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Make Par (still over 100)
Make Par (still over 100)
tjmueller


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fantasy (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Indian Hills Golf Club - Marietta GA USA
Date: Jan 20, 2006
Aperture: F11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/125sec
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Jan 20, 2006

 Shoot:
Local Golf Club, Used lift Truck to elevate to 30Ft (10m)drilled small hole into Golf ball where I instered a needel and a string. Hung ball from broom stick approx 3Ft. from camera and had friend pretend to hit ball.

Post:
Adjustemnts from raw, crop, neatimage, cloned string out of pic and saved for web.

Thought:
I saw a similar picture in a Golf magazine, execpet they probably instered the ball later, had green grass and a fantastic island shoot in background - Next time....

Statistics
Place: 20 out of 109
Avg (all users): 6.3050
Avg (commenters): 7.4231
Avg (participants): 6.2239
Avg (non-participants): 6.3302
Views since voting: 2157
Views during voting: 463
Votes: 282
Comments: 35
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/22/2008 06:36:42 PM
Creativity at its best. Great set up. Pity this didn't finish higher in the rankings. Incedently I have only played golf once & that was in Australia & the "green" really was that brown.
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 06/24/2006 06:19:00 PM
Very creative image. I like the perspective from this angle. I didn't vote on this contest, but I would have given an 8 or 9. Good shot.
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 04/30/2006 03:47:21 AM
my friend, underrated
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 01/30/2006 08:47:18 PM
Great idea..!! And congratulations on your 20th place!
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 01/30/2006 08:30:30 PM
Thank you for all of your great comments. This shot was my highest ranked shoot so far. Yes green grass would have done better.... I had to find a spot where the green hit the road to park the truck. The hole is acutauly played the other direction. Had a blast doing it and love to learn different things. PS thank you for my freiend to pose for the picture :)

Message edited by author 2006-01-30 21:29:28.
 01/30/2006 07:51:31 PM
Great shot. A golf course let you play around with a lift truck.????? do you own it? :)

my only nitpik...Seemed like the ball was very high for a tee shot and it looked like a driver in your hand. Just my golf genes talking. :) good job and nice finish.
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 01/30/2006 10:15:44 AM
Congratulations on a top 20, although I expected this to place even higher (I gave it an 8). If the grass had been green, I'm sure it would have helped your score. Great concept and execution. Congratulations again!
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 01/30/2006 09:29:41 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 with this cool presentation.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/29/2006 10:36:38 PM
Very nicely done. Bumping up.
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 01/29/2006 12:32:39 AM
great idea, and great execution. :) 8
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 01/27/2006 12:33:31 PM
Good job except you should have made the ball alittle blurry so it seems real.
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 01/26/2006 11:34:17 PM
The concept is great and the in-focus golf ball words very well, but the brown grass is a problem (I'm pretty sure that colorizing all of it would be okay in an advanced editing challenge).
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 01/26/2006 11:14:51 PM
Wow!!! Can't wait to hear how you did that!
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 01/26/2006 09:18:34 PM
Nice capture. Its the game of golf cause your swing looks good. (10)
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 01/26/2006 07:07:45 PM
Nice capture, not sure how you set this one up, but I have a feeling it took a while. The composition, dof, exposure and contrast are all very nice. Nothing you could control, but I wish the grass were greener. Something strange about seeing a golf course that does not have luscious and green grass.
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 01/26/2006 12:42:42 AM
I realize that it's winter in the northern hemisphere, but this would have been a lot more appealing if the grass were green. It might take a few passes, but I suspect that you could shift the hue of the grass to make it appear to be a healthy summer green.
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 01/25/2006 07:23:21 PM
good luck - the grass is greener in vermont ;}
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 01/25/2006 04:32:44 PM
Great shot, awesome prespective.
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 01/25/2006 03:15:01 PM
Nice illusion here!
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 01/24/2006 07:31:16 PM
lol. how in the world was this done. great shot.
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 01/24/2006 07:15:09 AM
Looking at the ball, it is almost as it is put on the picture, swiwering around.
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 01/23/2006 09:29:55 PM
cool pic...looks like crop circles down below
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 01/23/2006 07:26:24 PM
Very cool picture! Great imagination to come up with this one.
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 01/23/2006 06:36:40 PM
this is very well done.
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 01/23/2006 06:11:59 PM
great shot..!! 10
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 01/23/2006 03:32:13 PM
I have a similiar fantasy, I love the way you have done this. Well done
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 01/23/2006 02:58:26 PM
Great photo. I'd like to know how it was done. I would've liked to have seen the sand flying from where the ball left the ground though. 7
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 01/23/2006 01:27:33 PM
I will definitely have to watch to see how you got this capture... really cool!
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 01/23/2006 07:34:54 AM
Interesting angle ... I love how the grass is all brown - That validates that you took it this week :) I'm gonna guess you're in N. Carolina or possibly Ohio (where I am). BTW, you lifted your head :)
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 01/23/2006 07:13:35 AM
I'm still looking for the string on the ball, but I can't find it. Great picture.
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 01/23/2006 06:39:24 AM
This would have been an awesome photo for a perspective challenge. Making par is one of my fantasies too. (8)
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 01/23/2006 06:24:05 AM
Nice greens, eh. ;-)
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 01/23/2006 05:11:24 AM
very well executed!
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 01/23/2006 03:06:58 AM
very well done! great shot and a great fantasy..this should do well
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 01/23/2006 12:17:03 AM
Fantastic! I love the idea! I do wonder how you accomplished this shot. Maybe Ill see more after the challenge.
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