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Beware of Runaway Trams
Beware of Runaway Trams
muur88


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Challenge: Road Signs Re-revisited (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon PowerShot G5
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: Jan 19, 2004
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: .5
Galleries: Urban, Travel
Date Uploaded: Jan 19, 2004

 My first submission...please be gentle. I used a wide angle lense to get close to the track and still get the sign in, but I don't have an external flash yet. But eventhough most of the flash was blocked by the lense, the sign still got overexposed...not sure how that happened. Probably should have tried again with less output but the trains weren't cycling quick enough for my aching feet. So I tried to help the picture in photoshop with a curve adjustment and a bit of messing with the hue/desaturation settings, which helped a little.

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Place: 50 out of 202
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Sony DSC-F717
 01/27/2004 06:49:29 PM
Very nice! I like how the sign is lit.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/27/2004 11:16:41 AM
Love it! Would be even better if larger.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40X
 01/26/2004 03:32:28 AM
Really nicely done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z
 01/24/2004 12:53:36 PM
AWESOME! I love the effect that the train has! The sign tho, why is it 'glowing' (for lack of better words)? What setting did you use? 'B'? E-mail me...annina.rupe@wartburg.edu
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 01/22/2004 11:36:38 AM
Nice action, good composition. I like how the sign glows in the darkness and the train zooms at us. The diagonals work very nicely.
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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 01/21/2004 05:09:10 PM
the part i like most is how the driver is visable in the tram.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Coolpix 5700
 01/21/2004 02:25:07 PM
The man driving the train almost looks like an animated character from a video game or something lol.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix S7000
 01/21/2004 12:42:19 PM
Very good. It seems to be a ghost train (including a ghost driver). But the overexposed sign is a little bit disturbing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 01/21/2004 12:35:56 PM
Nice use of blur and light streaks. I assume that's not what the symbols on the sign mean, but it gives that impression.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/21/2004 10:33:13 AM
Love the light and motion. Very nice. Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Kodak DC4800
 01/21/2004 09:49:41 AM
Great shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Minolta DiMAGE A1
 01/21/2004 09:06:54 AM
Great idea. Sign is bit overexposed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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