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V8 jet Boat, Bam Ba Lam
V8 jet Boat, Bam Ba Lam
BrianR


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sports III (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III
Location: Susan River Homestead, Maryborough.
Date: May 8, 2007
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: May 8, 2007

 V8 jet Boat, Bam Ba Lam

This photo was taken at a round of the QLD point score Titles, at the Susan River Homestead.
400 hp A class v8 jet boat that can go from 0-140 in 3 seconds, and had just qualified for the top ten shoot out for the day. The course is over a designed layout that has 12 turns from start to finish about ¾ klm in length. When I left they were setting times of 34sec.

The Track:

Original:

Adjusted tones & cropped in Raw

Photoshop

Sharpen High Pass 6.0
Neutralize. Luminance 200/ColorIntensity 100
Selective color Red- Cyan +60
Brightness/Contrast
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Statistics
Place: 46 out of 230
Avg (all users): 6.1963
Avg (commenters): 6.4444
Avg (participants): 6.0732
Avg (non-participants): 6.2727
Views since voting: 3331
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 214
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 05/16/2007 08:27:12 PM
Terrific stopped action. The composition is also very nice. This could have been top ten material with some slight color tweaks (though I don't know how to go about it). I also like the comp of the original too!
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 05/16/2007 08:20:20 AM
Fantastic capture. I love the spray.
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 05/16/2007 02:25:03 AM
Outstanding action shot!! Congrats on the great score, too. Way to go!
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 05/16/2007 01:47:05 AM
What a great finish Brian, and this is a great motion shot, thats for sure..... Well done mate.....
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/15/2007 11:17:40 PM
Interesting shot but its very noisy.
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 05/14/2007 08:47:44 PM
Excellent stop-action shot of fast motion! 9
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 05/11/2007 05:29:43 PM
You did a great job of capturing the action. I love the white(brown)water and the way the boat is coming straight on. The foliage on the left is a minor distraction. Good one!
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 05/11/2007 08:35:02 AM
Wonder if this is at Tauherenikau?
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 05/11/2007 08:16:48 AM
Wow. Pretty good capture. A bit out of focus though. 7
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 05/10/2007 12:49:03 AM
hard to capture, nice job
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 05/09/2007 07:37:25 PM
Nice capture!
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 05/09/2007 11:56:26 AM
Great shot - would be even better if it was sharper focus.
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 05/09/2007 09:30:42 AM
Excellent. You captured the essense of this challenge right on.
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 05/09/2007 02:39:15 AM
Great bit of color & action... looks like a ton of fun... but that water looks like something I WOUYLD NOT like to end up in... Was is in a shallow river with a lot of mud that got stirred up?
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 05/09/2007 12:30:29 AM
scary! a little grainy though
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