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"Like a speeding bullet"
"Like a speeding bullet"
rdlorf


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-04 (Expert Editing*)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A100
Lens: Quantaray AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 High-Speed for Minolta
Location: St. Petersburg FL
Date: Apr 6, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Apr 27, 2007

 Taken handheld, single capture, from about 50 yards. My son at the top of his takeoff in a competitive swim meet.
Edits in ACDSee 9
1. rotate left to true vertical
2. Crop square
3. adjust luminance
4. adjust color: tweak saturation and lightness
5. remove individual noise pixels
6. sharpen
7. apply vignetting
8. resize
Would welcome all commments.

Statistics
Place: 373 out of 573
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Avg (commenters): 6.7000
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Views since voting: 893
Views during voting: 343
Votes: 170
Comments: 12
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 05/12/2007 10:04:54 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club -

First off - Great timing!!! You really caught a great pose and look. I wonder what your son thinks of it. It is a fun and entertaining image thats for sure.

A couple of issues that I had with it that may have prevented a higher score were the soft focus (but at the distance you were shooting from that could be expected), some of the skin tones look a bit odd and I am really not digging the vignette. I am guessing you were shooting for a perspective of looking down a gunbarrel or something. Its just a bit much for me. Also a bummer you had the two guys standing behind. If it had just been your son that would have been pretty cool. But whatcha gonna do. You deal with what you get.

Overall an entertaining pic, but lacking the technicals and the extra wow power to really score a whole lot better than it did. That said I cant imagine that you would give this pic up for anything. I look forward to seeing your future entries!

Tim

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/06/2007 11:47:39 AM
Great shot - heckuva POV.
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 05/05/2007 07:24:59 PM
IN YOUR FACE! Great capture! (did he win?)
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 05/05/2007 04:53:51 AM
How funny! I only wish his head was in focus insead of his feet. Great idea though. I love this guy's expression. 8
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 05/04/2007 11:29:08 AM
This just looks plain weird. Cool, but weird.
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 05/04/2007 05:01:58 AM
that's hillarious...wish it were sharper...what a wierd pose!
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 05/02/2007 07:28:12 PM
love it great shot
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 05/02/2007 04:02:01 PM
Incredible capture.
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 05/02/2007 08:27:54 AM
Freaky! Nice capture.
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 05/01/2007 03:49:45 PM
cool shot!
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 05/01/2007 11:21:14 AM
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 05/01/2007 06:26:36 AM
This would be a great shot if a little sharper.
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