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Challenge: Motion Panning IV (Advanced Editing VII) Camera: Canon EOS-50D Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Location: Verona, WI Date: Apr 25, 2012 Aperture: 9 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/30 Date Uploaded: Apr 25, 2012
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Ok, not exactly his first swing experience ever, but pretty close (within a few days). It's extremely difficult getting a motion panning photo of a kid on a swing. Being an arch movement, it's harder to follow at the appropriate speed than a straight line. Plus, with him coming somewhat at me (instead of me looking completely from the side, as is seen in a lot of motion panning shots), the focus plane becomes a hundred times more difficult to get right. Plus, I needed a small enough aperture to get a longer shutter speed, but not too small so the background is out of focus. I actually tried on a sunny day, and then waited for a cloudy day to try again.
I'm certain this has no chance to win, and may not even stay above 5, although those understanding the difficulties mentioned above may score it a little higher than those that just say "it's a kid on a swing, how hard is that?"
Post Processing:
* Crop
* White Balance
* Increase black point
* Increase definition
* Increase saturation and vibrancy
* S curve
* Edge Sharpen
* Sharpen Face
* Export as TIFF
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges |
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05/03/2012 07:12:36 PM |
Oh, the wonderment! Excellent job with the panning. |
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05/03/2012 03:24:26 PM |
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05/02/2012 01:11:43 PM |
What a great expression (terror), lol. Great job. (voted earlier, bumping up) |
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04/30/2012 07:52:39 PM |
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04/30/2012 07:29:54 AM |
Someone is very trusting! |
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04/27/2012 04:45:28 PM |
Great shot. It is hard to tell if he is enjoying it or not. |
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04/26/2012 08:47:21 PM |
Perfect use of technique... should have cropped tighter on the kid because the background is so dull... |
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