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Challenge: Upside Down V (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f1.2L
Date: Nov 1, 2014
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Date Uploaded: Nov 4, 2014

 Camera was in normal position. Froze this amazing Cirque du Soleil dancer mid-air during a backflip with studio strobes.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 59
Avg (all users): 7.4505
Avg (commenters): 8.6364
Avg (participants): 7.1000
Avg (non-participants): 7.6230
Views since voting: 1498
Views during voting: 200
Votes: 91
Comments: 21
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 11/13/2014 10:02:24 AM
Wow, fabulous image! Great job and congrats on your blue ribbon!
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 11/13/2014 08:14:56 AM
Congratulations on the ribbon! Very nicely done.
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 11/12/2014 06:59:06 PM
How did you end up with this job??

Master of lighting.
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 11/12/2014 11:47:02 AM
Congrats on the blue. Great lighting and timing.
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 11/12/2014 06:05:57 AM
Good to see you again!! So like you to stop in just to pick up a blue ribbon :)
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 11/12/2014 05:49:16 AM
HA! I knew this was yours.
What a score. 4 entries in 2014, 3 of them blue and the fourth one ended up 14th in the C2K.
Congratulations.
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 11/12/2014 12:39:29 AM
Congratulations on the Blue!! Great image.
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 11/11/2014 08:16:33 PM
Your lighting is superb and the image is crisp without being the least bit overdone. When I grow up I want to be able to do this too (the photography, not the flip). Since I'm in my 60's I'm not sure I'll ever get there. But it's clear you have it all figured out. Wonderful image.
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 11/11/2014 07:05:14 PM
Congratulation for the ribbon
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/11/2014 08:08:12 AM
Beautifully lit
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 11/11/2014 05:29:45 AM
Awesome shot, cleverly done and well executed. In my top 3
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 11/11/2014 01:46:33 AM
One of my top five. Love it.
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 11/10/2014 07:31:26 PM
now if the hat was falling off...
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 11/10/2014 02:37:59 PM
Ooooh, this looks like one of our dancer photographer's gorgeous work. Top of the heap, or close to it, I would think
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 11/10/2014 05:06:18 AM
Captivating. Great lighting.
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 11/09/2014 09:12:29 PM
10++
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 11/06/2014 05:58:26 PM
Fun capture!
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 11/06/2014 02:13:10 PM
Good one. Best in show.

Is it really a backflip or a normal jump with the camera upside down (or rotated in post, same difference)? It totally meets the challenge either way, i'm just asking out of curiosity. My money is on rotation in post. The hat is too firm on his head and the shoelaces don't seem to be affected by gravity :-)
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 11/06/2014 04:07:27 AM
Great shot
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 11/05/2014 09:19:26 PM
Love this
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 11/05/2014 07:34:03 AM
Top 2
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