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Karen Gilligan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #1 · #276: Eat My Dust! We pulled my son's old slot cars out and had some fun.. There were cars shooting off the track right and left all afternoon. C & C welcome. Good Luck and Happy Holidays to all! Karen Edited by Karen Gilligan on Dec 17, 2007 at 01:22 PM GMT (Reason: updated photo) Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 01:07 AM

Steven Roberts Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #2 · #276: Eat My Dust! Why didn't I think of this? I have a very good expensive car set for my son also and I sure do understand what you mean by the cars flying off the track left and right. The only critique I have is if there were someway you could clear up your blackdrop or background? It would definitely bring out the cars much better, but the execution on the cars are wonderful. Nice Job and I am sure a fan of these fun tracks. Steve R. Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 02:06 AM

Steve Spencer Online Image Upload: On p.1 #3 · #276: Eat My Dust! Hi Karen, Great shot. You have captured the motion in this shot wonderful and the slot cars are great and old corvette and mustang if I am not mistaken and they are a beautiful subject. I had a much cheaper set as a kid and these bring back great memories. Good luck this week. Steve S. Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 03:05 AM

Bill Sutherland Online Image Upload: On p.1 #4 · #276: Eat My Dust! Takes me back a while to when my own sons played with these. Great angle on the track and nice exposure. Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 04:00 AM

Jazno Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #5 · #276: Eat My Dust! Nice take on the assignment Karen! Excellent composition and fluidity. I'm also inclined to agree with Steve R. about the background, would make a great shot even better, methinks. Jason Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 07:29 AM

Mark Speight Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #6 · #276: Eat My Dust! Looks like fun.....great take... Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 07:18 PM

mark nicoll Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #7 · #276: Eat My Dust! Hi Karen Love this shot. Great feeling of motion. Can you tell me was it the deceleration of the cars into the corner that gave you the progressive exposures of the cars or did you use multiple flashes. I would like to thank you as my son saw this and asked if we could get the cars down for xmas. What sort of dad would i be to refuse! Let the holidays start Best of luck Mark Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 11:14 PM

Karen Gilligan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #8 · #276: Eat My Dust! Steven Roberts wrote: Why didn't I think of this? I have a very good expensive car set for my son also and I sure do understand what you mean by the cars flying off the track left and right. The only critique I have is if there were someway you could clear up your blackdrop or background? It would definitely bring out the cars much better, but the execution on the cars are wonderful. Nice Job and I am sure a fan of these fun tracks. Steve R. Steve, Thanks for the suggestions and help. I did burn the background to complete black and did a bit of burning on the track however; I left a bit of grain as I kind of liked that. It remaindered me of the street. I do think that it makes the cars pop a bit better. I just received Photoshop as a gift two weeks ago and am still trying to figure it all out. Thanks for taking the time to help some new. Karen Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 11:38 PM

Karen Gilligan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #9 · #276: Eat My Dust! Steve & Bill, Thanks for taking the time to stop by, view and comment. Words of encouragement always help. I love these car sets. It seems everyone gave their son one or received a set for themselves for one holiday or another during their childhood. Again, thanks, Karen Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 11:43 PM

Karen Gilligan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #10 · #276: Eat My Dust! Jazno wrote: Nice take on the assignment Karen! Excellent composition and fluidity. I'm also inclined to agree with Steve R. about the background, would make a great shot even better, methinks. Jason Jason, Tried a little of Steve R. suggestions with my new Photoshop software. I am much happier with the result. Thanks for taking the time to view and comment. Good Luck. Karen Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 11:45 PM

Karen Gilligan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #11 · #276: Eat My Dust! Mark Speight wrote: Looks like fun.....great take... Mark, Glad you enjoyed it. We had a ball!!! It is amazing how much fun an adult can have with a kid's toy. Thanks for taking the time to view and comment. Karen Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 11:47 PM

Karen Gilligan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #12 · #276: Eat My Dust! mark nicoll wrote: Hi Karen Love this shot. Great feeling of motion. Can you tell me was it the deceleration of the cars into the corner that gave you the progressive exposures of the cars or did you use multiple flashes. I would like to thank you as my son saw this and asked if we could get the cars down for xmas. What sort of dad would i be to refuse! Let the holidays start Best of luck Mark Mark, All of my shots are from the camera. This is due to the fact that I did not have anything but basic photo software until recently. Just received Photoshop as a gift, not really sure how to use it yet but I have it. Hence this one was all done in the camera. What we (this shot was a family affair) did was use a very long shutter speed and creped the cars to a spot in front of the camera before the shutter closed. The idea was to get them to the end and have them sit there for just a bit so the final image of the cars would be more solid. We accomplished it on a few shots but I liked the composition on this one better and it kind of worked. Also, glad that the shot prompted your family to get your set out. Just watch out for the flying cars! Thank again and glad you enjoyed it. Karen Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 17, 2007 at 11:57 PM

Jazno Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #13 · #276: Eat My Dust! Karen Gilligan wrote: Jazno wrote: Nice take on the assignment Karen! Excellent composition and fluidity. I'm also inclined to agree with Steve R. about the background, would make a great shot even better, methinks. Jason Jason, Tried a little of Steve R. suggestions with my new Photoshop software. I am much happier with the result. Thanks for taking the time to view and comment. Good Luck. Karen My pleasure Karen, congratulations on acquiring Photoshop! If you'd like a hand trying to figure it out I'd be more than happy to try and help. Jason Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 18, 2007 at 01:43 AM

Steven Roberts Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #14 · #276: Eat My Dust! Karen, I see you did mess with it and it does help in my opinion. What I sent to you was an extreme version so you could see what I was talking about. leaving the track a bit more grainy does work for me. I understand what you feel with the Photo Shop as I realize that you have to no it to take your photo's to the next level. Most all do.. So good work with just getting it. I do believe it helps. Steve R. Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 18, 2007 at 06:12 AM

contre-jour Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #15 · #276: Eat My Dust! Karen - I didn't see your before picture as talked about in this post, but your end product is just great! I like the S-curve and the how the white line stands out. It was interesting to read how you obtained the car images. Super capture and lighting! Nice cars! You did a great job with Photoshop for just getting the software! Good luck with the program! Jamie Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 18, 2007 at 07:05 AM

Strad Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #16 · #276: Eat My Dust! Wonderful motion shot, Karen! Perfect capture for this topic! The way you set it up to get the cars to blur is really creative! Well done! By the way, Photoshop can seem really intimidating at first. It's actually not that hard to get a rudimentary handle on if you take a deep breath and be patient in learning it. There are a lot of good books and basic online classes that you can do to get going. Once you learn a few basic principles, you can easily extrapolate to do whatever you want. Also, don't feel shy to ask questions of those who use it frequently. All best wishes, Endre Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 18, 2007 at 09:11 AM

ruuskan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #17 · #276: Eat My Dust! Oh yes, got to dig up that old track from somewhere and put it to good use Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 18, 2007 at 07:30 PM

Philly Rains Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #18 · #276: Eat My Dust! Hi Karen!! I LOVE this! You did an amazing job, my friend. I didn't see the first one, but this image is just super........I love the motion and color. I think it's just perfect!! (I had a slot car when I was in High School....and boy did I love to race!) Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 18, 2007 at 09:52 PM

Karen Gilligan Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #19 · #276: Eat My Dust! Jamie, Endre, Jouko and Philly, Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Seems this shot is bringing back a lot of memories for a lot of us. Glad you enjoyed it. Good luck to all. Karen Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 19, 2007 at 12:56 AM

Chad Schulz Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #20 · #276: Eat My Dust! I like the simplicity of this set-up. Very effective at showcasing the theme. Later, Chad Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 19, 2007 at 05:43 AM

JHut Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #21 · #276: Eat My Dust! Karen... Cool and creative idea! Edited on Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM Dec 19, 2007 at 12:56 PM

Philly Rains Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #22 · #276: Eat My Dust! Way to go, finalist!!! Dec 20, 2007 at 03:45 AM

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