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Challenge: Yellow III (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Good - Average
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Location: Hamden, CT
Date: Apr 2, 2006
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Apr 2, 2006

 Yes, that's really one photo, and I didn't clone out any supports. I've been planning/worrying about this shot all week. I didn't have a good vista for the background, so I had to wait until Sunday for fair weather and drive an hour away, then hike to the top of Sleeping Giant mountain for the shot.

This time, my daughter is holding a balloon that I've attached to a sturdy wire to keep the "string" straight. She's standing about 10 feet from a very steep rocky ledge and simply jumping as high as she can.

I had severe vignetting from using a polarizer on a wide angle lens, so I did a Photoshop war dance on it. Neat image, levels, lots of dodge & burn, saturation, shifted the color of her shirt to a more lemony yellow, cloned away a dark edge around her (result of a 580ex fill flash), buttoned her pants (heh), and cloned out a piece of the rock she's jumping on and a few stray twigs. Hope this was worth it!

EDIT- some of the commenters mentioned that they'd rather not see the ground. I did one like that, but I felt that the ground and distant city in my entry gave better sense of scale and altitude.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 404
Avg (all users): 6.3536
Avg (commenters): 6.9167
Avg (participants): 6.2985
Avg (non-participants): 6.5106
Views since voting: 1536
Views during voting: 298
Votes: 181
Comments: 20
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 04/10/2006 10:45:10 AM
Wow! What amazing results you achieved! I think it was worth it. This is fantastic!
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 04/10/2006 10:02:59 AM
Nice shot. I almost entered a similar shot in "Jump". However, I felt I would have to clone out too much to remove some distractions.

If possible, I'd like to see the original to see the cloning job on the rock and dark areas you mentioned.

Very good set-up and shot.

Kenskid
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/10/2006 09:00:31 AM
This is a great shot, your daughter did a great job!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/10/2006 05:33:27 AM
Congratulations on this shot Shannon, love the clarity and the blue
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/09/2006 10:39:25 PM
There are a lot of well photograph shots in this challenge where the "yellow" part was just thrown in to meet the challenge. This one not only contains yellow but also expresses what it feels like visually, IMO. Well done and bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/09/2006 07:44:50 PM
And the winner is ....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/08/2006 01:26:46 PM
Wow. Great shot. One of my favorites in this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/05/2006 11:18:43 AM
Really feels like he's drifting, cute!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/04/2006 11:27:00 PM
This is clever.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/04/2006 10:54:39 PM
Really great image... would have been perfect if the horizon was completely cropped out, and there wasn't a condensation trail at left. Really great otherwise!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/04/2006 01:20:40 PM
Thanx for the idea for the jump challenge :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/04/2006 02:12:15 AM
Very cool image! The rich colors really make this shot. Nicely done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2006 04:43:53 PM
Creative, very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2006 03:38:33 PM
this is a fun setup. the face seems a bit dark, but good pose and capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2006 12:09:17 PM
Outstanding shot, the sky really accentuates the yellow. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2006 11:01:43 AM
A fantastic image! I like the composition, although I might have put her on the left, as it seems the wind was coming from the right. Your model did a great job--is she on a trampoline, or was she tossed? :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2006 08:26:37 AM
really sweet.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2006 02:47:04 AM
Very well done! :)Colors are so vivid, and the child looks to be staring way down at the ground. :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2006 02:23:31 AM
Love those bold and rich hues of yellows and blues in this composition. The action of the child holding onto the yellow ballon as she 'drifts' up, up & away adds dynamic action to the shot and thus adds visual interest. There are a few elements that would move this photo from the realm of good to stunning. The first is get rid of the ground plane - it adds nothing to the overall shot and the dull green/brown colors detract attention away from the action and those beautiful hues of blue sky and yellows of your main subject. Shooting the photo from a lower angle where you are looking up at the subject would have removed the ground plane from the composition AND it would have given the illusion of height to the main subject - since we are looking at the child holding the yellow balloon from a lower angle it automatically would make the viewer believe the youngster is at a great height.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/03/2006 12:57:57 AM
wonderful shot...I would have cloned out the cloud trails and perhaps tried to leave out the earth in the shot, but otherwise stunning 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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