Help me find a road photo! - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

03/02/2005 04:39:07 PM · #1

OK gang, I need to find a motion-blurred image of a curve in a road to match the example below as closely as possible (in the next 24 hours or so) for use on a package label. I know I've seen similar shots here, but of course I can't find them now. If you've got a shot like this, please post it here. If I can find a good match, we'll both be happy. ;-)

Cue theme from Mission Impossible...

scuds

Canon EOS-30D

03/02/2005 04:47:14 PM · #2

I have a night-city-blured scene like you want!
Not on a curve though.....

huuuuu, don't think that would be a match for you LoL

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/02/2005 04:57:45 PM · #3

I have plenty of blurry pictures taken while driving around, but I don't think any of them have the curve and nice foreground focus you need.

There was a ribbon-winner taken in a curving tunnel a long time ago, but it's all streaked lights, not trees.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/02/2005 05:00:14 PM · #4

Darn, I have to think ... maybe something from my last driving vacation.

Any other specifications, like sky (or lack of)? Or just a curved road with blurry foliage?

03/02/2005 05:12:12 PM · #5

A need a road with foliage and a feeling of speed. With or without sky... doesn't matter. It'll probably pay for a new camera for the photographer if I can find a match.

Message edited by author 2005-03-02 17:14:18.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/02/2005 05:15:03 PM · #6

Originally posted by scalvert:

A need a road with foliage and a feeling of speed. With or without sky... doesn't matter. It'll probably pay for a new camera for the photographer if I can find a match.

And what's wrong with your example?

03/02/2005 05:16:42 PM · #7

Originally posted by GeneralE:

And what's wrong with your example?

For various reasons, it's not available for use.

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/02/2005 05:18:52 PM · #8

Ah ... I'll try to think about it, I might have something like that, but I hope other people are looking too.

peecee

Canon EOS-5D

03/02/2005 05:19:34 PM · #9

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Ah ... I'll try to think about it, I might have something like that, but I hope other people are looking too.

Or out shooting one :)

03/02/2005 05:29:53 PM · #10

Originally posted by peecee:

...or out shooting one :)

Hey, if you can get a clean shot that looks like that by tomorrow afternoon, I might have a new 20D for you.

akshayvh

Canon EOS-7D

03/02/2005 05:30:18 PM · #11

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Not really motion blurred though :/

Message edited by author 2005-03-02 17:30:53.

animes2k

03/02/2005 05:32:54 PM · #12

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by peecee:
...or out shooting one :)

Hey, if you can get a clean shot that looks like that by tomorrow afternoon, I might have a new 20D for you.

Are you proposing to commission such a photo for roughly $1500 worth of equipment? If so, I'll drive around all day tomorrow to get you that shot :)

03/02/2005 05:33:10 PM · #13

Thanks, that's one of the shots I was looking for. It might work, but I'd like to have more green foliage and see more of the road surface. Maybe Crab has some outtakes?

peecee

Canon EOS-5D

03/02/2005 05:33:47 PM · #14

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by peecee:
...or out shooting one :)

Hey, if you can get a clean shot that looks like that by tomorrow afternoon, I might have a new 20D for you.

Nice offer shannon,
thanks, I haven't mastered my 10D yet :)

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/02/2005 05:34:40 PM · #15

Originally posted by peecee:

Originally posted by GeneralE:
Ah ... I'll try to think about it, I might have something like that, but I hope other people are looking too.

Or out shooting one :)

Well, I wondered who'd be calling in from their cell phone : )

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/02/2005 05:35:55 PM · #16

Ooooh ... how big does the file have to be? How many pixels for the final size?

03/02/2005 05:38:35 PM · #17

Originally posted by animes2k:

Are you proposing to commission such a photo for roughly $1500 worth of equipment? If so, I'll drive around all day tomorrow to get you that shot :)

It has to be the "right" shot. I wouldn't want somebody spending all day shooting for this and come up empty. That said, if the client approves it, then it could certainly be $1500.

03/02/2005 05:40:40 PM · #18

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Ooooh ... how big does the file have to be? How many pixels for the final size?

Hard to say... 4 megapixels should cover it if the shot is clean.

animes2k

03/02/2005 05:41:52 PM · #19

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by animes2k:
Are you proposing to commission such a photo for roughly $1500 worth of equipment? If so, I'll drive around all day tomorrow to get you that shot :)

It has to be the "right" shot. I wouldn't want somebody spending all day shooting for this and come up empty. That said, if the client approves it, then it could certainly be $1500.

You want, essentially, THAT shot? I could do that. I'd just have to rig up the car mount again...

Of course, finding green foliage around here at this time of the year, I'd have to concentrate on evergreens....

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

03/02/2005 05:43:43 PM · #20

Originally posted by animes2k:

...I'd have to concentrate on evergreens....

Evergreens miiight be OK, but no snow. This has to look like summer.

animes2k

03/02/2005 05:46:13 PM · #21

Originally posted by scalvert:

Originally posted by animes2k:
...I'd have to concentrate on evergreens....

Evergreens miiight be OK, but no snow. This has to look like summer.

I'll see if I can come up with something, but I'm not sure how much the snow has melted in the places I'd need to shoot this...

I'm assuming you've tried Getty/PhotoDisc/etc? Even their largest-sized RF images are considerably less than $1500... However, if you've exhausted all of these other options, I'd certainly be happy to give it a go.

pm me if you're interested... i'll give you my email...

- chris (a fellow designer)

Message edited by author 2005-03-02 17:48:51.

Mark

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

03/02/2005 05:47:55 PM · #22

There's a place I could try doing that, but the road has a curb. I'm not sure if that'll work

03/02/2005 05:55:01 PM · #23

Originally posted by animes2k:

I'll see if I can come up with something, but I'm not sure how much the snow has melted in the places I'd need to shoot this...

The snow might be the toughest hurdle. As long as the lighting is good, there's nothing about the subject that a Photoshop blur can't cover. I'd try it myself except that we have about 12" of white stuff on the ground. If you've got the time and don't mind the possibility of wasting your efforts, then go for it. The only thing I can promise is that I WILL need a shot like that in the next day or two. I just don't know where it'll come from.

03/02/2005 05:55:40 PM · #24

Originally posted by Quickshutter:

There's a place I could try doing that, but the road has a curb. I'm not sure if that'll work

I don't think a curb will matter too much if the scene is predominantly foliage.

soup

Canon EOS-30D