Photographer’s Note
Ok, this is my "shot with a strong element of motion blur" contribution for the scavenger hunt.
This is the road I do everyday to school and back, right lane leads me there, left one returns me back home.
The reason I stopped was the moon was looking beautifull. But I didn´t get any good shots of it. Then I climbed on top of this crosser, over the fast route, and took some pics of the traffic.
I didn´t use any tripod at all. I used the metal fence that prevents people and objects from falling, and, taking advantage that my F100 is shaped just like a brick, I leaned it against the fence and manualy shot several pictures of the red and white lights cutting across the darkness of the road.
On this particular image you can (barely)see the Lidador Tower in the far background, close to the center.
The smoke cloud you see nearby is actualy vapour comming off the beer brewery of Super Bock, (Best lager in the world!)
The exposition was 11 seconds, not 8 as mentioned, but I don´t know how to change that.
Cleaned noise, Unsharp mask and curves correction. It´s not adviseable to use auto levels or curves in this kind of images where light and colors are predominatly different from what you see in daylight.
...Awaiting your comments
CVTJan, jhonny_blue, lost, omritoppol, Tomernayer, DanTe has marked this note useful
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CVTJan
(1244) 2004-04-07 8:28
Dear Emanuel, good entry for the motion section :) I like your comment of bringing you to school and back *ggg*. The two additional colours on the sides are great. Yellow and green. To enhance that and the rule of thirds (horizon in the middle here) I would crop of some of the top. Yours, Jan
cecile
(4193) 2004-04-07 9:19
j'aime bien la notion de mouvement donné par les phares..... jolie photo de nuit!
jhonny_blue
(4938) 2004-04-07 9:56
Gosto muito desse tipo de fotografia, mas tenho que concordar com o CVTJan.
Fiz um WS com o que ele tinha em mente e eu também assim que vi a tua foto.
Mas o que vale é a intenção, não é mesmo ? :)
kourosh
(2368) 2004-04-07 10:59
A good night shot, the flow of light in the road is well captured.
in terms of composition, the sky doesnt add anything to the image and could've been left out of the frame.
omritoppol
(826) 2004-04-07 15:27
Good shot, i like the personal touch in this shot, to my opinion this is what we should post in this theme. In terms of compo i may have cropped the top a bit or take this in a horizontal way. Well done
luis_paulino
(904) 2004-04-07 17:15
Viva Emanuel. Gosto muito deste tipo de fotos nocturnas em que se vê o efeito provocado pelo movimento e luzes dos carros. Excelente.
Photo Information
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Copyright: Emanuel Martins (Deus)
(922) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2004-04-06
- Categories: Daily Life
- Camera: Minolta Dimage F100, Minolta GT 7.8-23.4
- Exposure: f/8, 8 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Theme(s): Scavenger Hunt (Pt. I) - April, 2004 [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2004-04-07 7:51








