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Steel Wool
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25-SEP-2011 davev

Placed 1st
Steel Wool

CIC 25: Roy G. Biv

Sony Alpha NEX-7 ,Sony 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens (SEL1855)
15s f/8.0 at 18.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time25-Sep-2011 08:02:53
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length600 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent640
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Mode
JPEG Quality
Exposure Program
Focus Distance9999.000 m

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Guest 21-Aug-2013 17:12
Thanks guys. No, the exif must be leftover from one of the earlier pics.
I took this with a Sony Nex 7, with either the 16 mm or the 18 - 50 mm kit lens.
I think I used 30 seconds on the shutter, but I didn't trip it until the steel wool was
spinning at a good clip.
The guy spinning the steel wool also trip a flash a couple of times during the shot.
All the talent was in front of the camera on this night. ~davev
Canon Image Challenge21-Aug-2013 11:52
Even though spinning steel wool has been done countless times it's still amazing every time I see it. Nice capture. Is that 1/000 shutter speed accurate? Paul
Guest 21-Aug-2013 07:24
Yes Wow! I always wanted to try this but never had the courage, love it. Carol
Canon Image Challenge21-Aug-2013 06:53
Oh frickin` wow! I think it looks tremendous...I know that PS is a bit gross in its savings options...I generally save as a lossless tiff and then do final sizing in thumbsplus that has graduations 100 down to 1...so a little finer tuning....but this is great...nothing is perfect, (except your photography....lol) Traveller
Canon Image Challenge21-Aug-2013 04:17
Changed it out again. Does anyone know how to reduce the count down to 300k without
destroying the image?
I tried reducing it down in PS, but I'd have to save it as a 6 for it to be below 300k.
~davev
Guest 19-Aug-2013 18:36
Very nice Dave. Maybe a bit (more?) noise reduction to clean up the sky?
Canon Image Challenge19-Aug-2013 01:32
Changed the image. ~davev
Canon Image Challenge18-Aug-2013 04:52
There is no more cropping room on this one. I'll probably change this one out at some time. ~davev.
Canon Image Challenge18-Aug-2013 00:11
Nice. Though I might like to see how a closer crop looks; the ducks don't jump out at me as they might.

Jim