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Challenge: Good News/Bad News (Expert Editing)
Collection: 2014
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
Date: Mar 27, 2014
Date Uploaded: Mar 27, 2014
[Mar. 28th, 2014 03:32:34 PM]

I may have done too good of an editing job on this, LOL!!! It seems viewers think I was just at the right place at the right time...

Here is the base image for the shot:


It is the freshly paved street down the block. The sky was just too blown out to save so I had to put in a sky from a different day. Except for the three foreground cars and the "ditch", everything else was already there.

The "ditch", by the way, may be one of the most complicated edits I've ever done. It's comprised from bits and pieces of about 15 different shots. The hardest part was getting the perspective right. It took me about 3 days and 2 separate outings to Griffith Park (where there are a lot of chewed up asphalt roads to get the "edges" of the ditch, and plenty of dirt and cracks for the bottom) to get it "just right". Then of course the lighting was inconsistent so I had to wrestle with those issues.

The cars I caught as they pulled into or out of their parking spots, and just pasted them into place. The one falling into the ditch I tilted and warped just a little to make look like it was actually falling in. All the tail/headlights were created in post, using a technique I learned from the day to night thread.

The rest of the cars, as you can see from the base image, were simply parked on either side of the street, but with the ditch taking up most of the pavement, it appears as if they are driving in a line.

Thanks for all the wonderful comments! I'm actually just a little relieved I didn't finish in the top 5: uploading all the included images would have taken quite a while :)

Statistics
Place: 8 out of 33
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Avg (commenters): 6.8333
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 04/04/2014 10:40:34 AM
Ohhhh.... NICELY DONE, Johanna!!


Message edited by author 2014-04-14 23:54:34.
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/04/2014 09:47:24 AM
I concur, very impressive editing Johanna! It shows how important it is to actually take the time to shoot the appropriate photos for a given composite, makes things much more convincing. Congratulations on the top ten.
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Ricoh GR III
Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR
 04/04/2014 09:10:16 AM
Terrific! Very impressive editing.
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Pentax K5II
Pentax SMC DA 55-300mm F4.5-5.8ED
04/04/2014 08:21:31 AM
Nice work.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/04/2014 07:30:03 AM
Great idea, and well done. 'Grats on TT!
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
04/04/2014 06:21:05 AM
Clever and well done! Congrats!
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Sony Alpha a7 IV
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 04/04/2014 06:06:11 AM
Johanna this is a super editing, it deserved more than this.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Fujifilm XF 35mm f/2 R WR
 04/03/2014 03:09:18 PM
Wild! Is this real or am I just naive? In any case, it's a startling image that quite suits the challenge. Well done.
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/01/2014 04:55:41 PM
What happened?
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Nikon Z5
Viltrox 20mm f/2.8 AF
 03/31/2014 08:49:09 PM
Interesting
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/30/2014 10:50:25 PM
Pretty well sums up the theme. How do I turn left?
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Canon EOS-20D
 03/28/2014 04:23:09 PM
that will show them 9
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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 03/28/2014 04:46:09 AM
this is definitely a good photo well captured being in right place at the right time is amazing.
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