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Look Folks - No Hands
Look Folks - No Hands
michael_p


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Motion Blur II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Manchester Ardale Shopping Centre, Manchester, UK
Date: Jun 23, 2006
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/40
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Jun 25, 2006

 Cropped to 3/4 of original shot
RAW --> JPG Conversion in RAWShooter Premium
Auto Colour
Auto Contrast
Levels Adjustments made Manually
Resized to 640x427
Cloned out two small areas on the left (One in the top left hand corner - white patch and a small dark blot on hte left side middle as these seemed distracting to the shot)
Saved for Web at a value of 90 to give file size of 143kb
Uploaded.

Shot this on Friday of Grant 'Chopper' Fielder during a promo of the new animal store in the Manchester Arndale Centre, I shot this with the hopes of getting some motion involved in ht e background using a small ammount of fill-in-flash for the face of the rider but wanted to keep the bike almost frozen yet movement in the wheels of the bike. I am convinced I achieved what I set out to accomplish which makes me happy anyhow, I just hope it goes down well with the voters :0)

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 177
Avg (all users): 5.8934
Avg (commenters): 6.6364
Avg (participants): 5.7625
Avg (non-participants): 5.9829
Views since voting: 915
Views during voting: 372
Votes: 197
Comments: 13
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 07/05/2006 12:45:28 AM
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: This is where a great idea lost some of its potential points. Your motion blur is terrific, but your focus is off on the rider. Your depth of field complements the blur very nicely, but it may have been one of the main reasons that you lost the crisp focus that this one needed.

Lighting: Your lighting is very nice. The bright background really helps isolate the rider in his dark clothing. You also did a terrific job with the exposure. No important detail was lost to highlights or shadows.

Composition/Content: Great choice of subject for this particular challenge.

My Opinion: As is, this one scored a little higher than I would have expected. You did a great job meeting the challenge, and with the rider in crisp focus, I'd expect to see this one well into the 6 range.

Eric
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/02/2006 05:01:42 PM
Very good.....
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 07/02/2006 03:29:39 PM
Nice capture on the bike!
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 06/28/2006 06:25:46 PM
Nice shot! I like the background blur from the upwards panning angle. It would have been great to get the bike and ride more crisp. I know, though, that there are some limitations in place from the indoor lighting.

Overall I really like this shot. I would have given an extra point for a sharper subject.
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 06/28/2006 03:46:32 AM
Awesome capture.
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 06/27/2006 03:23:39 PM
great timing!
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 06/27/2006 09:29:40 AM
this is a very cool shot.
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 06/27/2006 01:28:36 AM
Oh, mother, makes me instictively shiled my privates! Was he okay on landing?
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 06/26/2006 11:46:25 PM
well timed for what is a difficult shot to get. the only thing i would probably play with is the crop; the bottom third is a bit redundant and a squarer crop closer to the bike guy might emphasise him a bit more. i like the effect of the blur at the top though - looks like flourescent tubes exploding! good achievement though, and nicely dramatic. 8.
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 06/26/2006 07:05:17 PM
excellent...well done, I hope this shot does really well for you
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 06/26/2006 04:27:08 PM
Certainly got motion on this one! Imagine doing that for a living ;-)
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 06/26/2006 03:31:47 PM
Now this is motion blur. Excellent. I hope you will get one of the ribbons :)
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 06/26/2006 01:24:01 AM
thisi is an excellent shot
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