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Exploding the Ordinary
Exploding the Ordinary
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Mundane (Advanced Editing I)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: bedroom
Date: Feb 20, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000s
Galleries: Snapshot, Action
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2004

Went through about 30 Wallnuts to get this one near the end. I calibrated the timing to the first shutter sound of the burst 3 mode on my 717. These things are impredictable!
PS: The top left wallnut was actually staged, it's hanging there permanently.

Post-processing:
cloned out many unwanted debris; moved some of the debris around; added a motion blur on staged wallnut; skintoned; boosted reflections on the nutcracker; smart blurred the background; cropped.

Statistics
Place: 6 out of 169
Avg (all users): 6.8072
Avg (commenters): 7.9130
Avg (participants): 6.7767
Avg (non-participants): 6.8571
Views since voting: 3091
Votes: 166
Comments: 30
Favorites: 2 (view)


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03/01/2004 04:18:05 PM
Sore hand? Great shot, well done.
03/01/2004 12:15:03 AM
Great shot... well done on 7th
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/29/2004 09:16:01 PM
Very dynamic action shot. Composition is very interesting. Seems like the walnut is flying right at the viewer. "9"
02/29/2004 07:11:19 PM
Super stop of action-- this imo is top 5, or may even ribbon-- I know I like it-- 9
02/29/2004 02:24:33 AM
great imagery!!
02/28/2004 08:57:44 PM
I just did this today. Great shot. One of my favorites so far. 10
02/28/2004 06:56:35 PM
LOL, that's great. Did you photoshop to get the pieces to fly all over the place like that?
02/28/2004 02:23:00 PM
Fun action capture! I like the random dispersal of the shells!
02/28/2004 01:46:24 PM
Pix is technically well done, but I don't get it!
02/28/2004 12:15:07 AM
Great shot, interesting composition and astounding action conveyed.
02/27/2004 12:21:17 AM
Great capture. It would have been really cool without the hand in there, though its presence does give it a stable, "anchored" feeling.
02/26/2004 07:49:52 PM
Nice focus, stop action and lighting. Really well done. I admire this one.
02/26/2004 07:28:17 AM
I wonder how many times it took to get this composition. Very nice.
02/25/2004 05:46:42 PM
Aaprt from your title I love this. Excellent capture with good focus. Thumb is a bit intrusive and lighting on nutcracker could be better and could have been enhanced with a bit of careful dodging.
02/25/2004 05:24:31 PM
Now that is some excellent timing.
02/24/2004 04:30:19 PM
One of the more clever entries in this challenge. 9.
02/24/2004 08:13:48 AM
Great shot. I bet you didn't capture that first time. 9
02/23/2004 11:28:25 PM
Wow - that's a pretty fantastic capture. Between the pieces of shell exploding and caught at the very edges of the frame and the hand in the lower left with the nutcracker making a nice dynamic line through the image, you've got the makings of a very well done shot here!
02/23/2004 10:34:49 PM
Awesome!
02/23/2004 04:43:05 PM
Quite a feat to capture this without digital trickery.. and it looks real to me.
Very well done.
02/23/2004 03:04:37 PM
you could have been a hand model ;) Great capture and timing super fast shutter got everything crisp (except for the two bits hurling towards the camera - this is a nice touch)
02/23/2004 01:37:39 PM
What a great capture. I really like the action. It's almost mesmerizing.
02/23/2004 01:30:50 PM
that's quite creative
02/23/2004 09:48:49 AM
Great setup!
02/23/2004 08:09:47 AM
Very good depiction of *the nutcracker*. Good clarity. I'd have liked to seen shadows.
02/23/2004 03:59:12 AM
Wooo! So cool! Perfect timing, great exposure, striking composition... I like this a lot!
02/23/2004 03:17:58 AM
Great action, timing, clearity and colors. Probably a winner! I guess you have plenty of nuts to eat now. Good luck
02/23/2004 01:04:22 AM
Now that's extraordinary! great work.
02/23/2004 12:19:58 AM
Cool!


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