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* Need for Speed
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15-OCT-2005 ArminB

5th Place Tie!
* Need for Speed

Kids, don't try this either :-)
(with a cable remote while driving)

Canon EOS 350D
1s f/22.0 at 18.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time15-Oct-2005 16:14:10
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length18 mm
Exposure Time1.00 sec
Aperturef/22
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (1)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge22-Oct-2005 12:29
The cops were right behind me, therefore the rush ;-)) ~ Armin
ctfchallenge22-Oct-2005 04:24
Gives a great sense of speed.! Don't show this to the cops.... You'll risk a ticket :) -Cat
arminb20-Oct-2005 07:21
Thanks Rich and Tomas, very good suggestion. Tried it already at night, it looks a little bit the Enterprise shooting a photon torpedo ;-) ...unfortunately sharpness becomes a real issue, because (auto-)focussing is nearly impossible. But I'm on it :-)http://www.pbase.com/arminb/misc
ctfchallenge19-Oct-2005 08:34
Fantastic. Try also another one in the night, I guess it might look like entering a tunnel into the hyperspace or another interesting thing from the Startrek. Tomas
Guest 17-Oct-2005 22:33
Terrific shot.
ctfchallenge17-Oct-2005 18:03
Hmpf, wish I had some hair left to be blown back ;-)) ~ Armin
ctfchallenge17-Oct-2005 05:37
Zoom zoom.....great feeling to this one. My hair blew back.....Yvonne
Photogenix17-Oct-2005 00:42
Great shot. Thanks for Exif info. - RK
janewigginsphotography17-Oct-2005 00:09
I mean, who uses a cable remote while driving at the speed of light?????? LOL Very nice indeed. jano
alexeig16-Oct-2005 19:40
Very, very well done. Great speed feeling
ctfchallenge16-Oct-2005 18:20
Hmmm, well, let's say 70 something ;-) ...70 km/h was at least the official speed limit of this street... ~ Armin
Guest 16-Oct-2005 18:05
Excellent effect, Armin! Such a blurr, at just one second... was it really just 70 km/hr? ;-)
Guest 16-Oct-2005 12:09
I said CAMERA steady, you silly goose! :-) Again, great work!! Markjay
Paul 16-Oct-2005 08:35
This is fantastic. Viewing it i feel as if i'm racing along. My favourite so far.
arminb16-Oct-2005 07:48
Thank you all :-) Steady dashboard? Well, it's a Canon IS board ;-))
The cam was lying on the board, had a bit support from the tripod quick mount, which was between two of the round air inlets (don't know how to describe this in a better way) and the lens had contact to the board as well. The rest is - I guess - luck, a good street condition and only about 70 km/h. In several other pics of this attempt the board (and all the rest) was heavily unsharp.
ctfchallenge16-Oct-2005 03:54
Wow, AminB! Great blurr / motion results from your efforts. How did you manage to keep the camera so steady and have the dashboard in relatively sharp focus? Me I would have botched this one up! Markjay
ctfchallenge16-Oct-2005 01:59
well done. theFly
Rod 15-Oct-2005 21:27
Just got up down here & while I wait for the missus to wake up so I can cook breakfast,. I just have to log on to read the rave reviews to me shots:-)
This shot is really good then Armin with no PS magic. The blur looks..... well, really blurred:-) Nice work mate:-)
arminb15-Oct-2005 21:07
Thanks, Rod! (Don't you ever go to bed ?-) ) ...Post work? Well, sharpening of the blue car in front of me, yes, a lot. Blurring? While driving nearly at the speed of light, everything becomes blurred ;-)).
No post blurring at all, this is really what I shot, the long exposure did it for me, but it took about 100 shots while driving - no kiddin'. ~ Armin
Rod 15-Oct-2005 20:37
You said we had used up most of the ideas, but you have come up with some gooduns yourself Armin. I know this is a 1sec exposure but somehow I get the impression that you may have helped the blur along in Photoshop. If you didn't, then this works very well for me mate.