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"There, that's the one!"
"There, that's the one!"
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Challenge: Grey (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: Jan 31, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jan 31, 2009

 ok... well this one took up my whole Saturday! First, I drove Downtown Toronto to this spot (same spot I did my Single Tree pic) and took the little pic you see my finger pointing to, then I came home (it's about a 20 min drive to this spot) Then I made this little colour swab page and took it over to costco (price club) and had it printed out, then taped it into a paint chip colour book. Now, of course several hours have passed and sadly, the weather has changed and there was a typical Canadian snow flurry going on, so I waited for it to pass by, drove all the way down there, and believe it or not, by the time I got my tripod setup, BAM! it starts snowing again and the nice clouds have dissappeared!... Agh! so, back home I went, watched some TV and had dinner, then at around 4:30 I noticed that the snow had cleared so I gave it one more go... this is what I was able to get,,, I'm pretty pleased with it =)
The tricky part was making sure that the flash didn't reflect off of the picture of the other pictures (these are all ones I took over the past year... there was a night sky one at the bottom with spinning stars in the sky, but it ended up taking one for the team and getting cropped off)

To make sure there was no reflection, I had to keep the flash at weak power and I used a Garry Fong Light sphere, it worked excellent! (As usual)

Anyways... My main reason for doing this was to force some nice colours into the Grey challenge while still meeting the requirements...

I'm not sure how well it will do, hopefully it will get some good brownie points for originality =)

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 184
Avg (all users): 6.2029
Avg (commenters): 7.8333
Avg (participants): 6.0000
Avg (non-participants): 6.3544
Views since voting: 2855
Views during voting: 265
Votes: 138
Comments: 23
Favorites: 6 (view)

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Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 03/30/2010 05:00:45 PM
wow! I love this! very creative! :-) and reading your "photographers comments" was very interesting
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Canon EOS-20D
Sigma 18-50mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 02/11/2009 10:06:05 PM
love this one!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 02/11/2009 04:05:30 PM
Very clever! And a lot of hard work as well. Well deserved 6th place.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM III
 02/11/2009 03:49:44 PM
Congrats on the 6th place. Excellent shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 02/09/2009 09:37:04 PM
I wish I had a fraction of your creativity. This is an awesome, and original idea, and you should have ribboned IMO.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 02/09/2009 01:35:35 PM
Great idea for the challenge. Congratulations on your top 10 finish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/09/2009 08:21:07 AM
Congrats on your top 10 finish.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/09/2009 05:00:27 AM
Very ingenious! You did a great job of this, from concept through execution. How very wonderfully different - excellent work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 02/09/2009 12:30:37 AM
Congrats!! wonderfully creative.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 02/09/2009 12:22:31 AM
Congrats. Still think it's the most creative shot of the lot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 02/09/2009 12:07:11 AM
Congrats! Very original!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Sony Alpha a1
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 02/08/2009 10:57:44 PM
Clever combination, and interesting display of your images, including the one duplicated in the background. First thought this was actually outside, then thought fingers need gloves, then noticed the similarity of background and foreground grey images.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 02/08/2009 06:56:37 PM
this is a great concept
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z9
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 105mm f/1.4E ED
 02/08/2009 05:23:01 PM
Very very creative - nice work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/08/2009 12:22:20 PM
what a great idea...wonderful shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
02/08/2009 09:59:53 AM
this made me giggle. Well done.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/07/2009 12:16:56 PM
Creative approach.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 02/05/2009 04:33:59 PM
Creative & well executed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D60
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR
 02/03/2009 09:41:41 PM
awesome idea! really creative.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 02/03/2009 09:06:53 PM
very creative! I don't know that I'd rate the photo as a 10, but I'm giving a 10 because it is extremely creative (well done, I might add!)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R7
Tamron 16-300mm Di II VC PZD MACRO w/Canon Nikon mount
 02/03/2009 05:51:48 AM
clever
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4.0-5.6G ED
 02/02/2009 10:46:54 PM
This is a fun shot..real nifty.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 02/02/2009 12:39:59 AM
GREAT concept and execution. I think the weather "strip" is a bit too wide compared to the paint chips. But the overall effect is stellar.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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