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Challenge: Sports IV (Basic Editing)
Collection: Challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM II
Date: May 1, 2010
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 1/400s
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: May 1, 2010

 The crazy thing about this image, is that this is my old coach's son, Troy :P I retired from competitive swimming in 2004 and remember Troy being a tiny little kid. Fast forward 7 years and he's in University and crazy tall! He's got a great Butterfly as well. This used to be my main stroke. Used to swim the 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly!

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 171
Avg (all users): 6.9831
Avg (commenters): 8.3000
Avg (participants): 6.6471
Avg (non-participants): 7.1927
Views since voting: 2832
Views during voting: 354
Votes: 177
Comments: 20
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 12/16/2010 11:24:41 AM
What a magnificent shot! Can't believe it didn't win the blue. It was the best shot of the challenge by far.

p.s. I just placed an order for this lens today.
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 05/19/2010 03:26:36 PM
great picture...really liked this...my daughters swam on teams so this brings back memories for sure
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 05/12/2010 11:47:44 AM
First let me say I think you scored very well on this image. 6th place is certainly nothing to sneeze at.

This image works pretty well as it is, the lighting where you were must have been spectacular to be able to shoot at those settings. I'm lucky to stay at 6400iso in the pools I get to shoot in. My only nit with this image besides the film strip which is a personal nit, is the imbalance of the crop. Since you weren't doing a normal aspect ratio and using the filmstrip border I would have centered the swimmer even more and cropped it to remove the rope in the upper right as well.

Next time you might try to go a bit to the right and go dead on with the swimmer if possible, you are a bit off to your left his right on shooting, I think that is why you ended up with the rope in the right upper and not the left. Otherwise well done.
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 05/12/2010 05:05:13 AM
Congrats on a great finish.
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 05/12/2010 03:02:53 AM
Incredible result Nick... almost an HM
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 05/11/2010 11:00:37 PM
Well done Wolf! You have been ripping it up lately. :)
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 05/11/2010 08:07:58 PM
Nice finish man!!!!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2010 07:38:43 PM
Love the perspective and the stop motion. Wonderful timing too. This should be the winner!
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 05/10/2010 06:11:14 PM
and a ribbon!
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 05/09/2010 06:51:18 PM
Good framing and capture i like the stop action good work
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 05/09/2010 07:01:00 AM
Good luck Nick :)
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 05/07/2010 06:54:35 PM
Great swimming shot! The panoramic border is nice match!! 10
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 05/07/2010 11:15:31 AM
Yeah, this is a really good one here. Very nice shot. The border police might nab you, but I understand trying to get the focus on the face and stroke while eliminating pool, so it won't hurt you with me.
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 05/06/2010 07:24:27 PM
I love this. Personal reasons. :)
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 05/06/2010 02:31:02 PM
Wonderful photograph showing the intensity of swimming. To bad it was not advanced and you could clone out the lines in the top corner. 9
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 05/06/2010 03:11:59 AM
Great shot. Nice action, great tight shot and the light even looks amazing. Top 3 for me.
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 05/05/2010 09:16:20 PM
What a nice shot! You captured the splash nicely. 7/10.
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 05/05/2010 03:14:27 PM
nice work. these are tough shots to get and you pretty much nailed it.
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 05/05/2010 04:37:34 AM
This is simply excellent, should be in the top 10. Good luck!
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 05/05/2010 03:13:33 AM
I predict a Top 10 for you...maybe even a Top 5. Get your original ready! :-P
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