Processing: lightroom for white balance, exposure, crop/rotate a bit.
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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
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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: 894 Views during voting: 304 Votes: 190 Comments: 19 Favorites: 1 (view)
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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