Hello David,
Thank You. The car streak noted way up right middle and way right. The main
highway did not have any moving cars for that long exposure of i think 10
seconds if my memory is correct. Yes i used ND filter x 3.
Vipul
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Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2021 9:26:45 AM
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Cumberland falls and Skyline - BUSTED!
Good morning, Peter, Vipul & all.
I agree with you, Peter, on your comment on how Vipul has improved. He is proof
of just what this list is all about. You shoot, you show, you listen and,
amazingly, you improve.
Vipul, you are to be congratulated. I mean that. :-)
However, I think I have discovered your secret in the "missing traffic" shot.
If you look carefully, it was taken just at, or a little before dusk, using a
heavy ND filter and a long exposure, somewhat overexposed to make it look like
full daylight. This is the same technique he uses on his blurred water shots.
In this way, anything moving fails to register, in the same way that people,
horses, wagons, etc., failed to show up on busy streets, in early
Daguerreotypes.
Look carefully at the shot, using the highest magnification your screen will
allow (it varies with each computer) by repeatedly clicking on the "+" button.
You'll notice that all the street lights are on. Look even more closely at
the shot, at about the center and a bit to the right. You'll see two green
signs ... for Howell Mills Road and Northside Road. In front of those signs is
a left-turn exit, and a bit closer to the camera, you'll see a car stopped, as
it waits to merge with the main traffic. And it has headlight trails as it
slowed, stopped and the accelerated.
At this level of magnification, you can readily see the headlight trails on the
section of road to the left of the viewer.
Now look in the lower left corner, where there is a parking lot. In that lot is
white van with it's rear doors open. Somebody is obviously there, working, yet
they do not appear as they were moving about, doing whatever. Same for what
appears to be a playground or fairground, about mid-level and just to the right
of the Wells Fargo building.
If you look further afield, you will see several vehicles pulled off to the
side of the road at various points. At the base of the building at the left,
the one with the Wells Fargo sign, you can see one such car, obviously pulled
off, out of the traffic. Just to the right of that car, in the next road.
Just above the overpass is one car which has registered, headlights on, and
visible though the railings of the overpass. It would seem he is stopped,
waiting for a traffic light to change.
The final key to this shot is that there is no Exif data posted, which would
give the secret away. Similarly, Vipul has not mentioned the shot to the
right, taken a wee bit later, I suspect, to capture the head & taillight
streaks of the traffic. For that one might give a way his secret.
Vipul, you have "pulled a fast one" on us and you have done it brilliantly!
CONGRATULATIONS!
David.
Wow! DOUBLE WOW, even! Vipul, with the first Atlanta-area scene
you've captured an amazing image on so many levels! First, it's
lovely on a graphical level with the light, colors, and graphic
curving of the roadways, and the context-giving element of the
signage at the bottom of the frame. Second, it's emotionally
wrenching for me in a joking way because I've driven through that
exact section of roadway in years past, but with a loaded trailer
and surrounded by what seemed like thousands of then present
vehicles around me moving at speeds that were insanely fast; which
brings up the third and most amazing thing about the whole scene -
THERE ARE NO MOVING VEHICLES! Your timing had to be other-worldly
as I never thought that section of interstate highway EVER, EVER,
shut-down!! Well done, sir! Well done, indeed! Your growing mastery
of composition and timing is a pleasure to observe!
Your Cumberland Falls is lovely in its own rite - but the
surprising total composition of the Atlanta-area interstate just
leaves it in a shadow of consideration. It's kinda like what were
known as "B-side" songs on 45 rpm records way back when... :)
Thank you for both of them!
Best regards,
Peter S
On Oct 14, 2021, at 9:17 PM, vipul patel
<tanshukhprasad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
https://flic.kr/p/2mzw6dD
https://flic.kr/p/2mARiXg
Took these photos while on a weekend trip.
Vipul
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