MPC #31 Voting Poll (voting ends April 24th)

[hdcb166]

Not a lot of shots entered but a few really good ones!
Choosing 5 pictures is harder than I thought, props to whoever chose the photos for the B&W topic
Anyways here we go:

nashboarder


single


nufenstein


tap


4-TEEF

[pappag]

Wow. Lots of solid choices. And I dig Tap's bridge usage.

[Keegan]

Great shots for this one.
I should have gotten off my ass and found a bridge or guitar...

[Tippster]

Huh - I'm the only one giving Tapdaddy any love? wow.

[single]

4-TEEF, I have no idea what that is, but I dig it!!!!

[4-TEEF]

4-TEEF, I have no idea what that is, but I dig it!!!!

It's one side of the top of the central support for a pedestrian bridge at the University of Utah. I couldn't get any side on shots but it is similar to nufenstein's bridge except with only one central support. Here's a shot with the wide angle.

[amyzilla]

Huh - I'm the only one giving Tapdaddy any love? wow.

I picked nash's, but it was a tough choice - I loved tap's, too!

[patxi]

Popular bridge:


wra won MPC#7 with that one: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...=leading+lines

[dumpy]

man tough call, all have very different things going for them.

tap's got originality, nash has great exposure, teef's composition is very cool, but for some reason single's just does it for me.

[hdcb166]

^^^ same here, I thought single was going to sweep the poll.

[iclickfoto]

tough choice!

[4-TEEF]

Popular bridge:
wra won MPC#7 with that one: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...=leading+lines

That's funny. It's pretty much the only bridge that springs to mind for me in the downtown area. I'm actually surprised that some other U attending mag didn't post a shot of it in this thread.

[Tap]

i liked them all but mine. original interpretation but kind of shitty execution.

i vote for the other guys, cause they all did interesting work.

[hdcb166]

Poll over! Congrats nashboarder. I don't know how long you've got to start a new comp. but how 'bout 4 days
Great job everyone

[NashBoarder]

Just got back in town. Will have something up shortly.

[OSECS]

Gotta go with Nashboarder for overall best technical and interesting composition.

Loved 4teefs but not enough contrast between subject matter and the sky.

[single]

Loved 4teefs but not enough contrast between subject matter and the sky.

Thats exactly what I do like about it.

[hdcb166]

^^^ I was just going to say that hahaha.

[4-TEEF]

FWIW I voted for NB at the very start of the thread. The lighting really makes that shot for me and though I'm pretty sure that NB wasn't responsible for the lighting he recognized how cool it was and then handled everything else pretty much perfectly.

NB - What gear/exposure did you use for this shot? I'm interested in lens choice especially as there looks to be very little distortion... Did you nail the composition that perfect in camera or do more cropping later?

[NashBoarder]

I have a Canon 40D and used my 17-55 2.8 IS for that shot.

Stats on the shot
17mm, f/9.0, 3/10 shutter speed, iso 400. I didn't extend my tripod and shot it while I was sitting on the ground with a cable release.

I took a bunch of shots of the bridge (couple hours) from all sorts of angles. My first idea was actually shoot it from a distance because it's right next to the Nashville skyline. Didn't like how that turned out and shot it closer up from a few different angles. The angle I used was shot twice. The second one was almost dead on what you see. I did a couple minor adjustments, that's it. I'm a complete JONG when it comes to editing.

Thanks to everybody for the votes and all those that entered. I feel honored to win with such amazing photographers that post here.

Was at Talladega this weekend (Photo TR to follow ) and still catching up on some things. I'll have the new contest up tonight.