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Happy Days - The season has started
Happy Days - The season has started
nialljallen


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Challenge: Free Study VIII (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland
Date: Apr 10, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200?
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Sports, Water
Date Uploaded: Apr 12, 2005

Taken from a rib travelling at 11 knots. The biggest problem was trying to keep my 300 zoom steady. Adjusted a few levels, a bit of sharpening and here it is. Photographs like this can't be composed, just take it as it is!

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Place: 265 out of 507
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Avg (commenters): 6.1667
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Votes: 232
Comments: 13
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04/25/2005 05:15:00 PM
nice action shot...I really like to watch yacht races, esp America's cup.
04/25/2005 12:43:16 PM
Great image. It's a fairly original perspective and gives great feel for the action. I love sailing (I go out maybe 5 times a year) and this is dead on for me. 8
04/25/2005 10:13:00 AM
neat shot but I think the tilt of the horizon is a negative, there is already a lot to draw interest without that
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04/25/2005 10:07:11 AM
Looks a little underexposed but gives a good sense of motion.
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04/25/2005 09:29:03 AM
The tight crop adds to the drama
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04/25/2005 08:09:19 AM
sorry if i'm jumping on, but the first thing that hit me was the tilted horizon. not as much as for the tilt, but for seeing just how much more dynamic the image would have been.

edit: i needed the portfolio space ;-)

Message edited by author 2005-05-04 18:59:06.
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04/24/2005 03:44:26 PM
A little tilted and a little too dark on the boat.
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04/24/2005 02:22:50 PM
Great shot - I may have cloned out that spot by the guys head on the mountain - 9
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04/24/2005 02:01:11 AM
great cropping but too far out of focus (mybe depth of field too shallow)
04/21/2005 09:19:00 PM
Nicely composed, (tough lighting to shoot in) color a bit prosaic. Sharpest part of photo appears to be the water at the back of the boat (shallow DOF?). ---
Hmmm, you must not have been in the lead to have taken this shot. I suppose you took it just before passing them, right? LOL
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04/20/2005 08:07:07 PM
Centered composition doesn't work here. Cool action shot and angle though.
04/19/2005 09:58:57 AM
I like this, nice action shot....however I find the wonky horizon really distracting. I feel it would be much better if you straightened it. still like it though....nice water.
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04/19/2005 12:25:49 AM
What a heel! 7
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