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Challenge: Time Lapse (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse")*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Date: Jan 5, 2008
Aperture: F/16 and F/3.5
ISO: 100 and 1600
Galleries: Action
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2008
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I hope this is legal if not I will learn.
What I did:
-Shot the first photo with a low ISO and a small aperature to reduce noise and to make it sharper front to back to use as the background of the image.
-Without moving the tripod or camera I had my sister hold the shutter button down in burst mode, while me and my brother volleyed a couple times. This is the first sequence of volleying. Me (in the red) is the position I was at the start of the volley. My brother is in the position that he was in at the end of the volley (and subsequently the beginning and end of the burst sequence.)
I used my bro's 20D since it has a faster burst, (5fps) instead of 3fps
-This way you can see how the volley started, the ball positions while it was bouncing, and the end of the volley.
The original background image I shot is what you see in this image except for being desaturated and what I masked around me, my brother, and the positions of the ball.
Aside from the masking, I used Shadows/Highlights, Levels, Hue/Saturation, Selective Sharpening and blur, Resize, USM, Save for Web.
Hope you understand all this sorry about the length!
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01/11/2008 12:48:53 PM |
| The selective desat would have worked better if it was only on the ball, and not the people and paddles as well. |
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01/09/2008 07:05:41 AM |
| He should take something for that seriousness. Drugs, maybe. Cute kid and neat sequence. |
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01/08/2008 04:43:43 PM |
| it doesn't really look like a progression of time, but more like they are playing ping pong with 5 balls at once. to see the path the ball took, i think would have required more captures in a shorter period of time. |
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01/08/2008 03:09:08 PM |
| A different angle with both players and less distracting background items would have made this stronger I think. and maybe different arm positions. |
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01/08/2008 12:15:55 PM |
| Cool attempt. My only critique would be the background... the freezer, and the dark grey on the wall take away from the shot. |
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01/07/2008 06:29:54 PM |
| Nice action shot. I wish the left hand side was in focus more. |
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01/07/2008 02:58:59 PM |
GeneralE: if it's a serve, it's a single motion and therefore natural. but if it's a volley, it's several motions, so it's not natural.
muckpond: looks like serve-and-volley to me.
GeneralE: (brain explodes) |
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01/07/2008 02:31:52 PM |
| Technical looks good, but you may get voted down for your subject. DPC loves to see emotion, bright colors or very contrast-y type b&w. I'm wondering if you could have played off of a more drastic angle or something. Good luck in the challenge. |
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01/07/2008 02:12:09 PM |
| Nice idea. Think it might have worked better with a slower shutter so the ping pong balls were leaving longer trails. That would really kick up the sens of motion and passing time. Here it almost looks like the kid shot off five ping pong balls in a row and you got the shot when they were all in the air. |
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01/07/2008 01:02:42 PM |
| Nice concept but the overall picture fails to pull me in. |
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01/07/2008 12:43:52 PM |
| Nice idea. I like the angle you took. To be honest, it's lacking in drama/emotion and I don't get the sense of the speed of the game. I think had you captured a decisive moment in the match it would have had all of those things and you would have had a real contender. Just my opinion though. Still a good shot. Good luck! |
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01/07/2008 09:16:31 AM |
| the selective desaturation works well here. |
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01/07/2008 06:09:34 AM |
| The time lapse is nicely done, but I don't like the partial desat in this image. It makes the image quite drab for me. |
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01/06/2008 10:46:30 PM |
| This image tells me you have been concentrating on the technicals of these so called time lapse rules, but unfortunately the artistic interpretation element has let you down. |
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