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Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Bucharest
Date: Mar 22, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Sports, Children
Date Uploaded: Mar 10, 2009

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Statistics
Place: 929 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 4.9325
Avg (commenters): 5.1905
Avg (participants): 4.9667
Avg (non-participants): 4.7619
Views since voting: 565
Views during voting: 651
Votes: 504
Comments: 45
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 05:38:18 PM
Good capture!
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 03/17/2009 11:50:37 AM
I wish his face were a little sharper in focus, but it's a nice action shot of childhood.
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 03/17/2009 08:13:53 AM
Nice b&w shot. Pity part of the ball is cropped away. A little more ground underneath would have been good and a little bit more space at the top also. Only about an inch at the bottom and half an inch at the top.
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 03/16/2009 10:10:31 PM
Great expression... you captured a genuine moment.
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 03/16/2009 06:02:14 PM
Nice placement of the objects in the frame :) Using grain to hide and make the out-of-focusness acceptable was a nice touch :) 6.
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 03/16/2009 05:48:49 PM
Nice action shot.
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 03/16/2009 10:35:40 AM
Good action and expression.
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 03/15/2009 08:37:46 PM
Good snap. Could be a little sharper.
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 03/15/2009 06:42:30 PM
needs a tad more contrast IMO
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 03/15/2009 05:23:01 PM
nice action shot
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 03/15/2009 01:19:03 PM
Not quite sharp enough to score really highly, I fear, but it's a well-composed image.

Not voting yet.
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 03/15/2009 11:59:16 AM
Nice action shot
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 03/15/2009 10:46:30 AM
His look of concentration on the play action is just right for the picture.
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 03/15/2009 08:37:04 AM
toning works well in this image
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 03/15/2009 08:05:04 AM
A nice candid action shot.
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 03/15/2009 02:10:40 AM
not the best moment to catch the goalkeeper at :) but its fun
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brano ;D
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 03/14/2009 02:31:59 PM
nice action shot
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 03/14/2009 01:43:10 PM
This could be sharper..I like the b&w
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 03/14/2009 01:39:46 PM
Very good capture, just a little bit too much contrast, not distracting though, well done.
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 03/14/2009 10:06:42 AM
Fun action shot. Nice tonal qualities
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 03/14/2009 07:56:49 AM
Great action shot
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 03/14/2009 01:34:44 AM
cool action shot, I can feel the rest of the game around this
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 03/13/2009 04:27:41 PM
Nice form there!
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 03/13/2009 04:00:46 PM
nice black and white conversion
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 03/13/2009 03:17:12 PM
Cute shot. It's nice to see true candids sometimes - he was obviously more interested in playing than the camera :)
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 03/13/2009 03:11:07 PM
I like this in black and white, it could be a photo from manhy different generations.
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 03/13/2009 01:02:00 PM
the blurred hand implies a sense of action, good expression in his face. maybe a bit more contrast in bw conversion?
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 03/13/2009 12:01:43 PM
Nice stop action, B&W looks good with this one, and your subject is marvelous..
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 03/13/2009 02:11:07 AM
nice action image
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 03/12/2009 09:48:06 PM
Tricky bit of framing on this one. I can't help but get the feeling that you wanted to show the moment captured, but that you actually didn't get the edges on the bottom. Perhaps a clever border might have helped balance this pic a bit different/better (?).

The line from the foot/leg/arm to eyes is effective, and suggests the square crop, but the rest of the content of the pic doesn't quite match.

Also, I'm sure you don't need to be told that it's backfocused, but that pulls my eye's attention to the left. My entry was also backfocused since it was taken on my first day with my cam and the lens I got was faulty. I addressed this by applying a bit of gaussian blur to the areas that were erroneously in focus, then coming back to treat the rest of the image as to sharpening and contrast and such. There is a lot of leeway with the image size on DPC.

Also, the boy has a few very strong dark features in his face. It might be improved to use a tiny, tiny bit of careful dodging to help bring attention to that area.

Overall, there's enough good here that it's easy to see why this was your choice for 'hidden gem'.
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 03/12/2009 06:53:47 PM
great action shot...wish the subject was in sharper focus
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 03/12/2009 02:52:58 PM
A little out of focus but good story and cute child!
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 03/12/2009 01:45:49 PM
A nice candid action shot. Composition is okay.
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 03/12/2009 11:52:55 AM
Cool action shot. I like that we can see the dust from the ground.
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 03/12/2009 07:51:09 AM
The composition is nice and i like the choice for B&W. I just think the boy looks oof. Good luck, sorry if i was rude.
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 03/12/2009 07:38:27 AM
Go for it!
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 03/12/2009 06:06:05 AM
Nice moment.
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 03/12/2009 06:01:04 AM
nice action, but your plane of focus is just behind the kid...
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 03/12/2009 05:04:44 AM
He looks very focused.
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 03/11/2009 11:18:45 PM
Good action shot.
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 03/11/2009 12:58:52 PM
a little tight on the bottom, nice shot though
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 03/11/2009 06:04:00 AM
Moment well captured!
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 03/11/2009 02:56:39 AM
Cute action with nice DoF. Could use a little more contrast.
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 03/10/2009 08:40:59 PM
Lovely action shot. I love his look of concentration.
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 03/10/2009 08:30:56 PM
Great expression on the subject's face.
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