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Will You Walk A Little Faster?
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Challenge: The Number 11 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Lens: Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
Location: Oakland, California, USA
Date: Nov 16, 2013
Aperture: 3.51
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/202
Date Uploaded: Nov 17, 2013

 Timed pedestrian signal. Title from a (depressing) science-fiction story (I think by William Tenn). Alternate title "Walk, Don't Run" from the surf-era song ...

-Handheld, manual mode
-FL 432mm (35mm EQ)
-RGB and Blue Curves
-RGB through mask to lighten signal
-Resize
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (applied twice)
-SaveAs JPEG at 97% quality = 300KB

File: WalkSign_IMG_8985-DPCusm97

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 63
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Avg (commenters): 4.0000
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Views since voting: 489
Views during voting: 161
Votes: 87
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Canon EOS-700D Rebel T5i
 11/20/2013 02:03:32 PM
I want to straighten that sign... It distracts from the challenge subject. I would have like to see the lights in the green light and number 11 be more crisp and the sign a bit out of focus. Great idea, though.
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