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A Hero's Challenge
A Hero's Challenge
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Backlighting II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Florida, USA
Date: Jan 5, 2006
Aperture: F4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Photojournalism, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2006

 Captured at a firefighter training exercise in Jacksonville this week. I love this shot. I wish it luck.

Statistics
Place: 9 out of 324
Avg (all users): 6.5000
Avg (commenters): 8.0714
Avg (participants): 6.1607
Avg (non-participants): 6.6979
Views since voting: 3205
Views during voting: 506
Votes: 304
Comments: 22
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 01/18/2006 09:06:30 AM
Congrats. on your top 10 Cindi! Great shot and well deserved.
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 01/18/2006 08:49:42 AM
Congrats on the high placement. This is a nicely done shot.
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 01/18/2006 08:03:19 AM
Ms Top Ten strikes again!! Power photo cindi, congrats on the top then!!!
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 01/18/2006 01:42:43 AM
Wow .. and you didn't light the fire for them to pose before. This is a great shot cengrats on the top 10!
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 01/18/2006 12:33:10 AM
A dramatic and highly moving image. Congratulations on your top ten finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/17/2006 11:52:15 PM
nice sense of drama and energy
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 01/17/2006 01:26:24 PM
Move this up on second review. I like this. Shutter speed must have been a key to this photo.
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 01/17/2006 05:31:14 AM
From a technical standpoint, this shot is REALLY TOUGH to do correctly. Fire and water moves incredibly quick and in situations such as this you need to be on your toes. Judging from the water drops and the flame; the camera was already cranked at a fairly high ISO and the shutter speed was high. So my hats off to the photographer who took this and let's take a look at the technical aspects.

I've already mentioned that the shutter speed was fairly high, this is able to be seen at the water drops on the left hand side dripping (almost not blurred). The DOF was really good and focused right behind the firefighters and included them. The fire provides a good source of backlighting and the reflective strips on the uniforms provide the added light to prevent the firefighters from disappearing into shadow land. Well done on this photo shoot.

I pray that no body was hurt during this emergency.
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 01/15/2006 09:24:14 PM
Wonderful shot!
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 01/15/2006 01:05:33 AM
Great pic.......I like how the fire is the only light source
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 01/13/2006 10:33:34 PM
Heroes there, heroes in my eyes, and should be heros in everyones eyes..... I think this is a super image, well done.....

Message edited by author 2006-01-18 01:52:26.
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 01/13/2006 10:25:20 PM
this is an excellent shot.... the water from the hose, the stips on the suits.... crisp - lovely
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 01/13/2006 08:46:42 PM
Where did you take this photo from? Nice capture.
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 01/13/2006 10:33:11 AM
caught the action
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 01/12/2006 09:20:13 PM
Very nice Missy. :) Good Luck!!!
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 01/12/2006 02:45:27 PM
Amazing shot!!!!!a 10 in all ways!!!!!!!
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 01/12/2006 02:07:26 AM
Very nice photo.
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 01/11/2006 11:42:42 PM
Fascinating to see the jet of water with the fire backlighting it! I know that some people may tell you that this is a silhouette, but I don't think it is, because of the reflective strips on their gear. 10.
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 01/11/2006 07:18:47 AM
I think this will be at top one
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 01/11/2006 06:21:28 AM
what an amazing action shot 8
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 01/11/2006 02:44:41 AM
Really nice capture. I know how hard these times of images are to compose and expose correctly on the fly. I think this image would be wonderfull without the distraction in the left of the frame. I think you should try cropping it as a vertical orientation with the right side of the image maybe?
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 01/11/2006 01:29:11 AM
nice capture. Been running after them myself trying to get similar images.
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