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Racing Against the Clock
Racing Against the Clock
Qiki


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Time III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Pentax K20D
Lens: Pentax DA 300mm f/4.0 ED
Location: Walyunga National Park. Perth, Western Australia.
Date: Aug 14, 2011
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Sports, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Aug 14, 2011

 Josh Kippen on his way to winning the WA state kayak slalom title. Kayak slalom is an Olympic sport in which competitors are on the course alone, racing to achieve the fastest time. Small time penalties apply for each 'gate' touched and large time penalties for each missed. At the highest level races are often won and lost by fractions of a second. This will likely get hammered in voting because it's not a pic of a clock etc, but what the hell.

Shot with my shiny new 300mm/F4.0. RAW file taken to ACDSee Pro and rotated and cropped a little. Desaturated to convert to B&W and then adjustments made to brightness and contrast. Resized, added border, sharpened, saved as JPEG.

Statistics
Place: 37 out of 130
Avg (all users): 5.5860
Avg (commenters): 7.6000
Avg (participants): 5.4107
Avg (non-participants): 5.6832
Views since voting: 470
Views during voting: 271
Votes: 157
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/22/2011 06:55:05 PM
Love the tones and emotion of this one.
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 08/21/2011 07:07:02 AM
Relevant I guess. Nice action shot.
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 08/17/2011 07:12:14 PM
Great capture. Fits the theme very well. Nice constast and sharpness.
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 08/17/2011 09:25:45 AM
nice take
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 08/17/2011 12:22:56 AM
Great shot Qiki, i reckon this will do really well, not sure the border was necessary though.
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 08/16/2011 09:59:46 PM
Nice shot Adrian, I like the Black and White conversion, and the look on the guys face.
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