/26/2008 12:15:45 PM
Interesting, and unique take on the theme. If it were mine, I may have cropped off the one bright light on the right hand side. Overall, a very pleasing shot.
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 01/25/2008 02:00:51 PM
This is pretty cool!
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 01/24/2008 03:14:23 PM
this is what i call an out of the box approach - and I like! good colors and i love the control of exposure to avoid blown out lights
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 01/24/2008 10:06:43 AM
Great take on theme. Good result.
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 01/24/2008 07:35:43 AM
I'm not sure if this fits the challenge, but its an awesome picture. 10
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 01/24/2008 02:17:14 AM
Wowie! how many takes did it take to do this? This is really inexplicably asthetic.
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 01/22/2008 09:07:54 AM
this is by far the best of the lot including mine. i thought i gave it a 10 in the first place, but luckily i was looking over everything and realized that somehow it was marked a '1'! it's fixed. definitely a 10 not a 1. the lights are just beautiful and the light trails are perfectly placed. i'll be interested to know if it really is a 6 second exposure.
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 01/21/2008 09:30:58 PM
title dependant. the shot itself has no sixes.
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 01/21/2008 04:38:31 PM
Sweet!!

The lines, the light, the tones.....everything works.
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 01/21/2008 10:47:22 AM
nice night shot.
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 01/21/2008 09:03:22 AM
Beautiful image, I love the action conveyed by the light streaks. I couldn't find a six or group of six items anywhere in the image, so without the title I would say it doesn't fit the challenge.
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 01/21/2008 05:31:31 AM
but it's a No.9 bus
:-)
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