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Challenge: Wheels (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-D60
Location: Houston
Date: Apr 1, 2004
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1.5 sec
Galleries: Abstract, Action
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2004

 This was taken on one of the few really clear nights we had here in houston lately.

I know some commented it was not very sharp in a few areas and I agree, this shot was hand held while sitting in my truck, so I think it came out ok. Plus the carnies (carnival employees) were looking at me weird.

ISO 200 F/16 1.5 second exposure

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Place: 1 out of 283
Avg (all users): 6.9502
Avg (commenters): 7.3846
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Views since voting: 7584
Votes: 261
Comments: 46
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 06/16/2004 11:54:44 PM
Handheld with a 1.5sec shutter?! What are you nuts? Great job! You must not be a caffeine addict yet. I grab a tripod for 1/60 shots. Wonderful composition and contrast.
Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/20/2004 06:05:29 AM
Congrats on the bluey!!!
 04/17/2004 09:30:50 PM
hey this picture is making ,me dizzy i rate u a ten good job
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/14/2004 07:41:57 PM
Congratulations James, you must be a surgeon with such hands :) Great shot.
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 04/14/2004 03:54:24 PM
Thanks all, I rested my elbow on the door arm rest and the camera against the window, no ND filters, yes it was spinning pretty fast or fast enough to give the motion... I took about 40 pics that night from a few different angles

James
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/14/2004 03:25:01 PM
James

Congratulations!
Hand Held? Did you rest on the truck door?
Did you use any ND filters or etc?
For only 1.5 secs It looks like it was turning fast :)

Message edited by author 2004-04-14 15:26:17.
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Nikon Z9
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/14/2004 11:56:31 AM
I was going to say, "Wow, hand held?!" But everyone else has said it, so I won't bother... :)
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Sony DSC-F717
 04/14/2004 08:42:40 AM

Hand held!! awesome shot!
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Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/14/2004 05:50:27 AM
Hand held! wow, you must have a very steady hand! Congrats!
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Sony DSC-F717
 04/14/2004 05:20:33 AM
Congrats! You won!!! :D
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/14/2004 02:23:45 AM
Congratulations on the ribbon - Great photo
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/14/2004 02:11:32 AM
Congratulations on the ribbon James! It's a great photo.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 04/14/2004 12:59:32 AM
Beautiful colors and exposure. Congrats on the ribbon.

Keep it up...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/13/2004 09:31:59 PM
Gives impression of moving at 120 mph,poor people who are taking the ride! :-)
Compsition and light very good,lack of sharpness,maybe because of done handheld or poor lense,7.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 300mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 04/13/2004 02:07:33 PM
I can not believe you made this so very interesting. Even though there can't be too many Ferris Wheel pictures, you really did this well -- it looks as dangerous as I first thought when I was 3 years old.
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Ricoh GR III
Fujifilm XF 16mm f/1.4 R WR
 04/13/2004 08:52:56 AM
Nice use of motion blur. I'm glad you didn't add a border. I expect you will do very well with this one.
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HP PhotoSmart 735
 04/12/2004 05:19:49 PM
This is AWESOME. Best photo in this challenge that I've seen yet.
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Minolta DiMAGE S414
 04/12/2004 04:27:14 PM
Great shot. Nothing else to say. 9
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 04/12/2004 03:37:04 PM
nice
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/12/2004 03:06:24 PM
great exposure.
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 04/12/2004 02:19:29 AM
Beautiful picture. It fits the challenge so well, is so well composed and the colors are great.
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Minolta DiMAGE S404
 04/11/2004 10:16:33 PM
very nice and colourful wheel
wish u did not catch the roof in the righthand side of the shot
but still very nice
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Apple iPhone
 04/11/2004 11:13:30 AM
Excellent...
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Sony DSC-F828
 04/10/2004 11:26:49 PM
very nice capture.good and bright...lots of colour
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
 04/10/2004 07:00:48 PM
Very nice. Love the colors.
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Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
 04/10/2004 04:33:55 AM
i like this.
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Sony Alpha a6000
 04/09/2004 07:37:56 PM
Nice motion. Like the contrast against the night blue sky.
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Sony DSC-F717
 04/09/2004 01:19:47 PM
Nice photo. This seems to be the most interesting photo to me in this challenge. I might have liked to see it a little more centered though.
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 04/09/2004 09:17:43 AM
excellent
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/09/2004 09:08:38 AM
A really nice image. The colours of the sky are spot on in complementing the colours of the fairground lights.
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Fujifilm FinePix S2 Pro
Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX
 04/08/2004 05:45:17 PM
Like it a lot, a pity that the other parts of the picture are out of focus. But the wheel looks fantastic. Therefore I rate it a 7
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28mm f/2.8
 04/08/2004 05:43:29 PM
I very much like how this turned out, I gave it a 9
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Olympus C-300Z
 04/08/2004 04:12:16 PM
I don't know what this is, but i hope there is nobody in it. This would have gone just as well in the 'motion blur' challenge. Very good.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/08/2004 03:51:34 PM
Nicely done. I like the color of the sky. This looks similar to a picture in Pop Photo and Imaging a few months back.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 04/08/2004 11:54:35 AM
Composition doesn't really thrill me. Think I'd have approached it from a different angle, but great exposure and motion blur.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lensbaby 1.0 (The Original)
 04/08/2004 09:15:20 AM
Very nice! I'm an aficianado of time-lapse shots of carnivals (small group, eh?) and you've really caught the motion nicely. Did you use a tripod? Nitpicking, but it seems like some things are nicely sharp (the checkered canopy) but other things aren't so sharp (the mini-indy sign). Perhaps different USM settings would yield more uniform sharpness?
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Sony DSC-P52
 04/07/2004 11:41:19 PM
beautiful!!!
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Nikon D70
 04/07/2004 11:29:07 PM
WAAaooaAAaooaAAaooaAAaoowww....i'm too dizzy to comment. ;)
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Canon EOS-10D
 04/07/2004 02:14:38 PM
great shot! makes me a little dizzy!
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Nikon D70
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-80mm 1:4-5.6
 04/07/2004 01:25:11 PM
This is a nice motion shot. Good job!
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Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/07/2004 09:44:29 AM
Great time of day - nice use of color and blur.
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Sony DSC-F717
 04/07/2004 07:05:23 AM
Almost perfect... focus is just off IMO.. this would do MUCH better (knowing the DPC crowd) had this been in focus. Otherwise, everything else seems to be in order... composition and color tone. Very good sky too, perfect timing is all i can say. Hope you do well! Good luck! :D
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Canon EOS-10D
 04/07/2004 06:54:00 AM
Neat Shot
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 04/07/2004 06:48:48 AM
the gradual dark shade in the background works well
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Nikon D200
 04/07/2004 12:50:20 AM
I predict a ribbon. Love the entire scene.
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Nikon Coolpix 885
 04/07/2004 12:05:59 AM
Excellent photo! Love it. 10!
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