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Challenge: Sports III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Slidell, LA
Date: May 5, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640s
Date Uploaded: May 8, 2007

 Shot through a chain link fence (you can see a link in the top right corner). This is my nephew, he's 7, and this is the first year of coach-pitch. Evidently they have to slide into home for practice, so here ya go. This shot pretty much came out how I planned. I cropped to 6x7 for kicks.

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Place: 39 out of 230
Avg (all users): 6.3057
Avg (commenters): 7.0833
Avg (participants): 6.1829
Avg (non-participants): 6.3741
Views since voting: 926
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 229
Comments: 13
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 05/16/2007 09:20:29 AM
Greetings from Critique Club!

Slide like an Egyptian! I've noticed that one way to succeed with a tightly cropped, centered subject is to have that subject create an interesting shape. Your nephew solved this problem for you! He is positioned perfectly, with every limb akimbo at a different angle. There is a little room on the left, but that is balanced by the bat.

The extreme unction of his position is emphasized by his marvelous expression. Eyes are not needed, the mouth says it all. His head even lines up with the line of grass. It's just a perfect photo. It would have gotten at least a 7 from me, probably higher. I love how this is a post-action capture instead of the usual mid-action capture. You have captured that lost, floating moment after the goal is achieved, when the athlete has forgotten what he was doing and is unsure if he's succeeded. All he knows is his own exhale from the breath he held during his exertion.
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05/15/2007 05:55:12 PM
lol....so cute !!!!
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 05/15/2007 04:18:55 PM
This is awesome !!! I hope you print this as big as you can for his room... He has a look of determination bigtime...
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 05/12/2007 05:11:37 AM
grreat capture - well framed. great expression. love it
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 05/11/2007 04:08:28 PM
Compliment the kid on his good form :)
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 05/11/2007 07:28:03 AM
good capture.

comp good, light ok, color good, great texture, emotional value great, nice movement, overall a great image.
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 05/10/2007 02:17:10 PM
I like his expression. Somehow the picture feels like there's no action when there's obviously action occurring.
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 05/10/2007 09:39:26 AM
The look on his face absolutely makes this!
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 05/10/2007 02:28:05 AM
Cute :D I like the DOF!
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 05/09/2007 12:44:05 PM
Great expression.
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 05/09/2007 08:50:36 AM
Very intense boy there! Great capture. This breaks some rules I suppose like not being able to see his eyes, and their isn't much since of motion, but I really like it. 8
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 05/08/2007 08:32:08 PM
funny how his uniform says SLIDEll hehe
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 05/08/2007 08:17:43 PM
Awesome, great capture, he is definitely safe
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