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He's Just Too Fast to Avoid Motion Trails :)
He's Just Too Fast to Avoid Motion Trails :)
lagavulin


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Stopped Motion II (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: The Local Dojo
Date: Sep 19, 2004
Aperture: f/ 5.6
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Sep 19, 2004

We had about an hour to get this done. With the lighting I had, even with a bounced flash, I couldn't get the shutter speed fast enough to avoid motion trails, even at 1600 ISO sensitivity. While I'm expecting to take a beating in the voting, my son will like seeing his kick on display.

- Imported RAW, adjusted exposure and white balance.
- Noise Ninja 2
- In PS:
- slight colour and contrast balance
- cloned out small blemish
- added diffuse highlight on side of head
- made contrasty BW version using Virtual Photographer plug-in
- blended BW and colour version 60/40

Statistics
Place: 163 out of 170
Avg (all users): 4.1637
Avg (commenters): 3.8750
Avg (participants): 4.0183
Avg (non-participants): 4.2991
Views since voting: 1080
Views during voting: 446
Votes: 226
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/25/2004 10:59:18 AM
Great composition. The model is well positioned with a good pose and the background adds context without being distracting. It would be a wonderful photo if his face was in focus and his motion was stopped.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/24/2004 01:25:11 PM
It honestly doesn't look like the motion was the problem (for the most part)... it looks to me that the background is what the camera was focused on.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/22/2004 06:11:01 PM
Nice image; good background for it. However, and the title alluded to it, he was moving too fast for your shutter speed to stop him. And the object of this challenge was just that: to stop him. Faster shutter speed would have helped in this case. That's my opinion. Good luck with the challenge.
09/22/2004 04:17:51 PM
Sometimes its better not to submit if you know that you haven't met the challenge criteria! Would have been a great shot if it had have been fully stopped motion and you had done a levels adjustment.
09/22/2004 04:01:35 PM
A bit to much motion blur, but composed well.
09/21/2004 11:38:37 PM
Nice background. A little flat (low contrast) but I think you may have done it this way on purpose. I works well here I think.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/21/2004 07:22:42 PM
Now, this is not sharp. The way to get it sharp is to put out the lights and just use the flash. However, the pose and jump are very good and the model really got into it, so I am bumping you higher on composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/21/2004 12:36:33 PM
The lighting, contrast, color saturation and composition are all very weak. FInally, this isn't frozen motion. It's ALMOST frozen, but it's still not what the challenge described. Every aspect of the moving subject is blurred. However, the subject matter is strong. That's a good start. Most of the applicants haven't succeeded in that.
09/21/2004 05:02:55 AM
It's a nice pic, but the motion blur really does go against the challenge. I have no idea what camera you are using but if it's a case that you have no control of the shutter speed then you could try adding lots more light, or try presetting the camera focus and exposure to the bright light from the windows in the background and then take a few steps back before capturing the movement. Any underexposure could then be addressed afterwards.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/20/2004 11:48:31 PM
great composition...the motion blur does hurt the pic for this challenge though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/20/2004 10:33:08 PM
ya just need a faster shutter speed
09/20/2004 10:15:57 AM
the idea was not to have motion blur...
09/20/2004 09:20:21 AM
Cool kid, nice setting. May want to turn up the shutter speed for this one, but still good
  Photographer found comment helpful.
09/20/2004 09:06:40 AM
There is a little too much motion showing in this one for me, and colors seem a little dull.
09/20/2004 01:59:49 AM
Blurring is not stopped motion. It's a pity because the composition is beautiful and the stance is very dynamic.
09/20/2004 12:18:47 AM
Too much motion blur.


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