pic: Another strange thing about Atlanta

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by gvarndell

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.

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.

# Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 4/1 second ===> 4 second
# Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 56/10 ===> ƒ/5.6
# Exposure Program = n/a (0)
# ISO Speed Ratings = 160
# EXIF Version = 0221
# Original Date/Time = 2010:04:16 20:47:22
# Digitization Date/Time = 2010:04:16 20:47:22
# Components Configuration = 0x01,0x02,0x03,0x00 / YCbCr
# Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/6 ===> 0
# Max Aperture Value (APEX) = 5/1 ===> 5
Max Aperture = ƒ/5.66
# Metering Mode = pattern / multi-segment (5)
# Light Source / White Balance = unknown (0)
# Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
# Focal Length = 300/1 mm ===> 300 mm
# Maker Note =
# User Comment (Hex) =
User Comment Character Code = ASCII
User Comment =
# Last Modified Subsecond Time = 00
# Original Subsecond Time = 00
# Digitized Subsecond Time = 00
# FlashPix Version = 0100
# Colour Space = sRGB (1)
# Image Width = 2867 pixels
# Image Height = 1925 pixels
# Image Sensing Method = one-chip color area sensor (2)
# Image Source = digital still camera (DSC)
# Scene Type = directly photographed image
# Colour Filter Array (CFA) Geometric Pattern = 0x00,0x02,0x00,0x02,0x01,0x02,0x00,0x01
# Custom Rendered = normal process (0)
# Exposure Mode = auto exposure (0)
# White Balance = auto (0)
# Digital Zoom Ratio = 1/1 ===> 1
# Focal Length in 35mm Film = 450
# Scene Capture Type = standard (0)
# Gain Control = n/a (0)
# Contrast = normal (0)
# Saturation = normal (0)
# Sharpness = hard (2)
# Subject Distance Range = unknown (0)

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by 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.

Why Wayne? Why would you do that?


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

Cool Picture.

[gvarndell]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

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.

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.

[angelawence11]

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.

[JoshD]

Originally Posted by gvarndell

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.

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

[Mop Iii Top]

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