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Off the rails
Off the rails
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Challenge: Vanishing Point II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Location: Shepreth
Date: May 14, 2007
Aperture: 9
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Black and White, Travel
Date Uploaded: May 14, 2007

 Cliché I know and will probably bomb, but I like it :P

Shot at a quiet level crossing near one of the villages I work close to. RAW import and levels/curves in Lightroom then resized and some USM in editor. Lines appear to have picked up some jaggies in the resize but not a lot I could do :/

Hard to get all the alignments looking good, in reality the track isn't level, there's a hill in the background, the posts aren't completely vertical and the kit lens shows off a bit of distortion at 18mm. Sure it'll be commented on, but best not to obsess about things too much :)

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Nikon D4
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 05/27/2007 10:46:28 PM
Greetings from the critique club. First I'd have to say you met the challenge with what seems to be a common theme for the challenge. I'd say that the symmetry and the desat/B&W conversion worked well for you. I'd liked to have seen just a touch more constrast with it. I'd also have suggested a lower angle. to maybe take a bit of the powerlines out of the composition. Otherwise you did fairly well with the subject matter and the challenge.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 05/22/2007 02:14:02 AM
A little too dark for my taste, nice composition though :)
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
 05/20/2007 07:09:14 AM
Straight to the... point! Nice composition. I normally prefer color to B/W but this one spelled B/W. Love it even thought the railroads are the overdone converging lines subject. ;)
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Nikon D70s
 05/19/2007 06:05:15 PM
that pretty much sums up this challenge
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 05/19/2007 09:45:25 AM
Nice. The overall tone gives a mysterious feeling.
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Pentax KP
Pentax FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited AF
 05/16/2007 12:55:35 AM
Perfect sky; I looked for a place where I could find wires to balance the tracks I shot, so I very much approve of the symmetry here. Very nice. 9.
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