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Published: 2007-01-26 03:08:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1628; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 56
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There are two ways to cross the border between Canada and the United States at Sault Ste. Marie - by train, over a series of small truss bridges, or by vehicle, over the International Bridge. Both of these routes are shown in this photo, taken less than half a kilometer north of the Canada/U.S. border.It had become VERY dark by the time I took this shot, and unfortunately I did not happen to have a tripod with me at the time. I took a few shots on ISO 1600 at around 1/10 of a second, just holding the camera by hand and hoping for the best. I didn't really expect any of them to be usable due to camera shake, but I was fortunate to find that this one turned out okay. I was also fortunate that the noise removal process didn't detract too much from the detail in the photo, which is a problem I've had to deal with in many of my other images.
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Really crisp for 1/10 of a second. Great work. What do you normally use for noise removal? (I'm pretty happy with Imagenomic's Noiseware, but always looking for better).
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Thanks, and thank you for the 
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Your photograph has been featured here: [link]
Thanks very much!
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This is really interesting, looks kinda artificial - guess the exposure has played tricks on the image.
Great shot and well done 1/10th sec - get you eh? LoL
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Thanks. The artificial look might be from all the dodging and burning I did do this in PS.
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very cool looking shot favretto. I love the shadows, and I think the quality turn out pretty darn good considering your circumstances. Good work my friend.
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^_^ It looks very nice anyway, without a tripod!
... I don't have a tripod. T_T
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Thank you. You should think about getting one, they're pretty much a necessity if you want to do any shooting indoors or when it's not sunny out.
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you just beat every photograph ive ever taken there
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Very very nice. Did I mention already that your compositions are great? And it was worth waiting until the dark, lighting and shadows contribute a lot to it.
And I think you're still quite in the safe with 18mm at 1/10. Unless you were shaking from the cold.
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Thank you. I tend to notice camera shake in my hand-held shots at anything below 1/30 of a second, and so I normally don't even try to do anything less than that without a tripod. It was still fairly hot out too, so I wouldn't have been shaking.
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Well, I was actually extrapolating the inverse focal length rule. I noticed I never had problems shooting at 1/30 with a 58 mm lens, but perhaps it doesn't work for longer times, or is camera/lens dependant. Sorry, enough talking out of my ass.
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Haha, I never knew about that rule, I've just gone by plain old trial & error.
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This is a great shot....Even more impressive that it's hand held at 1/10 and ISO 1600
Good work
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Thank you! I almost didn't even bother taking the shot, so I was quite surprised that I was able to get it to turn out okay.
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Thank you! I almost didn't even bother taking the shot, so I was quite surprised that I was able to get it to turn out okay.
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Don't you love it when things work out this well? Do you get any hassles for photographing along the border? Our crossings have infra-red and video feeds, and neither Border Patrol likes it when one drives too slowly down the road along the border nor if you stop too often, and if you're stopped in one place for "too long" you can rest assured that a Border Patrol vehicle will come passing by before long.
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I've never been hassled for shooting near the border. Whitefish Island lies directly beneath the International Bridge, and it's pretty much one big public park with boardwalks and paths all over it. People go there to run/bike/fish/take pictures all the time. Plus, it's not like anyone is going to be able to climb up the pillars, walk across the bridge, and then just keep walking right past customs. I imagine the bridges themselves are well monitored, and it's not possible to cross by land or swim across the river.
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It could be because our border consists of a double ditch, no fences, and either roads on both sides of the border, or on one side with big fields on the other, where there isn't heavy tree growth. There are a couple of habitat areas on the Canadian side, but they're both closed for the season because the paths through the marsh aren't safe.
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Ya, it seems as though a couple ditches might not provide much of a barrier. I can see why they would patrol it so heavily.
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Yes, and while they were busy patrolling, some drug dealers built a tunnel right under the road, two fields, and up into a house
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Haha, that happened here? I thought it was in Mexico. Probably both, actually.
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Yes, there was a tunnel from Mexico discovered around the same time, I think. Here's the story on the tunnel here:
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jeje
I choose it
cuz its a good effort
I just tried something similar but with film
But I didnt got so much luck x)
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To take a picture at night, but I needed to have 1 sec the photo
I already see it
Got a bit blured
x)
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Thanks.
What did you try that was similar?
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Love the train tracks and the bridge thing to the right. Great work bud!
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