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Comment by K3Master:
In the wilds of California, they spoke about him in hushed and awed whispers. Criminals would cower in fear at his name, and people would cheer if ever he was spotted.

As the wind blew, and the sun beat down upon that sandy beach, another call of distress went up. A woman was being assaulted by a rowdy bunch of surfers! Would nobody help? Who would step up to help her?!

Then, like a bolt of lightning from the clear blue sky he came, leaping from the grasses and flying through the air. Was it he? They cried.

Yes! With his famous call he came out of nowhere to another poor soul's rescue. Steve, The California Boarder, flew into the scene and fought off the surfers that dared sully his precious beach.

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Comment by SDW:
A little noisy in the sky with a distracting sensor spot that could have been cloned out in advanced editing. With that said you photograph is a nice action shot with great stop motion.

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Comment by VitaminB:
Nice action shot. A bit of noise in the sky, but I dont think it hurts the image.

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Comment by jlanoue:
That is freakin' cool! Great stop action, but it begs the question, what the hell is going on here? Two minor critiques, get your sensor cleaned! I counted 4 obvious specs of dust. Also, your blue sky is somewhat grainy, I'm assuming you shot at ISO1600, since this is advanced editing, do some selective noise reduction with the noise reduction software of your liking.

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Comment by zoodiac:
:)) nice moment but noisy and youve got some spots on the chip too ...
just five sorry ;D
brano

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Comment by bmilne:
not a fan of the crop, but strong image

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Comment by njsabs:
Great action capture with terrific composition.

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Comment by mgsmith53:
Great catch. Portrays the fun quite well. Maybe clone out that dust spot near left edge, though.

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Comment by dtremain:
Hope his landing is smooth. Great action shot, with the appearance of being about 6' in the air. Grass and waterboarder look a tad overprocessed.

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Comment by justine:
I'm a bad snowboarder after skiing so long. I guess I'd stick on sand too. Sure looks like fun. This would of been great for the action challenge too.