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Challenge: Free Study XV (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: 2006
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Minolta
Location: Virginia
Date: Nov 18, 2006
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000
Galleries: Animals, Water
Date Uploaded: Nov 16, 2006

 RawShooter essentials 2006
- Noise reduction (all three settings set to +25)

Paint Shop Pro X

Brightness & Contrast : Clarify +20
Crop
Resize
USM (.35,100,10) +luminance
Brightness & Contrast : B/C (0,3)
Copy layer
- Hue & Saturation : HSL (H51, S40, Colorize)
- Layer opacity 44%
Merge All
Save as JPG

I was down at the city docks in Fredericksburg at daybreak and this man showed up with his yellow labrador. I had been taking shots of this dock, reflections, etc...quickly disengaged from the tripod, switched to sports mode and was able to catch his dog leaping into the water after the tennis ball. Had 3 runs at it before they moved off to a different spot. I really liked how you can see the dogs reflection as he's suspended over the water.

Of the thousands of shots I've taken with this camera, this is one of my favorites. :D

I hope I don't screw things up by using this shot after my Perspective Challenge entry (used another shot from the same vantage point - but earlier with different lighting conditions).

Statistics
Place: 178 out of 501
Avg (all users): 5.8693
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.8515
Avg (non-participants): 5.9038
Views since voting: 1125
Views during voting: 231
Votes: 153
Comments: 13
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 01/12/2009 05:56:31 PM
Aww, what a great image! The tones are lovely, almost metallic, and that dog is the best!
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 01/12/2009 04:48:48 PM
Interesting, my first thoughts for gallery categories were "Candid" and "Photojournalism" ... :-)

Quick thinking (and action) got you this great action shot.
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 01/12/2009 04:21:56 PM
This is BRILLIANT!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/07/2006 10:16:27 PM
would love to see again with a tighter, maybe more panoramic crop.
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 12/07/2006 11:39:28 AM
neat capture. Is he chasing the ball? Is that what caused the ripple. It would be a 10 if there was no spash from the ball.
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 12/07/2006 09:58:39 AM
there, dimily couched in the darkness, exuberance. 8
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 12/06/2006 07:36:16 PM
wow. lovely use of black and white, great framing. I can only imagine how good this would look as a big print.
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 12/06/2006 06:29:39 PM
Ha!! Made me laugh out loud! Great split second capture and perfect title. Cool.
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 12/04/2006 01:46:56 PM
Wonderful! What a delightful catch - literally. And I figure this is G2B's, unless someone else is using this dock. Nice shot!
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 12/02/2006 04:03:24 PM
Great action happening here. The poles take a lot of the attention away from the dog.
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 12/02/2006 09:04:45 AM
really like this. A lot of dead space on the left which makes the image seem slightly unbalanced. Still trying to decide if that matters or not.
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 12/01/2006 11:16:06 AM
This would be much nicer IMHO If there was more definition between the different surfaces in here. It all blends together.
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 12/01/2006 07:48:04 AM
Oh! This is wonderful...such perfect timing and so completely luminous...very nice work.
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