Sudoku Contemplation
Uploaded: September 17, 2007
Passing the time, in the middle of a three hour flight. This one was taken while in flight at Angels 39,000, somewhere over the south central US.
Shutter speed was set at 1.6 second exposure time. It took a series of about a dozen attempts to achieve the photo that I wanted.
I was pleased with how the pencil shadow was crisp yet the #2 was visible through the pencil.
Sue C. Cole December 10, 2007
Robert,Jayme S. Hall December 10, 2007
Robert- I have to agree with Sue in my questioning of how did you do this? I don't really mind the black box, I guess because I expect it to be there :) Very, very creative :) #5192268Robert A. Farmer December 10, 2007
Sue, Not being that overly familiar with Photoshop, I was reluctant to try and tweak details of the image beyond what came out of the camera. It was a product of experimenting with the exposure time. Not like I was going to take a walk on the wing anytime soon. Now that you have pointed it out I do see how the black box could be improved (cloned) out of the frame. At the time I was happy with the blurred pencil effect as it hovered above the page. Thank you both for taking the time to leave a comment! Rob #5194249
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