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14-OCT-2009

Thursday Challenge October 15th. "Vehicles"

Railroad crossing gates on a country road going down for west bound passenger train.
The train was 45 minutes late but I waited in the dark and cold (40degs.)night for it..and at almost 90mph you get only one chance..

Nikon D80
21s f/4.0 at 17.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time14-Oct-2009 20:41:37
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D80
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length17 mm
Exposure Time21.30 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programmanual (1)
Focus Distance

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Debbie Silver 17-Oct-2009 15:12
This is a fascinating shot. Took me a little while to figure out what I was actually seeing, good optical illusion. Great angle on this as well.
cits_4_pets16-Oct-2009 05:54
Dangerous shot! Well done!
Dennis Hoyne16-Oct-2009 04:38
This is so good!
Timothy Guenther16-Oct-2009 03:23
Great timing!
Fred Gary16-Oct-2009 02:43
Neat timed shot nice color and designs.
Laura Sebastianelli16-Oct-2009 02:20
well thought out...and even better executed!
carolynne_w16-Oct-2009 01:48
Wow - I really like this one!
Julie Oldfield16-Oct-2009 00:10
Very cool!!
Jola Dziubinska15-Oct-2009 23:18
Awesome, well done.
Cindi Smith15-Oct-2009 21:44
Very cool shot!!!!!
Phillip Normanton15-Oct-2009 20:21
Excellent - I like it!!!
Doug Cruden15-Oct-2009 20:15
Wow, I really had to look to see what this was....very nicely done Ed, love the bright headlamp of the oncoming train...wonderful shot!
J. Scott Coile15-Oct-2009 20:15
Too cool. Love the time lapse motion of the crossing arms.
Colin Storey15-Oct-2009 19:01
Fantastic long exposure shot, wonderful idea.
Maaike Huizer15-Oct-2009 18:45
Gorgeous night shot!
Guest 15-Oct-2009 16:30
Fantastic time lapse, Ed. Love the cross arms. BV
Hernan E. Enriquez15-Oct-2009 15:40
Wow! Terrific shot, so creative!!!
Norbert Fortelny15-Oct-2009 14:50
Ecellent,love it.
Kevin Chester15-Oct-2009 14:37
Great idea.
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