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Vulture 1
Vulture 1
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Challenge: Best of 2006 (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D2H
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Vulture 1, Baldface Lodge, Nelson BC
Date: Mar 11, 2006
Aperture: f/12
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Jan 10, 2007

 Taken on what turned out to be the best day of the season, Baldface Lodge guide Demian W. drops in to lead his group down another perfectly fresh powder run. As group photographer, I snuck into the pitch from the side so as not to leave any stray tracks in shot. It's a tough job but someone has to do it (grins)... Minimal editing, healing brush used to remove a dust spot on the sensor, essentially straight out of the camera. Bluebird skies, powder and a strong rider, pretty hard to go wrong!

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 712
Avg (all users): 6.6267
Avg (commenters): 7.5000
Avg (participants): 6.5421
Avg (non-participants): 6.8953
Views since voting: 1690
Views during voting: 614
Votes: 359
Comments: 44
Favorites: 5 (view)

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 07/31/2007 11:10:36 PM
oh my! I want first tracks!
 01/26/2007 02:50:35 AM
wow man, i had this ranked as my favorite here... not necessarily best, but definitely favorite. so sick, i want to shred that!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2007 10:28:04 PM
sweet snow! great shot
 01/25/2007 10:06:04 AM
Nice capture, but the subject doesn't seem strong enough.
 01/24/2007 10:29:08 PM
beautiful work, expertly done. only complaint is how centered the subject is.
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 01/24/2007 12:55:52 PM
Perfect capture. Looks like way too much fun. I miss snow... Congrats!
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 01/24/2007 12:53:50 AM
No clue what the meaning of the title is, but I don't vote on them anyway.
This is a superb skiing picture, and really like the strong diagonal here.
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 01/21/2007 10:32:30 PM
Great shot 9
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 01/20/2007 11:47:28 PM
This photo is just magical.
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 01/20/2007 04:31:45 PM
wow, amazing capture
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 01/19/2007 11:51:46 PM
Excellent dude!Well done.
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 01/19/2007 10:48:19 PM
Wow those trees look awesome 8
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 01/19/2007 03:38:35 PM
Nice diagonals; very crisp and clean.
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 01/19/2007 02:03:23 PM
The elements of the photo is great: from the snow-capped evergreens, the snowboarder, the clean snow and diagonal lines. Composition and color are effective too. One flaw is the shadow in front. Other than that, this is one great capture. I hope this will do well.
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 01/18/2007 07:28:24 PM
Nice capture of the rooster tail gives depth and action to the photo.
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 01/17/2007 04:48:57 PM
Good capture. I think a bit tighter crop on the bottom and right would help it feel a bit more balanced to me, though.
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 01/17/2007 10:40:36 AM
very nice capture. I love the contrast between the smooth surface of the snow & the snow that's being kicked up.
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 01/16/2007 10:34:20 AM
Oh my gosh am I jealous!...where was this great powder?
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 01/16/2007 09:05:48 AM
this is great ! 9
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 01/16/2007 12:21:28 AM
Great action shot here...
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 01/16/2007 12:06:46 AM
Terrific capture. My favorite Action shot in the challenge. I like the orange and the blue. Love the shadow and the framing. Great stop action. One of my hightest rated for this challenge.
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 01/15/2007 01:50:39 PM
Great capure of snowboarder on undisturbed snow! Well done!
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 01/15/2007 10:44:50 AM
Nothing beats first tracks. I wish we had powder like that here in the east.
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 01/15/2007 08:27:34 AM
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that looks fun! 9
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 01/15/2007 05:52:43 AM
Absolutely awesome! Definitely one of my favourites.
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 01/14/2007 07:48:51 PM
Fantastic!
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 01/14/2007 05:50:43 PM
Excellent, s-o-o-o cold
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 01/14/2007 01:24:56 PM
I just wanna go out and ride this powder :)
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 01/14/2007 12:18:00 PM
Wow, so that's what snow looks like, I've just about forgotten here in this worthless winter in the NE USA. Great color contrast between the deep blue sky and the orange parka. Maybe less foreground would help, but the near-centered composition works too.
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 01/13/2007 07:47:20 PM
I like the fact that this is not tightly cropped, allowing you to see how the subject has exclusive rights to the undisturbed area. Great shot. Warren Miller would be proud. Good Luck.
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 01/13/2007 06:00:04 PM
Wow, 10! Everything is perfect, colors lines, shadows, puff of snow, the weather, the snow treas. Only thing is: where were you and how did you get there id you didnt leave a track?
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 01/13/2007 11:18:37 AM
I can see this on a billboard advertising for a ski resort. Well done!
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 01/13/2007 08:26:37 AM
I whised i lived in a place whit this amount of snow! :)
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 01/13/2007 02:46:39 AM
no other word but EPIC!

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 01/12/2007 09:51:22 PM
Good action shot.
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 01/12/2007 09:05:03 PM
Great image! Could easily be used for a "Ski Colorado" ad right now. 10.
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 01/12/2007 08:32:44 PM
stunning action
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 01/12/2007 03:53:39 PM
I want to be there. Now! Man, thats nice lookin pow, where is this?
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 01/12/2007 11:44:55 AM
this is amazing 10
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 01/12/2007 10:35:58 AM
Cool shot. Could probably use just a smidgen off the right and bottom. I would have gone typical thirds with this one with the boarder on the right third and the carve on the left third. the negative space isn't really adding much imho. It looks tack sharp and I bet that the pic would indeed look better with those elements enlarged via the cropping of excess.
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 01/12/2007 05:03:46 AM
Top Capture...
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 01/12/2007 04:58:47 AM
dramatic!
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 01/12/2007 02:53:38 AM
Nice action shot!
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 01/12/2007 12:36:50 AM
nice action, good exposure, shooting snow is tough metering.
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