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san diego traffic time exposure


	san diego traffic time exposure Patrick Byrd

Anita Hogue

This is really great! I love the curved lines! The color is awesome!

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0 January 27, 2005

- Robert K. Bemus

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Great composition...fairly fast time exposure as there's not much glare?

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0 January 27, 2005

Patrick Byrd

Thanks guys- it was 15 seconds. Is that long for this type of thing or not?

I also had to open it all the way up because I was shooting through some sort of "don't throw bottles off the overpass" fence. The initial image was somewhat more glarish. But I desaturated the white side and punched up the red side using the sponge tool. The green hedge was pretty much the same washed out tungsten look as the highway so I fooled with that some too. When I get back to my desktop I'll post the original if you'd like to see.

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0 January 27, 2005

David Whitcher

A good shot of a classic idea. I agree, the curves and colors are great! My only problem with it is the diagonal lines of the bridge. A rule of composition is to keep horizons level and the bridge kind of acts as the horizon in this scene. What do you think?

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0 January 28, 2005

- Robert K. Bemus

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I hadn't heard that but that's a good rule to keep in mind...I've taken similar photos from freeway overpasses - I'm usually concentrating on the cars I'm photographing and the cars wizzing past my behind; Patrick may have been distracted?

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0 January 28, 2005

Patrick Byrd

I guess so. The whole curve is superelevated. I might have been trying to emphasize the height of the red vs white lights and give the whole thing an uphill look. I was certainly more concerned with the vertical supports but now that you mention it they could use a similar adjustment.

Thanks for the input.

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0 January 28, 2005

Detrick V. Martin

Wonderful work, well done! Congradulations!

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0 February 19, 2005

Mary-Ella Bowles

Hey, this looks familiar! Nice to see this great shot in the finals, Patrick - and good luck!!

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0 February 19, 2005

Patrick Byrd

Thanks everyone!

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0 February 20, 2005

Wendy Stevenson

Congratulations on this excellent FIRST PLACE image!! WTG Patrick!!

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0 February 21, 2005

Piotr M. Organa

Congratulations, Patrick!!!