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Last Shot of the Day
dahkota


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Challenge: Silhouettes II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8-4.0 EX Aspherical HSM for Canon
Location: Shrom Hills Park, Greenbelt, MD
Date: May 15, 2005
Galleries: Sky, Sports
Date Uploaded: May 15, 2005

 This was a lucky chance shot. After a week of no sun or no time, Sunday night around 8PM I found htis guy playing basketball. I took about 30 shots as the sun set but when I took this one I knew I was done. There are bushes and I could have cropped it differently, but it lost some of its charm for me.

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After the challenge:
I want to thank everyone for their comments - much appreciated!

As for the tilt: The net and support and man are all perfectly level (horizontally or vertically) it is the sky and the tree line that slant. If I had rotated so the sky or trees were level the hoop would have been way off. :)
This was kind of a test of monitors. If your monitor is calibrated correctly, you should be able to see his feet just barely at the bottom. You should also see the top bar of a fence on your right.
I honestly tried to crop the image more on the left to get rid of some of the tree and to pull the image off center. But something got lost when I did that. Maybe it is because I am claustrophobic. :) I also tried cloning out the tree on the right. That too did not work for me. I feel the trees restrain the image. Does that make sense? Now I am looking for a basketball hoop with no trees and a western view...
Thanks again!

For those of you interested, I hve posted my RAW image and my TIFF image in my portfolio.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/22/2005 01:08:35 AM
An impressive capture with great subject matter and whose title is so closely related. The sunset is well treated to exploit the good qualities of the silhoutte. Certainly, a great wall hanger. Bump.
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 05/19/2005 08:30:52 AM
This is a very nice silhouette. You definitely get it! I especially like the pleasing colors of the sunset. Very nice job!
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 05/19/2005 02:23:07 AM
Colors are impressive but the cropping is a little off, wish you had equally cut of part of the tree on the left to match the right one. Image is also tilted.
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 05/18/2005 11:09:29 PM
Awesome colors, love the ball in the air! 7
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 05/18/2005 11:21:24 AM
Great motion carture. This is a tough shot to get i would imagine. Silhouettes are tricky enough but a stop motion one. Those are a little toughter. Great color, crisp outlines, and an enjoyable shot to look at. I would like to have seen a little more of the jumper though He is such a key element to the shot yet he is mostly hidden by the background. So please retake this and tell the ball player to jump higher next time : ) Great shot. very nicely done.
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 05/18/2005 10:35:59 AM
Simply; Fantastic picture. To capture all that color and action in one shot is just so amazing and pretty! Mary~
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 05/17/2005 11:14:20 PM
Very cool. Takes me back to college. Did you ever try a crop removing the right 1/3 and the top 1/3 of the image. I think that would look good too. Nice shot
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 05/17/2005 11:03:18 PM
nice shot
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 05/17/2005 07:27:34 PM
Another good sunset shot. Really nice.
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 05/17/2005 04:18:43 PM
My perception of the horizon is a bit titled. Awesome sunset! Great capture of the moment.
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 05/17/2005 01:05:01 PM
VERY cool!!!!!!!!!!
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 05/17/2005 05:29:36 AM
Good composition,and colour...8
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 05/16/2005 06:13:03 PM
Nice shot (pun intended). I think I would have cropped this one quite a bit tighter - probably most of the sky and all of the tree on the left
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 05/16/2005 05:57:50 PM
great color and capture, a shame not to see the full silhouette of the player.
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 05/16/2005 05:06:54 PM
Nice Shot...I mean...Nice Image. Great Silhouette! <8>
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 05/16/2005 01:23:48 PM
yes! great job!
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 05/16/2005 12:44:49 PM
this would have been perfect if you could see the whole body. the trees in the background cut off the guys silhouette.
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 05/16/2005 11:57:47 AM
great action shot too ! 10
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 05/16/2005 06:20:37 AM
Extraordinary colors and a great silhouette. Good title too! :-) Very nicely done.
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 05/16/2005 01:09:03 AM
beautiful shot. and i mean the photo.
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