Flash bounced off reflector provided lighting for the "frozen" parts of this image as well as timing for me.
The blurred parts are lit from a desklamp with a 60 watt bulb.
After flash fired, I moved the car with a piece of fishing line attached to the rear for the rest of the 2 second exposure. Thus, the car was in-focus and porperly exposed and ambient lighting made the blur.
Post Process Convert from Raw
Cloning to clean up dust and glare on car.
Burned the background to black and on the windows.
A bit dodging on the nose of the car to bring up light levels.
Resize and add border.
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So this is your '2 second' entry. I think it meets the challenge well. Not only was it a 2 sec. exposure, but you've used the blur nicely to give it a solid feel to the viewer of the 2 seconds. It's nice to see someone that actually took a 2 second shot ;-P
As I first look at this photo, it grabs my attention nicely. The bright red car and the blur, and the lighting you've used, as it brightens to the back, and gives the appearance of tire smoke, it all is catchy. A solid clean composition, forms a nice vertical across the image, and the shot definitely gives a sense of action. I like how you've filled the frame with the subject. Not a bad job on the edit, IMO. I've done similar shots (one of my higest scores is a long exposure shot of a guitar), and, at least I think, they can tend to get quite 'messy', and leave a lot of cleaning up to do to make it look good. I might say though, that some of the dodging seems to come across as a bit 'heavy-handed', like in the smoke area, and especially how the rear wheel is so bright. I like the write up you've included with the shot. I think this would be a fine learning example for this type of technique for newcomers to the site, or even just a newcomer to this type of shot :-)
Overall, not a bad shot, I think. I like it. Has a good interest factor, and is eye-catching. Your score is not too bad, I would think it could be a little higher, but maybe that is just me. Perhaps some were slightly unimpressed by the blur? Maybe some people are just a little put off by models? (at least the non curvacious, non soft and cuddly ones) :-P Although, I must admit, that at first glance, I didn't necessarily see right away that it was not real, but then there is no road, or pavement or anything, right? hehehe I just thought, man, that is some pretty hefty fishing line!
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