pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

You go fast and turn left, watching out for carriages of course...

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

You try to hang on the stoplight. Obviously

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Uhhhh...Bump to pass?

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Check for cops and get away from that intersection ASAP.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

ok, you stop for 0 seconds, take caution of one-way traffic, go ahead and stop at the intersection, then blame the programmer for the messed up light.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Get out of your car and run autonomous and see if your car makes it across.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

See if your car can win a pushing match with the traffic light.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Take it from someone in the Atlanta Suburbs:

You put your left foot in,
You take your left foot out,
You put your left foot in,
and then you shake it all about.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Go green - plant a tree.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Ok Wayne. Is this just a long exposure? :rolleyes:
Or is that traffic light controlled by a LabView program?
(it was nice to meet you in person at champs)

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

That intersection screams preload. That's a jump if I've ever seen one. :)

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

I doubt it's a long exposure--the car in the lower right would probably be a lot blurrier if it was.

And when you get to a light that's showing all three at once, you call the department that's supposed to be taking care of that particular traffic light to come fix it, then go when it's safe.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

I'll go for the obvious answer:

Take a picture.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Well... I think your supposed to divide by zero (using only simple algebra) and allow the force of the laws of nature breaking to teleport you across.

0xE4/0x0!=<::><

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Go straight turn left?

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Well yeah... if it moved at all during the exposure.
But while green and yellow, that car would be stopped with red.
Then the light turns red and the car will get green, by which time the shutter is closed.
I'm still thinking long exposure.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

If it were a long exposure, the reflection of the green light in the puddle would most likely have changed too. Just grasping at straws:confused:

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

If it was a timed exposure, the '0' in the crosswalk signal would not have a consistent look, there at least would be a dim bar across the middle if it crossed 2 seconds

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Everyone knows you are supposed to dump balls 20" below the lights for a bonus.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

This is an astute observation and it could indeed be a nail in the coffin for my theory.
I guess only Wayne knows for sure. :)

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

haha. what ed said!

cass

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Save the picture and find out. :)

My thoughts? Wait until the light cycles back to green. ;)

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

cant believe this hasn't been said yet:
DO A BARREL ROLL!

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

How was this taken? You seem to be on the second or third floor of a building from the angle. Hotel?

And if I drove up to this thing, I don't even know what I'd do. Blame the programmer, probably.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

we already did that in Boston
unfortunately, the tba video is focusing on the far side of the field when it happens.:mad:

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

I assume you're suggesting extracting the metadata in the image file?
I once was quite befuddled when a friend, to whom I had sent a digital picture of my son, knew the picture had been taken with an Olympus so-and-so camera and other stuff.
He explained it to me and it made sense.
I don't have any software that would show the exposure time, but it's probably in there.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Nahh, when the light turns green, ya shoot poof balls at it.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

OK, now to solve the mystery.
Yes, it's a time lapsed photo.
Camera is a Nikon D80 with a 70-300 mm lens. Camera was set at 200 ISO.
The picture was taken from the 15th floor of the Downtown Hilton (where I was staying)
The counter below the light would count down to zero. When it hit zero the light would go through it's cycle green-yellow-red. I would hit the remote at 1 second and the camera would do the rest. About a 3 second shutter speed. The car at the light was going straight. That is why it isn't blurred.
It took about 10 tries to get it right.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

:) :rolleyes:

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

I just looked and the EXIF data shows a 4 second exposure time. If someone had followed this suggestion earlier, we might have solved the mystery before it was revealed.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Why Wayne? Why would you do that?


(I am of course referring to shooting with a Nikon. Canon FTW!)

Cool Picture.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

Well kudos to JoshD, who obviously knew for sure there was sleight-of-shutter involved here, and yet kept (sort of) quiet so as not to spoil Wayne's surprise ending. :p

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

hmm... idk. id be a little alarmed. then id realized that my mirrors were extending mroe than 3 inches outside my bumper zone and id pull the E brake.

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

That was the intent, I didn't want to directly give it away. :)

Re: pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta
 

did anyone notice the sidewalk behind the light? Look torwards the edge of it. The Sewer Drain is green o.O