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Challenge: Free Study 2007-09 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date: Sep 28, 2007
Aperture: f11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Sep 28, 2007

 it was raining cats and dogs, hence the soft bits on the image - raindrops on the lens. just some kids playing on a teacher's inservice day - it was gloriously warm, and almost horizontal rain.

A great honour - thank you, Don.

Statistics
Place: 267 out of 503
Avg (all users): 5.7724
Avg (commenters): 6.2941
Avg (participants): 5.7766
Avg (non-participants): 5.7586
Views since voting: 1380
Views during voting: 246
Votes: 123
Comments: 31
Favorites: 10 (view)

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 10/21/2007 10:48:58 PM
This is one of those shots that I saw and instantly clicked "10" - no hesitation. Wonderfully alive and atmospheric.
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 10/14/2007 10:09:10 PM
With the girl in that position and the boats in the background, I am reminded of a figurehead. It's a wonderful and strange capture. I think I would like it better without the bit of girl on the right.
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 10/10/2007 10:28:06 AM
stunning - surreal - love it!
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 10/08/2007 01:51:38 PM
Superb capture. I love the frozen moment. The post technique you used creates a very classic style image. A very fine photograph. Should have scored higher in my book!
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 10/08/2007 08:38:30 AM
oh my...love this
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 10/08/2007 08:24:50 AM
Very nice shot Christian. I really like the darkness to it.
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 10/08/2007 08:15:53 AM
this is wonderful...
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 10/08/2007 01:39:26 AM
Yay! You have the ability to see that which no one else does, not even with their eyes while they're standing there. Then you manage to convey it to the rest of us (or at least some of us.) Congrats on the blue - a most well deserved honor indeed.
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 10/08/2007 01:00:25 AM
What fun! I love swimming in the rain. It looks to me like she's just launched and is about to fly off into the storm. Great shot, Christian!
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 10/08/2007 12:49:56 AM
Criminally underrated; one of my two 10's in the challenge. This is so matter-of-fact, so casual and yet so precise. It comes across as a perfectly-frozen moment in time, and the murky quality of the PP, the squareness of the framing, the hovering and brooding sky, all lend an almost aching sense of immediate reality, a glimpse into something we were not meant to see.

R.

Message edited by author 2007-10-08 00:50:48.
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 10/08/2007 12:42:31 AM
Congrats on Don's blue!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/07/2007 11:36:49 PM
Interesting shot. I like how you included so much of the empty sky. It heightens the sense of the free fall.
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 10/07/2007 05:52:43 PM
ecstatic, frightening, impossible (and then I see the boy yelling! I was already giving you a 10. an 11?). Logically I know she is jumping off the pole, but visually/viscerally/emotionally I cannot accept that. I can only see her flying.

Posthumous Blue Ribbon
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 10/07/2007 04:40:46 PM
Excellent scene ! Hope she landed ok and did not splash too much ! well taken and nice posttreatment.
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 10/05/2007 08:23:08 PM
Looks like something taken back in the 50's.
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 10/05/2007 12:12:32 PM
I love the mood of this photo, the graininess really works well here. I think you left the person on the right side of the frame there on purpose, but I think he/she detracts from the rest of the photo.
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 10/05/2007 08:09:08 AM
This has some kind of 50s feel to it that is fun. I'm not a bit fan of noise but it seems to go well with the pic. Odd blur on the tree on the left. Love the kid on the right - wish I could see a little more of him.
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 10/04/2007 07:38:57 PM
Timeless capture. You probably should have cropped out the person on the right.
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 10/04/2007 02:37:17 AM
avg vote, woudl have liked to see the girl in bottom right not cropped so much, nice candid.
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 10/03/2007 11:43:32 PM
The blurriness of the boats looks visually odd to me against the sharpness of the woman. I like the mid-air capture though - looks like she had fun.
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 10/03/2007 09:31:22 PM
more croping
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 10/02/2007 10:54:26 PM
Seems pretty blurry but i do like the way you captured the leap and the person cheering on the side.
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 10/02/2007 05:16:41 PM
a little on the grainy/blurry side imo. also the person on the right being partially cut out detracts from the photo.
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 10/01/2007 10:36:39 PM
Interesting subject, it may helped to crop a little tighter and crop the person on the right out. I kind of like the grainy texture.
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 10/01/2007 05:22:43 PM
I'm almost guessing this is a lens-baby shot. Nice B&W conversion. I think a slightly wider crop would have been better to get more of the person's face on the right in the photo.
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 10/01/2007 12:56:13 PM
So glad you included the person on the right. Wonderful photograph.
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 10/01/2007 12:47:32 PM
has a nice 50'S look to it. wonder why there are some very soft areas? had cropped off or wholly included the person at right.
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 10/01/2007 12:01:37 PM
I like the dark look that goes with this. Nice job.7
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 10/01/2007 10:32:08 AM
Awesome! The square format is perfect...love the hint of a person on the right, just a really cool shot.
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 10/01/2007 09:39:49 AM
Great timing!
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 10/01/2007 08:33:28 AM
Really nostalgic. The horizon is tilted to the right a smidge.
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