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STRIKE!
STRIKE!
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Challenge: Free Study XII (Advanced Editing IV*)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE F200
Location: East Providence, RI
Date: Aug 6, 2006
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/45
Galleries: Candid
Date Uploaded: Aug 31, 2006

 My daughter bowling...I liked how the colors of the clothes she was wearing mimicked the setting of the bowling alley. I had to use a fast ISO and slow shutter speed to capture this without flash. Thus the noise, which I am sure will hurt me. I had a very nice macro of a frog which I thought of using but, my contrary nature won't let me. I like this better. I'm sure it will do badly.

POST VOTING...hee-hee... I just missed winning the brown with this. I knew it would not be popular. I'm tickled that a few people actually got what I saw in the photo. No, it wasn't taken on a cell phone but I did have to use the fastest speed which, on my camera, is very noisy. I still like it better than

Statistics
Place: 677 out of 684
Avg (all users): 3.7388
Avg (commenters): 4.0526
Avg (participants): 3.6862
Avg (non-participants): 3.9123
Views since voting: 890
Views during voting: 329
Votes: 245
Comments: 22
Favorites: 0

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 09/13/2006 11:19:00 AM
ok, I'll admit that I wasn't really struck by this picture, but I did give it a 6, which is the same score I gave the blue and red ribbons. Like you said, the color matching is a nice element, and the strong geometry of a bowling alley makes for a good composition.
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 09/09/2006 12:24:49 PM
I didn't vote in this challenge, and you are right, the frog probably would have scored much higher, but I kinda like the quirkiness of this shot. Nirvana and bowling, who wudda guessed? :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2006 07:44:30 PM
to grainy and oof imo
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 09/06/2006 09:41:44 PM
I am none to sure about this photo, there is nothing for me to really like about it, but I am drawn like a moth to a light. Nothing seems in focus and the shutter speed leaves everything in a blur but the colors are wonderful. Her skirt and the panels above the pins are what makes this. OK I love it...10
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 09/06/2006 08:33:08 PM
snap shot. If was taken the time to develope this, it could be a really great shot. Develope as in, 'lighting, dof, angle,motion...ect'
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 09/06/2006 10:04:57 AM
This needs some action.It's too static.And it's not sharp.
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 09/06/2006 04:45:04 AM
Hopefully after the ball was let go, it was!
Image-wise, this is not very clear and lacking a sharp focus.
I'm sure you have been getting this feedback already and apologize if it is redundant.
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 09/05/2006 03:30:36 PM
To out of focus for me.
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 09/04/2006 01:34:47 PM
very blurry
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 09/04/2006 12:51:33 PM
doesn't seem like much is focus.
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 09/03/2006 10:23:19 PM
A quirky, fun shot. Love the colors - how did she find an outfit to match the lanes? Love the shoes, too. I'd tell you to straighten it a bit, but I'm thinking that the slight angle actually works for this one.
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 09/03/2006 07:14:49 PM
a little too blurry...
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 09/03/2006 06:25:46 PM
This looks grainy and not quite in focus, sorry.
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 09/03/2006 03:04:38 PM
I'm thinking this shot would be 100 times better if the ball was there in motion, or even hitting the pins.
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 09/03/2006 01:27:51 PM
I would have been tempted to crop off the ceiling to give more focus to the bowler. Hope she got her strike!
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 09/03/2006 11:46:50 AM
I really like the matching outfit (to the decor) but the fuzzyness is distracting. BOL
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 09/02/2006 08:49:18 PM
not a fan of denim. lol but gotta love a fan of nirvana, especially also one with a fun fashion sense, we're kindred spirits. ;) as far as the pic. tilting isnt so great and a tad oof. nice colors though.
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 09/02/2006 01:58:30 PM
SOME THOUGHTS:

-I like the funky colors
-Nice composition
-Good idea with the slight camera tilt
-Overall there is too much camera shake for me
-I would've cropped off the scieling
-Score: 5
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 09/02/2006 01:29:57 PM
Colors are nice but not an interesting shot.
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 09/02/2006 12:33:32 PM
in some odd way, I like this. The noise, the shake, the garish colors, all provide me with such a sense of place, a sense of being there, that I can hear the pins drop. Composed well. 8 - good luck in the challenge!
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 09/01/2006 04:29:01 PM
Gosh...out of focus, tilted horizon..very snap shot from a phone kinda shot.
I hope it was a strike!
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 09/01/2006 10:28:16 AM
It' like you weren't even trying...3


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