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Portrait of a Baseball
Portrait of a Baseball
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Still Life With Motion (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Denver, CO
Date: Sep 19, 2007
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/100s
Galleries: Sports, Still Life
Date Uploaded: Sep 23, 2007

 This was a pleasant surprise. I hope it isn't seen as too much of a shoehorn. =) But then, what do I care - all my shots are shoehorned.

Ummm... 5.75? 4.6 if the DNMC fever runs high...

Let's predict the DNMC rundown:
- Is it a still life: questionable at best.
- Does it have a catch: it has a catcher... ???
- Does it have motion: most definitely
- Does the motion well contrast the still: absolutely
- Will the voters enjoy my odd perspective on the challenge: they usually don't. =)

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 99
Avg (all users): 4.4945
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 4.2600
Avg (non-participants): 4.5833
Views since voting: 943
Views during voting: 411
Votes: 182
Comments: 24
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/07/2007 11:25:06 AM
I love this! What an ingenius take on the challenge. Nice work!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/03/2007 01:14:29 PM
People just don't understand...

(of course I should be a shoehorn salesman)

...great photo, just not cliche enough as you pointed out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/02/2007 01:06:59 PM
I don't know if it meets the requirements 100% or not, but nevertheless, this is a really cool picture... It may have stood out a little more if you would have been able to zoom in closer to the ball
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/30/2007 08:09:39 PM
No, it's not photoshopped, except for sharpening.

17 ones, wow! =D I guess there's a specific size at which a baseball would become still life...

Sort of makes you wish the pitcher had thrown a cornucopia or some wine glasses, eh? =D

Cheers, all!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/30/2007 05:38:07 PM
I almost missed the ball. How on earth did you catch it like that? Can't wait to see if this gets hammered per the definition of still life but I like it. I think it's pretty cool! (7)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/30/2007 03:11:37 PM
dnmc; sorry :(
 09/30/2007 01:29:35 PM
cool capture of the ball, but you may have done the opposite of the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/30/2007 12:55:49 PM
call me crazy, but this looks like excessive use of photoshop
 09/29/2007 07:03:03 PM
A heck of a capture but for me you've only met the motion aspect of this challenge.

Returning to bump this up. It has grown on me since first viewing it. One thing that this has that others don't is a sense of creation. This doesn't exist if you don't make it happen so in that respect it's much like still life. Also, I can't help but appreciate the reversal of still vs motion you did in this shot. The ball should be in motion but it's not and the players who should be more stationary than the ball is in motion thanks to the motion blur. Clever photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/29/2007 05:00:27 PM
I see plenty of motion, but where's the still life?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/29/2007 02:39:00 PM
i like how the ball looks like you set it there
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2007 08:53:18 PM
Nice catch! However, not a still life.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/28/2007 10:35:56 AM
Completely cracked me up. It's wonderful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/27/2007 01:58:48 PM
Sorry, but I don't get a feel for a still life shot at all. While the focus in the ball appears crisp, this is not a still life.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/27/2007 01:50:02 PM
Credit for complexity!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/26/2007 11:45:19 PM
still life?
 09/26/2007 07:48:07 PM
Sorry, I don't consider this a still life.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/26/2007 03:56:05 PM
Great panning!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/26/2007 03:28:00 PM
Where is the "still life"?? Oh okay, I see it, the ball. hmm, interesting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/25/2007 10:09:31 AM
Close but not quite there. Great idea and hard to capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/24/2007 03:39:26 PM
nicely done, but perhaps cropping a section to enlarge the baseball would work better - 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/24/2007 03:03:55 PM
So interesting. I don't like that the ball, which is the subject of the picture is so small. This idea might have worked out better with a different "setup" and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/24/2007 10:59:57 AM
it's amazing how you were able to get the ball perfectly still, However the photo as a whole is not very apealing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/24/2007 08:41:31 AM
daaaaaaaamn!!!!!!!
10
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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