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Diabolical Practitioner's Curse
Diabolical Practitioner's Curse
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: DPC Cinema (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Sigma
Location: Woodbine Racetrack
Date: May 6, 2006
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Portraiture, Advertisement
Date Uploaded: May 7, 2006

 BW, Levels, Curves, Dodge and Burn and USM

For those of you who do not understand the title. Racehorses are commonly named after their mothers and fathers. In this case his daddy is 'Diabolical' (and you can imagine why he got his name!) and his mommy is 'Practitioner'. Now the 'Curse' part could mean anything.
There have been a number of famous race horses who have had movies made about them and had their name used as the title of the movie. Phar Lap and Seabiscuit are two of the most famous.
Thank you to everyone that commented. I agree that the left should have been cropped. I had done a few other possible entries before this one and I had cropped them much closer. I was running out of time before submission (and did this one last) and just forgot to do the final cropping. Ugh!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/14/2006 11:28:33 PM
Took me a moment to see how the title fit, but now that I see it, very creative. Nice shot - good contrast and DOF. Could perhaps be composed a bit better. Perhaps a tight crop on the horse and jockey?
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 05/13/2006 09:23:39 PM
nice pic, don't know what it means
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2006 12:00:22 AM
this is an interesting shot..it looks like it could be a still from a film shoot for sure...
your title is definitely going to throw people for a loop..
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 05/10/2006 04:02:31 PM
imo crop a bit from the left would have done better.
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 05/09/2006 06:17:32 AM
Kind of reminds me of the beautiful movie Seabiscuit. Nice shot, though I feel that it's a bit too dark on some places. Good choice for black and white.
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 05/09/2006 06:09:46 AM
good photo, the central compo is a bit off
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/09/2006 02:31:16 AM
Great B&W
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 05/09/2006 01:59:07 AM
love the shot but don't get the title (didn't penalise though:-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2006 12:09:43 PM
I don't see any hint of the diabolical, nor does it look at all like a movie poster, but a nice photo.
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 05/08/2006 12:09:42 PM
Not quite sure how the phtot fits the title.
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