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SoulMan1978


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Challenge: Trains & Railroads II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Sony 75-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Location: Holme, Cambridgeshire, UK
Date: Apr 13, 2009
Aperture: F/18.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30 secs
Galleries: Transportation
Date Uploaded: Apr 13, 2009

 Apologies for the lack of creativity in this. This is the 3rd time I've done a shot like this for a challenge. These are my previous two:



I actually think this is technically the best of the lot.

I was only doing pretty much exactly the same thing again as I thought it'd count for the DPC-O. But it won't :-( Still, I've shot it now so in it goes.

Used an aperture setting of F18 so I could slow the shutter speed right down to get the creamy smooth motion blur behind. The trouble with doing that is you have to have good panning skills, as you have to track the train that bit longer. I'm not saying I do have such skills, but I took around 150 shots and this is the best.

Editing in no particular order:
Lightroom adjustments: crop, rotate, contrast, clarity, exposure, WB, curves, vibrance, NR, sharpening, overall saturation, then twiddled with the saturation sliders for yellow, green, blue and aqua. Then export from lightroom as a TIF file with 640 pixel size. Then I opened up the TIF in PSP and saved it as a JPEG on the maximum quality permitted to get within the file size limit.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 168
Avg (all users): 6.3488
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.4030
Avg (non-participants): 6.3243
Views since voting: 2830
Views during voting: 364
Votes: 215
Comments: 19
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon PowerShot A70
 04/25/2009 10:48:29 AM
This is great looking. IMO, it deserved a ribbon.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/22/2009 09:00:37 AM
This deserved a ribbon...it has action, movement, and great lines and colour...
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/22/2009 08:37:48 AM
I knew this had to be yours as soon as I saw it, congrats on your top 10, it is truly a great opportunity that I hope you will exploit often, each one has its own unique appeal.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 04/22/2009 06:49:25 AM
Congrats on top 10. You are now the king of panning train shots -- very well done.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
 04/22/2009 12:57:02 AM
Great panning skills for sure! Congrats on a top ten finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D80
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Nikon
 04/20/2009 08:10:18 PM
Great photo 8
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/20/2009 02:02:16 PM
Nicely done.
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Fujifilm FinePix S9100/9600
 04/20/2009 01:52:23 PM
Nice shot
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Olympus E-520
Vivitar MF Zoom 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 Series 1 for Olympus
 04/19/2009 08:08:49 PM
There are times to comment and times to vote. This is one of them. Well done.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III
 04/18/2009 05:25:49 PM
Nicely done!
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Pentax K-R
Pentax DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL
 04/18/2009 06:50:27 AM
Very nice. The color bands set off the silver and white, and the detail is sharp and clear. Defines "speedy". Good work.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 04/17/2009 01:13:33 PM
Excellent photo! Very sharp and vivid, excellent work of panning.. The yellow fields adds contrast to this photo.
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 04/17/2009 12:51:47 PM
Great execution here to keep the train in focus, it must have been jetting pretty quickly.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/17/2009 10:43:37 AM
very nice image...well done
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/16/2009 04:39:08 PM
excellent panning! i think i'll see this one pretty close to top, i wonder what speed you used... and i can't believe that yours is the only one with panning used. when i saw this one i thought: of course, it's b***y obvious that this is THE way to tell that trains drive. and this one looks fast.
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Apple iPhone 6
Sony E 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ OSS
 04/16/2009 09:12:03 AM
I love that yellow and you did a really good job of keeping the train in focus while the background blurred, please write up how you did this because I would love to read it in your comments afterward.
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Sony Alpha a7R III
Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM
 04/16/2009 06:54:58 AM
My favourite of the challenge - the panning is superb, and your choice of location, with the bright rape field in the foreground,is spot on. A very impressive image.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 04/15/2009 03:34:01 PM
Nice.
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Olympus E-510
Olympus 35mm f/3.5 Macro ED Zuiko Digital
 04/15/2009 09:00:33 AM
Nice composition and sharp. Great job.
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