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2nd Place~ SPRING ~
AlexSaberi


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Challenge: Motion Blur II (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Richmond Park, London
Date: Jun 24, 2006
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jun 25, 2006

thanks everyone for the votes!!

Taken in richmond park, richmond, london as usual. he just sprung out of nowhere when I was walking through looking for deer to chase. Wasnt sure of how to crop him. I went for the negative space. Still not entirely happy with it.

outtake



Statistics
Place: 2 out of 177
Avg (all users): 6.8477
Avg (commenters): 7.6786
Avg (participants): 6.7162
Avg (non-participants): 6.9268
Views since voting: 10748
Views during voting: 424
Votes: 197
Comments: 59
Favorites: 18 (view)


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10/12/2006 09:16:50 PM
Like a floating dream! Congratulations on your Red.
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07/09/2006 04:03:27 PM
I never heard of Richmond park before. I googled it...what a fabulous place.

Awesome shot, I just love it. Congrats on the ribbon man !
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07/07/2006 03:05:03 PM
Great as usual Alex. Congrats on another ribbon friend.
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07/07/2006 11:34:32 AM
Another ribbon Alex! I thought no other ribbon other than Blues existed in your dictionary :) Congrats my friend.
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07/06/2006 10:07:44 AM
This defines photography for me. What a great captured frame in the life of a beautiful free animal. One of my favorite images on DPC.
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07/05/2006 08:44:30 PM
WOW! What an incredible capture Alex. Congrats on yet another well deserved ribbon.
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07/05/2006 08:27:52 PM
Very good shot! Very accurate panning on your subject and without a IS system to back it up!

The vignetting is quite overwhelming though. Used a 2x extender?

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07/05/2006 11:15:09 AM
this is cute, has a naive feel to it.

incredible amount of blur. congrats
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07/04/2006 07:36:57 PM
Congratulations! This was one of my top piclks. One of the things I liked about this picture was the negative space, so though you were not happy with it, I liked it!
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07/04/2006 05:52:45 PM
Alex good shot, congrats on your ribbon.
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07/04/2006 10:29:54 AM
Congratulations on your ribbon! Excellent shot!
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07/04/2006 05:31:06 AM
Stunning shot! Congrats on your red ribbon!
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07/03/2006 09:40:38 PM
What a perfect capture! You and Dr. Achoo have certainly raised the bar. Then there is that hummer...MMM

Message edited by author 2006-07-03 21:42:46.
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07/03/2006 04:56:10 PM
I find the negative space accentuates the forward motion and impression of speed, and also somehow stresses his... wildness? I love it :)
Congrats!
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07/03/2006 12:05:05 PM
A stunning image. Perfect motion pan - very difficult and you nailed it perfectly!
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07/03/2006 09:00:27 AM
Great catch, hunting with a Canon is a lot better than hunting with a gun in my opinion. :) Congrats on 2nd place.

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07/03/2006 07:48:17 AM
This is definitely a top shot. Congratulations on your red ribbon.
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07/03/2006 04:22:00 AM
Congrats dude, love the red warm tones in this one. I definately think this is better than mine so well deserved, I would have had your place though if my score wouldn´t have dropped the last 2 days, was hanging at 6.9-6.95 for a long time :)
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07/03/2006 03:12:33 AM
Good shot.. You deserve that ribbon.
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07/03/2006 02:29:53 AM
definitely deserves a ribbon. nice job
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07/03/2006 01:40:10 AM
I thought this one might ribbon! I'm glad it did! Congratulations. This is just amazing!
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07/03/2006 12:53:44 AM
Congrats. Nice seeing a animal pic on the front page!
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07/03/2006 12:22:02 AM
Congratulations on a sweet finish :)
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07/03/2006 12:21:26 AM
Congrats on your red. Like I said in my previous comments TOP SHOT.
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07/03/2006 12:12:24 AM
Congratulations on 2nd place! Great grab - amazing.
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07/03/2006 12:10:26 AM
THIS was my top pick! I just love it! It's so "springy"!
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07/03/2006 12:09:41 AM
Alex! another ribbon and a well deserved one...is Richmond Park in Richmond? My brother and family live there...this was a magnificent shot
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07/03/2006 12:06:42 AM
Oh I 'm so glad this won a ribbon. JUST LOVE IT. Congrats~
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/02/2006 10:06:02 PM
great capture. nice colors.
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07/02/2006 04:18:28 PM
This is a wonderful photograph.
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07/02/2006 11:48:37 AM
Excellent.....
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07/01/2006 11:39:45 PM
The blur of the background and the legs works well to convey the movement of the animal. but there's too much of this photo with nothing much going on. Maybe it needs to be cropped more tightly.
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07/01/2006 08:10:53 PM
thats pretty cool
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06/30/2006 06:23:37 PM
Very cool shot!
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06/30/2006 06:10:32 PM
This is an impressive shot, Well done!!
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06/30/2006 02:03:39 PM
Great capture. I really like the sense of movement created with the legs being slightly blurred as well
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06/29/2006 10:18:25 PM
Sweet!
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06/29/2006 06:55:20 PM
Great placement of your subject. The amount of blur suits. Great shot all up.
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06/29/2006 05:49:05 PM
Wow
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06/29/2006 01:55:22 PM
My top pick. Great capture and beautiful motion panning. It is a beautiful picture. Bumping up.
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06/29/2006 08:43:56 AM
deer missile
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06/28/2006 07:23:30 PM
Back to bump. This is beautifully done and must not have been an easy shot to get. Nice work.
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06/28/2006 07:21:14 AM
Good clarity of the animal and the composition is spot on.
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06/27/2006 11:49:30 PM
This is a great capture! Keeping the deer to the left gives him a sense of destination, which is something I always look for in shots where the subject is facing a direction other than into the camera. The exposure is perhaps a bit too far into the red hues for my taste, but I think you'll do very well with this!
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06/27/2006 11:28:07 PM
Outstanding catch. The deer is so sharp against the blurred background.
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06/27/2006 04:14:47 PM
brilliant timing.
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06/27/2006 04:14:17 PM
What a jump! A very young deer with lots of motion fits the challenge very nicely. The background looks almost like a pointillism painting.
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06/27/2006 01:34:43 PM
Good colors, although the subject seems a bit soft... maybe if the deer were more crisper... or if the crop made the deer larger in the frame?
06/27/2006 06:26:00 AM
lovely shot I like the way you have caught the deer 7
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06/27/2006 02:02:32 AM
Beautiful! Such a rigid pose - matches exactly what I've seen in documentaries. They really do seem like they have springs in their feet. 8.

My one suggestion would be to crop out the black part at the top, which I find distracting.
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06/27/2006 01:10:32 AM
crop right down to that - we don't need all that blur to prove you did it - the deer is the cool part, a MUCH tighter crop would make this very strong IMO - maybe angle it a little, the crop, so the blurs are forming angles?
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06/26/2006 11:11:57 PM
wow, how unusual...great shot
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06/26/2006 10:36:04 PM
like it.
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06/26/2006 08:28:20 PM
Interesting to see this deer and how it articulates. Sort of like a jumper, as in kangaroo.

Message edited by author 2006-07-03 07:58:24.
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06/26/2006 05:54:15 PM
Very cool, very cool indeed. Excellent capture.
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06/26/2006 02:29:33 PM
Looks like the fawn is flying! Very nice job of motion panning to catch the action the way you have. You also did well leaving empty space out front for the deer to "move into". The vignetting is a little obvious, but not sure how it could have been done much differently. Good luck.

Smile and keep having fun! ;^)
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06/26/2006 09:33:42 AM
Great timing. A magical shot.
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06/26/2006 09:01:06 AM
OH MY GOODNESS! This is my kind of shot. Simple and minimalistic with lots of negative space. Wonderful capture. 10
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06/26/2006 01:38:28 AM
great capture here .. love the colours very well done
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