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Letting it go
Letting it go
Whiskey


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Challenge: Letting Go (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-1D
Location: Bed Room
Date: Feb 8, 2004
Aperture: 6.3
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/30s
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2004

 Well this was a tough one for me. I had two ideas, and I feel this is the best one. I feel this really capture's motion, but I also feel this is close to "snapshot" material. This image was harder to capture than it looks. Took many tries. I used a slow shutter speed so that I could capture the movement of the balloon moving up.

Statistics
Place: 91 out of 188
Avg (all users): 5.0566
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 4.8529
Avg (non-participants): 5.1840
Views since voting: 781
Votes: 265
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/15/2004 08:58:35 AM
Perfectly fits the theme; wonderful sharp focus on the hand (well, most of it!), the balloon is captured perfectly to suggest flight, and the background is excellent so my eyes stay on the subject. Giving it a 9 and have to believe it's a top ten (top five?) finisher!
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 02/13/2004 12:35:04 PM
Niiiice! I cried when I let go of a beautiful balloon once but then I saw it soaring away and I felt better.
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 02/13/2004 12:38:48 AM
I wish the balloon was a little sharper. It's lost almost all form.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2004 04:45:57 PM
Great idea. very clean photo
 02/12/2004 11:47:59 AM
great idea... maybe a little less motion it the baloon and a cleaner background?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2004 06:07:58 AM
Excellent. I really like it. Very original idea. 7
 02/12/2004 04:04:30 AM
Very nice shot! great composition and lighting. The duotone background is very interesting. I can almost hear the balloon....
 02/11/2004 09:43:41 AM
Great idea but a bit too much blur - I can only assume it is a balloon.
 02/11/2004 06:23:12 AM
balloon is too blurry
 02/11/2004 01:39:47 AM
good fun capture. bit small and thin.
 02/10/2004 09:11:40 PM
yep, well captured
 02/10/2004 08:01:48 PM
I like the concept. However, I think this would have worked better if you could clear up the balloon part. It is difficult to tell that this is a balloon. Being a newbie, I am certainly no expert on HOW to change that ;-), but others here may be able to provide that info.
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