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Blues in the night


Blues in the night
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Copyright: Jako van der Walt (j-folio) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 223 W: 81 N: 396] (2264)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-10-22
Categories: Experimental, Nocturnal, Mood
Camera: Canon 350D (Digital Rebel XT), Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 DC EX HSM, RAW @ ISO 100
Exposure: f/8, 30 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-10-23 17:00
Viewed: 818
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi all,
First post in a while, and probably last for a while as well. I'll post some more when I get some more decent photos.

Anyways this shot. Me and my dad went driving at night to get some moving traffic shots. This one is purely accendental really. Well, we were going along at like 60mph, and I wondered what kind of shot I would get with long exposures. I got some nice ones through the window, but all had blurs from the dirt. So, I put the camera on a tripod and self-timer, and stuck it out of the sunroof! So I guess in that sense it's not too accidental...

The title seemed to fit quite well. It just seemed to have the kind of mood of someone driving late at night to get away from it all. Let me know if you agree.

As for the blue hue, I had the colour temperature set up wong in the camera from previous shots, and I rather liked it, so I chose not to correct it.

PP- i tied to keep this as much as the original as possible. I did very slight perspective correction, and also a crop to get the narrower format. Then just the usual USM, resizing etc. I know that line on the right gives the illusion that the photo is not at all level, but like I said, I tried to do as little as possible.

So then, hope you like it, and hopefully I'll be back posting/commenting shortly.
Jako

PS- next time you post a photo, look carefully at the drop-down selection of apertures. There are some funky negative ones, how cool, I gotta get me a lens that does that! :P
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Uff, that is an impressive image.
I like everything in the picture.
... even the framing.

Congratulations.

Greetings from Spain.

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  • mansua Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 702 W: 35 N: 23] (2113)
  • [2006-10-23 17:14]

Interesante imagen, el manejo de la luz es bueno.
Felicitaciones Jako.
Saludos.

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  • doris Silver Star Critiquer [C: 46 W: 0 N: 9] (248)
  • [2006-10-23 17:40]

great job. great shot. very well done.

Hi, it's a nice picture,i like the idea, and congratulations for the work.
regards

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  • fryz Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 37 W: 1 N: 12] (172)
  • [2006-10-23 17:59]

Superbe effet
bravo Jako
a+
fryz

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  • nuxa Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 78 W: 37 N: 128] (1035)
  • [2006-10-23 18:01]

Stricking result!!! Very impressive!!! This is no accident: this is the work of a great photographer!!! i've seen similar things done before, but not like this, not even close...

thank you kindly for sharing

all the best
nuxa

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  • Tintin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2274 W: 280 N: 345] (1982)
  • [2006-10-23 20:07]

Very impressive and very innovative, Jako. I don't think I would have ever thought of putting my camera out on the roof of the car...I would have been concerned of losing it. But you take risks and you get great results. This is very artistic as usual and you got some great lines in this image. I am wondering though if you should have cloned out the tiny lines on the left toward the top but I am not certain..just a thought. Excellent!

Wow Jako, awesome shot very successful experiment I must say.

Great job as usual.

Alex

Hi Jako,
great shot. I think you have done great getting this without collecting the bugs too ;=0

Good idea to get out and do the stuff, that is how you get the great shots!

Cheers

Steve

I like it!
It looks like travelling to another dimenssion, cool and modern, bravo, Jako!!

Great colours and shapes captured here - it reminds me of a sci-fi special effect where a spaceship has just gone to "warp" speed, I half expect to see the trails of stars.
As for your process, you're a braver person than I for sticking your camera through a sunroof at 60mph - one stray beetle and you'd be picking insect out of the lens forever.
Thanks for sharing
Mark

Pretty amazing shot, Jako! That blue is something else, and the white lines very electric. Excellent!

WOW I really like this one, really creative , so you made by accident a really stunning picture
excellent POV and light , very sharp to for this kind of exposure

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  • deud Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 165 W: 5 N: 12] (921)
  • [2006-11-24 4:16]

another great shot! very well done again. tfs

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  • Steely Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 38 W: 5 N: 27] (162)
  • [2007-02-06 8:01]

Electric
And a very good experiment

Well conceived and taken :)

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