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Challenge: 1-Second Exposure (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Melbourne Australia
Date: Mar 23, 2009
Aperture: F22
ISO: minus 1 under 200
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Black and White, Action
Date Uploaded: Mar 22, 2009

 The Image: I have shot here before and have ribboned here. I had this image in mind but not as a selective desaturation. When I tried a few edits, this came to mind. It was shot at around 12:56, the middle of the day, in RAW with f22 and the lowest ISO I could get at 1 second with a polariser.

The Edit: The basic stuff with a selective desat layer mask. I tweaked levels and colours. I cloned out a couple of minor power line thingys.

The Prediction: I am confident this might do OK. 6.8? But then it could end up at 5.5...who knows...my MOJO has eluded me in 2009.

Statistics
Place: 14 out of 132
Avg (all users): 6.3626
Avg (commenters): 7.5333
Avg (participants): 6.3115
Avg (non-participants): 6.3884
Views since voting: 2423
Views during voting: 439
Votes: 182
Comments: 22
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 03/30/2009 11:49:05 PM
just fantastic .. the selective desat works so well .. the people and the movement is even more exaggerated .. its a brilliant image .. i nearly expect to hear music with all the shapes and blur .. !!..:)
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 03/30/2009 07:49:15 PM
HI Enzo, thanks for the comments on my shot. Great work on this, the selective desat works great.
In your next trip , plan some time and I can bring you to shoot the bridge.
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 03/30/2009 01:29:33 PM
The select desat is very effective. Great shot, Enzo.
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 03/30/2009 11:25:28 AM
Oooooh. . .I LOVE IT! Way to go, Enzo! This is brilliant!

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 03/30/2009 12:15:57 AM
I love it when I pick a hotpasta photo during voting :)

Well done on the top 20 finish. 6.36 is a good indication that your mojo hasn't abandoned you entirely... hold on... didn't you just get a blue ribbon in the Hope challenge! Yes... with a 7.06 nonetheless... What are you on about with eluded mojo. You're mojoed to the eyeballs!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/29/2009 07:23:09 PM
love it - 10
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 03/29/2009 07:10:37 PM
Nice blur. I like the colorful people and then the rest in duo-tone.
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 03/28/2009 04:09:34 AM
selective desat was a great idea for this shot :-)
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 03/27/2009 02:42:14 PM
Very nice desat! The color of the people seems to give them a harried sense.
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 03/26/2009 01:47:21 PM
Great use of selective saturation.
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 03/25/2009 10:56:48 PM
That's odd ... a selective desat that I don't mind at all. It's interesting to ponder the question of whether my reaction to it would be similar if the people were desaturated instead of the environment. Would it still seem to be about the people then? Or would it be about the city? I don't know for sure. That's why I like it. 7.
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 03/25/2009 04:23:39 PM
Very nice.
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 03/24/2009 03:54:54 PM
I wonder if the selective desat is necessary, but 7 for a cool shot.
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 03/24/2009 01:37:41 PM
Very affective and well executed
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 03/24/2009 07:28:47 AM
I really like the effect of the desat.
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 03/24/2009 03:44:01 AM
How brave of you to stand there like that! Great back drop and use of selec. desat.
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 03/23/2009 10:37:58 PM
This must be Enzo's. Fantastic choice of the selective desat.
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 03/23/2009 10:11:12 PM
Hotpasta... how are you doing? Nice photo. Love the selective de-sat. Think this will do well.
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 03/23/2009 03:31:08 PM
Nicely exposed, I guess you used some sort of filter to lengthen the exposure? I'm not sure about the selective desat.
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 03/23/2009 12:01:40 PM
Awesome post-processing. Love the effect, I don't even notice the washed out sky. :-)
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 03/23/2009 09:06:12 AM
Oh that's terrific but not sure of the selective de-sat.
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 03/23/2009 02:28:26 AM
loverly.
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