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Flying V Guitar. Going... Going.... Gone!
Flying V Guitar. Going... Going.... Gone!
Gordon


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Challenge: Multi-Image Compositions (Classic Editing*)
Camera: Canon EOS-D60
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: Apr 26, 2003
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/750sec
Galleries: Humorous, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Apr 27, 2003

 Red Bull Texas Flugtag. People create flying machines and see how far (or not so far) they can go. This flying-V guitar crashed and burned pretty quickly and the 'pilot' ended up in hospital with a broken collarbone.

Canon D60, 1.4x extender, 70-200mm F4L @ 200mm, handheld.

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Place: 63 out of 116
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Avg (commenters): 6.5714
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Views since voting: 1585
Votes: 145
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AuthorThread
 05/08/2003 08:18:42 PM
Disclaimer: One airhead was harmed in the making of this picture.

The guy may have a future as a stage designer for rock shows, if not as an aeronautical engineer. Should probably pay about 50 times as much though...
 05/08/2003 05:05:09 PM
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

I think the quality of this picture (focus, lighting, etc) is great. The details of it are visible and clear, and you have left no doubt what the outcome was! I also like how the sequence is even with a "before/during/after" feeling to it. At one point the "pilot's" head being cut off bothered me, but since the guitar is the object of focus, it really doesn't seem to matter. I think what is missing from this "story" (and it does a good job of telling one), is emotion. Technically it is very well done, but emotionally it comes up a bit short.
To be perfectly honest, I was surprised that this was yours. After seeing some of your other triptyches, this just doesn't seem to compare. Again, this one is good, but it lacked that certain element, the "wow" factor if you will, that made it shine above the others.

I truly enjoy your work, and hope that this doesn't sound too harsh.

karmat

 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/04/2003 11:37:44 PM
lol WTF???? you gotta tell this story!
 04/30/2003 09:14:04 PM
Lol. Great action shots. Looks cropped a little bit too tight (a bit cramped ?). Still an excellent action series. Good luck. Jacko. 8
 04/29/2003 04:45:02 PM
Entertaining. Effective multi-image because it shows the sequence of events. Tough pictures to crop (guy in left pic has his head chopped off a little). Nice pics, love the splash on the right. It's rather skimpy on the layout side since you must have opted for max. image sizes and it makes it look like a movie clip. Would have liked to see some bg space between the pics and that cool title on the bg. Would have been enough space if you had cropped the boat off??? 7 Journey
 04/29/2003 12:04:52 PM
Good capture. The montage could have been more thought out though.
 04/29/2003 12:47:57 AM
Nice clear shots of it! That is really weird... why were they dropping a Flying V into the water!! LOL.
 04/28/2003 12:35:56 PM
Wow! Great capture!
 04/28/2003 07:59:11 AM
"And now, on 'Real TV'. See the guy who really hates music." This is great.
 04/28/2003 07:51:24 AM
Its a pity the heads lost in the first image nice sequence though


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