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Challenge: 2-Second Exposure (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Duotone
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: Home
Date: Mar 19, 2006
Galleries: Black and White, Action
Date Uploaded: Mar 19, 2006

 The hardest part of this shot was the cigarette. I don't smoke and I was trying to create some smoke to accent the mood. The taste and smell made me nauseous. That is the expression you see on my face! The sad thing is that you can't even see the smoke in the picture. I didn't feel like doing a retake!

Statistics
Place: 46 out of 192
Avg (all users): 5.7952
Avg (commenters): 6.2308
Avg (participants): 5.5484
Avg (non-participants): 5.9915
Views since voting: 1305
Views during voting: 440
Votes: 210
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 03/27/2006 06:02:45 PM
i love this shot! there is a certain kind of loneliness to it...because most pictures i've seen of people playing pool are more cluttered with a lot of people around.
my jaw dropped when i saw the cigarette in your mouth!!
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 03/27/2006 05:19:58 AM
My monitor needs a tuning - because I cannot see any smoke. However, I did vote this high as I like the shot.

Message edited by author 2006-03-27 10:20:23.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/25/2006 09:43:06 AM
cool floating head
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 03/23/2006 04:03:01 PM
But I want to see him take the shot...
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 03/23/2006 03:59:45 AM
A beautiful photograph. I wonder if it would be better to have one ball moving.
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 03/22/2006 09:57:03 PM
nice tones would've prefured the right upper hand cornor to be burn to a total black/dark would be more dynamic that way but nice shot. being the shot.....lol
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 03/22/2006 07:19:46 PM
This wouldve been better if youd have taken the pic DURING the shot...
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 03/22/2006 01:23:20 PM
looks great!
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 03/22/2006 11:07:53 AM
love the black ground suits it well,lightings gr8!
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 03/21/2006 09:19:40 AM
Nicely composed photograph. I like the nearly desaturated look for this photo. Great job!
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 03/21/2006 12:56:10 AM
I would have liked to see what this image would be like if it was taken after the cue ball had been struck.
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 03/20/2006 06:18:38 PM
Nice lighting and composition. I would have liked to see the ball in motion.
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 03/20/2006 05:02:15 PM
love playing 8 ball and I take longer than 2 seconds lining up my shot :) - Great lighting, very interesting treatment of color - it all works
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 03/19/2006 07:50:08 PM
Oh man, I wish smoke were rising from his cig. I like it still.
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 03/19/2006 07:19:41 PM
This is really good. Love the low key lighting and the lighting on the table, and the tones look great.
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