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High Jump Commences
High Jump Commences
kari1


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Challenge: Motion Panning (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Location: Newtown Park, Wellington
Date: Feb 5, 2006
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Sports
Date Uploaded: Feb 4, 2006

 Taken at my first track and field events in twenty years. This was fun. So many pics did not work ...and this one seemed to. Not perfect I know that and have no problems with that being the case.

Statistics
Place: 41 out of 117
Avg (all users): 5.5954
Avg (commenters): 6.8235
Avg (participants): 5.2333
Avg (non-participants): 5.6701
Views since voting: 869
Views during voting: 456
Votes: 351
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 02/18/2006 01:24:24 AM
*Critique Club*

"High Jump Commences" fits perfectly into the Motion Panning challenge. Not too bad of a placement or score, this was a though challenge.

I really think the most important and best aspect of your shot is the focal point being his face. You have captured so much of what makes us human by allowing the focus to be his determination. The blur is nice and shows the fast past movement. I think it the shot would have scored a little higher if there were no other people in the background, but I am sure this was a hard enough shot to take. Also I think you took a brave step with adding such a thick border but it really works for me. The only other thing I would try would be to increase the contrast some jus to make the shot brighter. Great work.
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 02/15/2006 03:36:00 AM
Great shot!! The focus on his face is excellent....shows the determination and concentration, movement of his limbs adds energy. Good work with the panning! Only thing I'm not too fond of is the border which, to me, feels too heavy for the shot.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/14/2006 10:27:37 PM
I think including a little more of the shadow would have added to this. You did a good job with the motion pan itself.
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 02/12/2006 09:37:23 PM
I really like this shot.. the crispness on the subjects face is great..... but more important is his expression.... determined.
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 02/12/2006 03:17:31 AM
The look on his face is great. This is a brilliant facial study and the motion panning is right on challenge
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 02/12/2006 02:36:45 AM
great work and true to challenge, well done
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 02/11/2006 05:48:42 AM
Great shot!
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 02/11/2006 12:18:49 AM
Excellent job! nice look of concentration.
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 02/11/2006 12:12:43 AM
Nice job! His expression and his movements work together to give an air of intensity, and you captured that well.
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 02/10/2006 12:42:44 PM
The color is a bit dull and the background is somewhat distracting.
 02/10/2006 11:42:15 AM
Excellent! Love the good clear expression on his face while his arms and legs are blurred in motion. Nicely done!
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 02/10/2006 03:32:18 AM
This is good panning. Great subject sharpness, and shutter must have been open for a while as good limb movement adding to the drama of the approach.
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 02/10/2006 12:41:29 AM
gosh this is so wello caught hope it does well top 10 maybe 10
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 02/09/2006 05:00:01 PM
Very interesting subject, and nice emotion on the face.
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 02/09/2006 02:34:28 PM
This picture conveys a lot of energy and confidence!
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 02/09/2006 06:42:50 AM
A fine example of motion panning unlike so many other images in this challenge.
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 02/09/2006 12:47:38 AM
good effect !
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 02/08/2006 06:09:55 PM
It is the concentrated expression that makes this shot so good IMO. 8.
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 02/08/2006 09:51:13 AM
nice picture, caught the face well with concentration and pretty good focus. I think the border is a bit exessive, I'd prefer to see more image than black border
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 02/08/2006 07:45:34 AM
Could have been sharper


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