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The Elegance of The Fall
The Elegance of The Fall
Oz


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Art of 2012 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
Lens: Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Conway Lake, NH
Date: Aug 9, 2013
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/800
Date Uploaded: Feb 22, 2013

 This took a lot of tries of me running and diving off the dock to get the dive just straight. I had the camera on a tripod at the end of the dock. The sky was very bright so I had to do single image hdr to control it at all.

Wow an HM and a verineat on top of that!
Thanks for all the votes and comments and special thanks to neat for the bling.

Statistics
Place: 5 out of 188
Avg (all users): 6.6752
Avg (commenters): 7.7500
Avg (participants): 6.6163
Avg (non-participants): 6.8387
Views since voting: 1271
Views during voting: 234
Votes: 117
Comments: 23
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 03/11/2013 08:09:10 PM
This is soooo fantastic. Even more so with the fact that you are the diver! Congrats on the HM!
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 03/09/2013 06:50:42 PM
Wow, I didn't realize this was you/yours, Oz. I been pretty distracted... Congrats on HM and bling!
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 03/09/2013 04:15:57 AM
Originally posted by Oz:
Originally posted by tanguera:
I'm in awe that this is a selfie!!! What dedication. How many dives did it take?


To be honest I wanted to swim anyway so I just set up the shot and then started diving off like I normally would have :) I probably did 20 or so dives to get one that was straight enough.


WOW I just read this, even more impressive, you deserve 10 verineats ;----------------)
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 03/08/2013 07:31:14 PM
Originally posted by tanguera:
I'm in awe that this is a selfie!!! What dedication. How many dives did it take?


To be honest I wanted to swim anyway so I just set up the shot and then started diving off like I normally would have :) I probably did 20 or so dives to get one that was straight enough.
 03/08/2013 06:47:01 PM
I'm in awe that this is a selfie!!! What dedication. How many dives did it take?
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 03/08/2013 07:02:16 AM
This is awesome. Congrats!
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 03/08/2013 03:30:49 AM
This is fantastic Oz. Congrats on the Verineat and HM.
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 03/07/2013 10:21:42 PM
Congratulations! It's so well done!
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 03/07/2013 07:18:42 PM
Congrats on the HM, Oz. The wet areas on the dock (from repeated attempts at this dive, perhaps) really add a lot, IMO.
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 03/07/2013 07:16:58 PM
Sweet image, Oz. congrats on the bling and great finish.
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 03/07/2013 07:08:37 PM
wow well done on a HM would of thought you would of had a load more comments than mine, and I was 10th lol!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/07/2013 06:58:42 PM
Cool capture. Looks like a plane taking off from the jetty 'runway'.
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 03/07/2013 06:53:44 PM
Elegant near-symmetry which is proper in this imperfect world. bump
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 03/07/2013 04:36:48 PM
Incredible photo, which could of really been enhanced with some better PP skills, wish this was in black and white, but that's just me, the sky looks a bit blown out, but that's minor, what a great moment, top ten for me!

Despite the tiny flaws I still love this and keep coming back to it, the timing is amazing, this is much more than a photo of a person diving! You receive my verineat, only two given out in this challenge well done, and all the best ;o)

Message edited by author 2014-02-13 23:46:24.
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 03/07/2013 02:51:09 PM
Fantastic capture! I really like this.
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 03/07/2013 07:02:35 AM
Wow! Had to look twice that that was not a bird flying it! Awesome. Would have been cool in the symmetry challenge too!
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 03/07/2013 03:31:25 AM
Great shot, one of my top picks. How many takes did this require?
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 03/06/2013 05:23:49 PM
Good arms, feet arre slightly crossed!!! ;) a great capture.
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 03/06/2013 01:22:45 PM
This is unique. It created a great first impression for me, as I could not figure out what kind of bird it was, with a tail like that. Haha. Love the light. Disappointed you did not clean up the sky, for it's a beautiful sky.
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 03/05/2013 06:29:33 AM
Perfect.
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 03/04/2013 05:10:04 AM
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

Absolutely great capture. Love the leading lines of the dock that extends our vision out to the horizon. The person caught in flight diving off in to the water captures and holds my attention and imagination. The dock is like that of a runway where 'man' then takes 'flight'. He is suspended midair before he explores the wild blue yonder of not the heavens above but the blue of the water. He takes the plunge/leap that promises refreshment and enjoyment. Very well done action capture and also symbolic storytelling.
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 03/01/2013 09:46:42 AM
This is stunning! It's almost too perfect.
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 03/01/2013 06:50:54 AM
Perfectly horizontal.
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