The blur from the bridge by vikdaddy

The blur from the bridge

I've just driven in possibly the most dangerous conditions. The snow fell rapidly, and it was so slippery I almost had two accidents. I had to drive at about 15 miles per hour all the way home; it was ridiculous!

Earlier in the day a photography friend and I went to the local country park to check out the wintry scenery. I got a few photos I was pleased with of the environment, but I quite like this shot I took on the bridge that overlooks the railway line.

As you can see, this one has been edited fairly heavily! I don't often edit this much, but I thought it'd be interesting to try this radial blur effect on only part of the image.

Yesterday's image was very popular on Flickr. It's been on for about 24 hours and has already got 200 hits and counting. It made the EXPLORE page; my third image to do so from this project so far. Some more good news is that my golden bicycle photo from day 167 has been published in Left Lion, a local magazine (see page five: http://issuu.com/leftlion/docs/leftlion-issue-38). So, all in all it's been a good day, photographically speaking!

Canon S90, f/8, 1/60, ISO-80
This looks great.
December 3rd, 2010  
great shot
December 3rd, 2010  
Super cool!
December 4th, 2010  
awesome shot!
December 4th, 2010  
I like the effect
December 4th, 2010  
really like this shot. the blur works well here.
December 4th, 2010  
love love love the effect!!!!
December 4th, 2010  
STUNNING SHOT, vik..... Careful with the driving.....
December 4th, 2010  
Wow! Great picture! Instant vertigo! Haha...
December 4th, 2010  
Good news on the publishing, and congrats on making Explore!

Great use of the blur here, and really well blended. Awesome shot all round.
December 4th, 2010  
Woo hoo! Congrats on your successes--wonderful shot! Love the processing :-D
December 4th, 2010  
the edit works well vik, that in photoshop?well done on the article. I downloaded ur light room pre sets and installed but cant find the them located, got any suggestions? Cheers
December 4th, 2010  
@azza_l There should be a presets tab on the left, where your history is. Let me know how you get on.
December 4th, 2010  
@vikdaddy ah I see them now, I was looking on the right hand side expecting them to be amongst the development tools. nice, thanks. Some great settings in there
December 4th, 2010  
Congrats on Explore...love the blur effect with this picture!
December 4th, 2010  
I like the editing! Great picture!
December 5th, 2010  
Great effect!
December 6th, 2010  
Just checked out the Left Lion - how cool is that?! Yeay! :-) Love the blur and the curve the railing is making!
December 7th, 2010  
I really like this blurring effect, it is really cool and adds alot of a sense of isolation to the shot, very nice. Congrats on getting a photo published too!
December 10th, 2010  
This is spectacular!
December 10th, 2010  
wow, love what you have done here, great job.
December 15th, 2010  
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