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Isaac On The Twisty Slide
Isaac On The Twisty Slide
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Motion (Classic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Olympus D-490Z
Location: Menlo Park, California, USA
Date: Dec 8, 2002
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 1/60
Shutter: 100
Galleries: Family, Humorous
Date Uploaded: Dec 7, 2002

On the famous Twisty Slide at my old grammar school, The Peninsula School.

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Place: 124 out of 167
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12/20/2002 12:19:24 AM
Critique Club
#124

Composition/Content - Trying to capture motion *and* trying to do it with a kid as your subject is a double challenge. Given that, I'm willing to be more accepting of imperfect composition. Nevertheless, I would've preferred a perspective of Isaac where the blue pole wasn't quite in the middle of the frame, and the bright wall (?) in the left corner was absent. I believe that you thought this out and planned the image carefully. I particularly like the reflections in the slide and the detail on the slide surface... bb's???

Background - Wish the blown out wall on the left weren't there. Otherwise I like the tree and overcast sky.

Camera Work - Technical - I don't know what I would've done differently given your selection of subject and composition. That's not meant to be a negative remark. I'm saying that the concept and the composition are simple. Extensive technical creativity is not really warranted.

Digital Processing - No complaints and nothing stands out as wonderful.

Opinion - Ultimately, I like the concept, and I think the execution was fair-to-good. I sympathize, as i've always been frustrated at the results of images I've taken of my kids on slides.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/15/2002 11:26:33 AM
Motion study does not mean just slow the shutter.
12/10/2002 07:08:56 PM
Nice candid. A couple of seconds later and the pole would have grown out of his head :) Must always be weary of bakground distractions. Though I know we're supposed to depict motion, it would be nice to have the subject in focus.
12/10/2002 12:46:27 AM
haha he's having too much fun! oh to be a kid again... nice capture...
12/09/2002 01:43:46 PM
You have to love twisty slides! jgillard6
12/09/2002 12:51:56 PM
YOU GET THE KID BONUS


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