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Challenge: Free Study 2010-07 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Date: Jul 12, 2010
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Architecture, Science and Technology
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2010

 Rollercoaster model on exhibit at the Lawrence Hall of Science on the UC Berkeley campus.

Isaac and I re-upped our membership at LHS recently, partly (well, maybe mostly) so that I could take my entry to the Spherical challenge. The currently featured exhibit is on the physics of rollercoasters, including test tracks, a simulator, and this complex model coaster.

I tried to find an angle which would make it look a much as possible as if it was a real coaster outdoors at night, and as much complex trackway as I could. Most of the other angles showed shadows cast on the backing wall, and made it more obvious it was a model. Also, the demonstration car moved way too fast to get a decent action shot.

I was pretty happy with the framing and sharpness considering the limitations of being handheld under extremely low lighting conditions. I like trying to bring out dark-on-dark detail.

I don't like riding coasters myself -- though the simulator they had at the exhibit was pretty good -- so I guess I'm happy to "get some use" out of one for a change. :-)

-Handheld, Manual mode
-Noise-reduction with PictureCooler
-RGB Curve
-Blue Curve
-Red Curve
-Green Curve
-RGB Curve
-Resize
-USM at 16%/64 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied three times)
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 9/10 = 283KB

File: Coaster_IMG_3244-DPC9.jpg

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08/07/2010 11:12:57 PM
It's a pretty cool looking scene. Maybe just a bit more brightening and straightening would really make this pop.
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 08/04/2010 06:04:56 AM
scary roller coaster hgere... good shot.
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 08/01/2010 12:34:40 AM
making this brighter would have helped... the colors are pretty.
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