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Challenge: Shoes (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
Location: Skatepark in Denver
Date: Aug 29, 2005
Aperture: 4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Candid, Action
Date Uploaded: Aug 29, 2005

 Skate park in downtown Denver. I wanted to use the shoe title to accent a style of life and action. I was fairly certain the random street shoe shot would be too strong and prevalent to make a dent. And studio shots of shoes do not interest me.

The kids really got a kick out me shooting them and felt like I should get a few email addresses and send them a shot of their glorious moves. One boy even approached me and asked if "That is a Nikon?" I said yes and he responded "That camera is awesome, it is like $1500 dollars!" And then he skated away. The atmosphere there is fun and action oriented.

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Statistics
Place: 85 out of 465
Avg (all users): 5.4850
Avg (commenters): 5.9412
Avg (participants): 5.3020
Avg (non-participants): 5.6645
Views since voting: 819
Views during voting: 448
Votes: 301
Comments: 18
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/06/2005 06:52:29 PM
Very interesting photo. Shoes in action. The focus and lighting are very good by the way.
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 09/06/2005 05:47:34 PM
A very good action capture. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2005 01:29:42 PM
Kick it is KICK ASS!!! Great tones.
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 09/05/2005 04:54:21 AM
nice freezing, i really like it
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 09/04/2005 05:35:37 PM
very cool.. looks like you worked hard to get it just right
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 09/03/2005 04:18:02 PM
Great action shot
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 09/03/2005 10:39:30 AM
This has good movement and for stop action, is very focused. Although this has shoes in it, I think the focus is more on the skateboard and the guy riding it. I do like the greenish sepia filter. 7
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 09/02/2005 01:51:51 PM
not enough focus on shoe
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 09/01/2005 06:07:02 PM
This is probably the third time I have looked at your shot. The more I see the more I like it -- 8 --
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 09/01/2005 05:59:34 PM
Sweet!
Wish his face hadn't been so OOF--I guess the challenge WAS shoes, though...
I dunno, you still get a high score from me because I like skateboarders. : )
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 09/01/2005 12:36:48 PM
Nice action, stopped clean. Not sure that sepia colouring is appropriate for such a modern action. 5
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 08/31/2005 08:20:20 PM
Not sure if that's a valid skateboard picture, but otherwise a really cool photo!
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 08/31/2005 04:24:08 PM
Nice placement and lighting. Was your skater posing cause you'd think they're would be more blur if he was actually doing a kick flip or some trick like that.
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 08/31/2005 03:20:31 PM
A nice shot, good contrast, and captures the action well. Not sure about the crop. It's too tight to capture the whole picture for a sports shot, and it's too loose to really focus on the shoes, which is suppossed to be the theme. The right leg, the board and the arm would have been enough. Less is more
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 08/31/2005 01:13:24 PM
It's a shame the bottom foot is lost.
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 08/31/2005 10:32:22 AM
nice capture...don't wipe out! Love the coloring too!
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 08/31/2005 07:47:16 AM
Nice... I like the action. Good job on the sharp, too. However, this particular picture may have worked better w/a different colorization or sepia tone. ;)
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 08/30/2005 08:08:05 PM
hey, it's Joey Lawrence!
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