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Dolphin
Dolphin
kaidaehnke


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Black and White in Color (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Location: East coast of USA
Date: Jul 19, 2006
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/2500
Galleries: Animals, Seascapes
Date Uploaded: Jul 24, 2006

I was quite happy to get this photo of a dolphin jumping. I have tried many times to take a respectable photo of a dolphin on our sailing trips, but most of the time they are under water or my timing is out.

crop, levels, brightness, noise reduction, sharpen, save for web

Statistics
Place: 173 out of 263
Avg (all users): 4.8130
Avg (commenters): 4.2308
Avg (participants): 4.4659
Avg (non-participants): 5.0063
Views since voting: 1596
Views during voting: 361
Votes: 246
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0


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08/08/2006 11:00:22 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club.

Hi Kai,

This is an absolutely fantastic capture. Right time and right place, with the right timing. This is a classic case of using the camera to cature something the eye could never quiet see. You you have caught the arc of the dolphin perfectly. Your crop is well balanced. My only complaint with the asthetics is that you have over-sharpened the water - I think it looks a little too unnatural.

So, if it is so good why have you scored below 5. Well, many of the voters feel that you did not meet the challenge. If you want to do well on DPC it is essential to convince the voters that you have taken the challenge topic into account. I am confident that if ou had submitted this shot into more appropriate challeneg you would have got around 6.

I hope my comments help and Good Luck in future Challenges!

Cheers
Paul
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/01/2006 08:39:25 PM
amazing capture! love it!
07/31/2006 04:44:19 PM
Sorry, but IMHO there's just way too much color in this to meet the spirit of the challenge.
07/31/2006 10:51:38 AM
Brilliant photo,the best one in this challenge, hope you win,gets my 10
07/31/2006 09:56:36 AM
Too much crop - lovely creature.
07/30/2006 09:32:28 PM
where's the black and white?
07/30/2006 05:23:08 PM
DNMC
07/29/2006 01:59:07 PM
IMO, there is way too much color in this photo for a black and white oriented challenge. This is a good photo for the action shot challenge.
07/28/2006 10:11:07 AM
I really like this photo. However, it does not tie in very well with the concept of the Black and White competition.
07/28/2006 09:51:24 AM
dnmc
07/27/2006 08:38:38 PM
nice stop action but not black and white
07/27/2006 04:16:31 PM
Nice timing! Great composition. There are all kinds of cool things to look at throughout the photo.
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07/27/2006 03:41:14 PM
nice shot... but too blue :(
07/27/2006 02:53:54 PM
This is a beautiful photo! But Im not sure where the black and white enters into it. This challenge seemed a bit nebulous. I see there were many interpretations.
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