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Jumping Back Kick
Jumping Back Kick
andrewt


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Challenge: Time Lapse (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse")*)
Camera: Nikon D3
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Home - Singapore , open field next door
Date: Jan 6, 2008
Aperture: F8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/400s
Galleries: Family, Action
Date Uploaded: Jan 6, 2008

 Original shots in JPG.
Combined 3 consecutive shots of my eldest son Nathan performing his
Jumping back kick on an early Sunday morning (he is 13). Taken handheld
with no flash (wanted to test my new D3)

In post processing , I intentionally seperated each sequence slightly
seperated to see the spinning action clearer
Had to do some serious selection / erasing putting them together , other
than that minor color corrections, slight sharpening.

Also was taken with my new Nikon D3 , boy am I HAPPY with
this camera. As I was using my 18-200 Nikkor DX lens with a
crop rate of 1.5, this shot was only at 5.1 MP (I did not have a full frame
wiide angle lens with me) Even then the detail was excellent !!
Taken at ISO400 , practically grainless (Noise reduction on camera was
turned off) and did NOT do any noise reduction at all during post
processing.

Statistics
Place: 40 out of 84
Avg (all users): 5.9256
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 5.8710
Avg (non-participants): 5.9393
Views since voting: 2934
Views during voting: 732
Votes: 309
Comments: 19
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/13/2008 05:01:56 AM
Nice kick and good capture of it. I think you would have benefited with a different background to help add more visual interest. Even taken at a dojo with his uniform on would have added more to it. Good technical aspects of the photo though.
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 01/12/2008 05:35:34 PM
Heck of a kick!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/10/2008 01:56:46 PM
your rock, kid
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/10/2008 08:33:10 AM
Pretty good. I think a narrower vertical crop might give or of an impression of movement. The crop is almost a square without being one exactly, but that's a personal preference, really.
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 01/09/2008 06:13:11 PM
I think the capture here is very good. The only drawback is the background, it doesnt add anything to the photo.
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 01/09/2008 12:42:42 PM
Perhaps catch the landing and put it in there as well. The sky seems blown out to me and the grass looks rather brown. Interesting take, though.
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 01/09/2008 08:57:43 AM
he's got some height and great form on that kick! great job catching it, too! my personal taste would be that there were some colour in the sky but great job, overall :)
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 01/09/2008 07:19:12 AM
All that without his glasses falling off? There is a great future for this boy.
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 01/07/2008 06:50:41 PM
Wow that is quite a kick. I wish he landed facing the camera.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2008 04:11:40 PM
Nice action shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2008 03:37:10 PM
love the energy
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2008 02:56:16 PM
ursula: that ain't natural. some little kid like that kicking the crap out of you? that ain't natural.

muckpond: that's totally natural! I saw it on TV!

scalvert: I've got to admit. there's some pretty cool physics to this.

GeneralE: yes, and it's one motion.

muckpond: and a totally butt-kicking motion, too!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2008 02:47:09 PM
That is cool. Too bad there wasn't much in the sky for you. You might also try boosting your colors (or contrast if it doesn't wash out his pants) to give this shot a little extra.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2008 02:14:27 PM
Good concept, good captures - wrong place to shoot it. The blown out sky and pea-soup shade of green in the bottom half really take the photo down a notch or three.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/07/2008 01:02:31 PM
nice idea well done. It's a shame the sky isn't darker or his trousers a different colour so they contrast a bit more
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 01/07/2008 09:11:49 AM
thats a great action shot especially where he is completely extended.
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 01/07/2008 06:46:41 AM
Great action sequence here. You really nailed the challenge. Exposure is good. At first I didn't like the washed out sky, but then I saw how the red shirt contrasts against it and didn't mind it near as bad. Overall I great image that meets the challenge and deserves an 8.
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 01/07/2008 04:04:11 AM
Very cool. Must have taken a lot of takes to get this just right.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/06/2008 10:32:44 PM
Good action, though the blown out sky has let you down badly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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