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Challenge: 2-Second Exposure (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges 2006
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Bowling alley
Date: Mar 18, 2006
Aperture: f/29
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2 sec
Galleries: Sports
Date Uploaded: Mar 19, 2006
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For those so interested: 159/198/166 were my scores the day this was shot. I kid you not. And I bowl about twice a year or so.
It happened like this: we have office fundraisers for the slush fund - one happens to be an afternoon of bowling. I didn't have an afternoon, I had an hour between meetings, but I ran over there, bowled two games simultaneously (my right lane self beat my left lane self) and took some shots for the challenge. My coworkers already think I'm nuts, so this was nothing... Came home after work, processed, found one I liked, was gonna submit. For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, I'd reset the shutter to 1/6 sec at some point. NOT GOOD!
So on Saturday afternoon, I packed up my ball, my shoes, my camera, my tripod, and off to the lanes I went. I'd cradle the remote in my left hand whilst also supporting the ball. Do the approach thing, release the ball, immediately turn and point the remote at the camera, turn back, check progress of the ball down the lane, hit the button. Rinse and repeat. I had a blast.
Post processing - crop and rotate to straighten a bit, exposure offset and gamma tweaks, bump in saturation with mostly affected the wood flooring, cloned out a small piece of wood-like stuff on lower left, resized, USM, added small border, and voila! |
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02/24/2013 02:05:20 AM |
| i love this!!! i haven't read the comments but i hope you got at least one "well framed" :) |
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04/29/2006 08:25:32 PM |
| I love bowling your shot makes me want to try a Bowling Self Portrait. This is a cool capture. |
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04/23/2006 09:49:01 AM |
I love the originality of the idea, but the title perfects it. Nice composition, and exposure seems spot on.
Not too keen on the border, but 'tis not a big deal. |
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04/03/2006 06:15:17 PM |
| That sounds like SO MUCH FUN. Don't you love it when you don't just get a good picture (which this one is -- I love it) but also a fun memory from a photo shoot? |
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03/27/2006 02:08:11 AM |
| Great shot and a nice finish, but this was one of my favorites and I think it should have been on the frontn page :) Awesome job!!! |
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03/27/2006 01:48:04 AM |
WAy to Go Mel!!!
Great shot!! and score! |
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03/26/2006 05:23:26 PM |
| Nice action shot. Bumping up. |
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03/26/2006 12:35:24 PM |
| Great idea. Wonder how many tries it took to get the timing & the roll just right. |
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03/25/2006 10:31:15 AM |
| Something interesting about this shot which I wouldn't thought of it. ;) I like it. |
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03/23/2006 02:33:51 PM |
| Nice originality. Good capture. |
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03/23/2006 10:40:58 AM |
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03/21/2006 11:32:52 AM |
| interesting, but it looks like the ball went into the gutter? hehe |
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03/21/2006 09:57:26 AM |
| Nice sense of the 2-second period when the pins are falling. |
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03/21/2006 07:22:03 AM |
| Good idea and pretty well done |
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03/21/2006 04:02:32 AM |
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03/20/2006 02:50:19 PM |
| Wow... incredible idea here. I'm not too keen on the border, but that doesn't detract much. 8 |
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03/20/2006 10:48:26 AM |
| Very interesting idea for a picture - very well done, as well! |
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03/20/2006 05:54:11 AM |
| well done makes me wonder what the final outcome was, the photo is definately a strike! |
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03/20/2006 02:34:07 AM |
| This is such a cool photo. The perfect reflection of the pins in the wood, the obvious movement. This is one of my favortes in this challenge. Fantastic job. 10 |
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03/19/2006 07:07:42 PM |
| Cool idea, and nice sense of motion. I like it |
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