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Exhaust
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Challenge: From the Ground Up VI (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Date: Dec 8, 2010
Date Uploaded: Dec 8, 2010

 Probably the most serendipitous photo I've ever taken - a test exposure trying to get the tailpipe of the old truck and the sky in focus while keeping the histogram usable. The camera was lying on the ground, about 8 " from the tailpipe, but I had to handhold the angle to include the rusted truck bed, so I was shooting blind. The aperture should have been smaller to get the contrail in focus but, after several tries with a smaller f/stop, I wasn't able to duplicate the 'flare' on the 'horizon', so I went with this OOF frame. The black object on the horizon is the tie-down hook on the truck bed.

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Thanks, Don, for the ribbon, it means a lot... and thanks to all for the comments.


Statistics
Place: 19 out of 108
Avg (all users): 6.1624
Avg (commenters): 8.5455
Avg (participants): 6.0667
Avg (non-participants): 6.2222
Views since voting: 1163
Views during voting: 258
Votes: 117
Comments: 19
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 12/30/2010 01:53:29 PM
Love the incredible depth and energy achieved here, notwithstanding the grounded mystery that drives so much of your work. What bothers me is the little offset extension of the flare trail in the upper left of the image. My sense is that the composition could be even more dynamic with the horizon shifted by corresponding length upward, keeping the eye within the image, instead of beckoning outward...
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 12/20/2010 02:13:30 PM
This almost makes me crazy. Need to look at it awhile, and repeatedly.
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 12/20/2010 10:25:22 AM
oh magoo you've done it again
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 12/20/2010 05:28:38 AM
Sweet shot. 9 from me. Congrats on the top 20 and more importantly the Blue, Dancing Hand.
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 12/20/2010 12:42:05 AM
awesome. Congrats on your blue!
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 12/20/2010 12:07:08 AM
Wonderful image, pleasure to take in.
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 12/20/2010 12:06:50 AM
I thought for sure this one would ribbon. Guess it was too abstract for some people's taste. Got an 8 from me, however.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/19/2010 10:50:38 PM
A lesson in composition. Outstanding.
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 12/19/2010 09:40:55 PM
Wow, just lovely. interesting textures and angles, a bit out of the box so it may not score as well as it should, but it works for me.
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 12/19/2010 06:39:20 PM
This is a striking photo and an excellent use of the challenge technique. It gets my personal blue.

Posthumous Blue Ribbon

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 12/19/2010 11:42:28 AM
The idea is great and the delivery of that idea is well done, from the framing to the exposure/processing.
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 12/18/2010 08:19:27 AM
Love everything about this.
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 12/17/2010 07:42:29 PM
I never thought an exhaust can look so appealing. The diagonals are awesome too.
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 12/17/2010 05:37:40 AM
Otherworldly vision of the ordinary that is quite extraordinary. Beautiful light.
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 12/16/2010 12:17:05 AM
I don't know what to say. Bizarre. I like it.
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 12/15/2010 10:38:03 PM
It took a minute. Cool idea.
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 12/14/2010 07:12:29 PM
i love this.
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 12/14/2010 01:00:32 PM
Strange but has a hold on me,hope it does well.
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 12/13/2010 09:24:29 PM
So very good and odd. A great combination for me. Love the dramatic lighting and crusty, rusty detail in the foreground, and the smooth but scratched plane that separates the pipe for the dreamy sky. The intriguing squiggle provokes all sorts of guesses.
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