pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta

[alectronic]

Go straight turn left?

[gvarndell]

Originally Posted by EricH

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

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.

[Josh Drake]

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

[rsisk]

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

[Al Skierkiewicz]

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

[gvarndell]

Originally Posted by rsisk

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

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.

[Dancin103]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Check for cops and get away from that intersection ASAP.

haha. what ed said!

cass

[JoshD]

Originally Posted by gvarndell

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.

Save the picture and find out.

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

[Wildcat]

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

[Norman J]

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.

[PAR_WIG1350]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

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

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

[gvarndell]

Originally Posted by JoshD

Save the picture and find out.

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.

[Josh Goodman]

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

[Wayne Doenges]

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.

[gvarndell]

Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges

OK, now to solve the mystery.
Yes, it's a time lapsed photo.