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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Pentax *ist DL
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC for Pentax
Location: Morley, Western Australia
Date: Aug 20, 2006
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Aug 20, 2006

Shot taken at my son's weekly soccer game. Crop, adjustments to brightness and contrast, resize, border, USM.

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Place: 156 out of 684
Avg (all users): 6.0211
Avg (commenters): 6.7692
Avg (participants): 5.9583
Avg (non-participants): 6.2889
Views since voting: 934
Views during voting: 306
Votes: 237
Comments: 26
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09/07/2006 03:09:47 PM
nice action shot. Very sharp and full of color.
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09/06/2006 09:26:39 PM
look at that concentration! wonderful capture...lil' kids sports are so much funner than professionals! 10
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09/06/2006 08:58:29 PM
very nice action shot, great use of colours.
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09/06/2006 06:14:07 PM
It's nice to see a youth soccer game where there aren't 18 kids within two fee of the ball : )

Nice action shot.
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09/06/2006 07:40:53 AM
Nice shot!
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09/05/2006 01:49:40 PM
The players in the backround (right side) look odd.
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09/03/2006 05:33:47 PM
Love the pose and colors.
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09/03/2006 03:08:30 PM
Great color and DOF.
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09/03/2006 08:41:31 AM
Lovely stop-motion shot with lovely colours and the title is spot on! 7.
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09/03/2006 08:36:42 AM
great action and a fantastic expression...pin sharp...pity about the background...a wider aperture next time to throw out the bg
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09/03/2006 04:38:05 AM
Great shot! Awesome capture of the action. Terrific expressions on their faces. Great color management. Just plain technically really well done, and a very interesting photo to boot. Great job!
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09/03/2006 03:15:22 AM
great sharpness and vivid colors, well done. -8-
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09/03/2006 02:10:08 AM
Very clear shot and overall nice tones & levels.
Timing of the shot is great as is the expression caught on the boy to the right.
I think perhaps a little tighter crop would have helped the overall rpesentation, removing about 100 pixels from the right and 40 off the top. That would eliminate the unbalance caused by the white rectangle in the top right corner. (has a way of drawing the eye's attention to it)
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09/02/2006 04:08:53 PM
Like this - the interesting position and facial expressions makes this more interesting than most sports / action photos.
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09/02/2006 03:21:52 PM
great expressions LOL
nice stop action!!
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09/02/2006 10:18:58 AM
looks like he has two broken legs .. good capture
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09/02/2006 08:44:44 AM
Nice action shot. I love your colors. They just pop.
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09/02/2006 12:16:24 AM
Exceptional clarity! Amazing how kids can bend...
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09/01/2006 11:29:49 PM
Nice shot
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09/01/2006 07:29:57 PM
Great expressions!
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09/01/2006 12:27:26 PM
Great action shot, love the facial expressions as well.
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09/01/2006 11:28:45 AM
wow. that kid is contorted. fantastic stopped motion and fantastic color. 10
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09/01/2006 11:18:44 AM
What a great action shot! Love the look of concentration on the boys face as he focuses on the soccer ball. It is great how you caught the action of him running and his other leg is poised for the kick. The colors are bold and vibrant. They provide an extra 'kick' that makes the photo 'pop' off the page. The only critique is that there is the mild distraction of the standing people off in the top left corner. But I don't really see how you could have avoided this because you get what you get in action shots and the angle from which you snapped this photo is esentiall to showing the action taking place.
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09/01/2006 11:08:31 AM
great capture!! I just gotta ask though...did he kick the ground or did he actually kick the ball?
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09/01/2006 10:25:15 AM
Great shot for colors, sharpness, motion freeze. Background (guys, something back rigth) detract. 6
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09/01/2006 06:42:33 AM
Superb capture !
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