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Challenge: Green II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ3
Location: Tustin, California
Date: Jun 3, 2006
Aperture: F8.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 5.0 Seconds
Galleries: Urban, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jun 6, 2006

 The idea for this photo was to photograph cars speeding through a green traffic signal, using a long exposure time to capture the streaming tail lights of the cars. This would hopefully give the photo a sense of speed. The trick, once I started, was to leave the shutter open long enough to get a good long stream of tail lights, but not so long that I completely overexposed the green light. It was very hard to get one without the other. This photo was my best attempt at it.

To make the shot right for the "Green" challenge, I wanted to drain out all the color except for the green light, which I did by playing with the various color levels. Given the fact that that the green light was pretty much overexposed, I was relatively happy with how the green light ended up looking.

This was my first time playing with night photography and my first time working with long exposure times for effect. It was a fun exercise, but I'm not sure it turned out a really high quality image for the voters at DPC. Hopefully I'll get some votes for a creative idea.

Post Processing: Adjust color levels, crop, re-size, save as jpeg, run through the free demo version of Neat Image.

Statistics
Place: 207 out of 453
Avg (all users): 5.3487
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 5.3680
Avg (non-participants): 5.3309
Views since voting: 1086
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 261
Comments: 8
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 07/05/2006 01:40:55 AM
I think this is a great shot...and for the challenge I understand you only having the green stand out...but I think it would be a more captivating shot if you left at least the car lights in...Great work though

Edit for spelling

Message edited by author 2006-07-05 01:41:38.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 06/13/2006 02:09:18 PM
Hey, I like this! Neat effect.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 06/10/2006 06:40:45 PM
really well done!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF D 28-75 f/2.8
 06/09/2006 12:27:18 PM
Nice effect!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
XIAOMI Redmi Note 8 Pro
 06/08/2006 02:31:50 PM
This could be a winner... VERY cool :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot SD1000
 06/08/2006 09:22:55 AM
Beautiful shot. Similar to one I had in mind but you've got a better stretch of road. :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 06/08/2006 06:17:05 AM
The two green lights arn't enough, re this green challenge...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 06/07/2006 09:38:43 AM
I love the simplicity of this image.
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