Photographer: Corry Lee Smith
Title: 3800 feet over Tuscaloosa, AL USA
Judge's Comments: Very strong image. A close finalist
3800 feet over Tuscaloosa, AL USA
Date: May 2004
Camera: Sony DSCF717 (NightShot mode)
Filter: Hoya R72 + ND8
Exposure: 1/60 sec
Process: contrast adjustment and desaturation in PaintShop Pro.
Location: 3800 feet over Tuscaloosa, AL USA
Comments: Taken from the right seat of a friend's Piper Tripacer, making a sixty degree(!) bank over the University of Alabama campus. The baseball and basketball facilities are visible between the struts. I just held on and made the shot.