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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Pure... (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: School grounds in Northland, NZ
Date: Jun 9, 2007
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1600
Galleries: Candid, Children
Date Uploaded: Jun 12, 2007

Taken at a community school festival, young boy in the middle of the school field buzzing with pure energy. Once he and his friends realized I was taking photos of them they starting doing handstands, performing for the camera. I really loved this shot taken before the performance began.

Cropped slightly, adjustment layers of levels, curves, resized, usm, hue/sat, curves.

Statistics
Place: 223 out of 394
Avg (all users): 5.2587
Avg (commenters): 5.8333
Avg (participants): 5.2394
Avg (non-participants): 5.2778
Views since voting: 633
Views during voting: 193
Votes: 143
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0


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06/26/2007 08:12:01 PM
His expression says it all. He practically radiates energy!

I see some folk in shorts and t-shirts back there... I take it the cold snap hasn't hit too hard up your way yet?? :D Still, I can't complain too much, I have a brother-in-law in Dunners - now that's cold!
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06/20/2007 08:29:39 AM
i'm not scrolling down to see what other comments you got, but i'm going to guess the biggest problem here is not isolating your subject enough from the background. one thing you might want to do when your out shooting in these is to really open up your aperture and shoot as shallow as you can. another would be to (and believe me, this is a lot easier said than done) get down close to ground level and shoot up.

all the same, nice shot!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/18/2007 03:44:28 PM
great mid-air capture ...
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06/17/2007 02:01:41 PM
Heh!! Boundless energy at that age.
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06/16/2007 05:45:23 PM
great focus and clarity!
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06/15/2007 09:28:28 PM
Shallower DOF, to have less destractions in the background.
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06/14/2007 11:31:56 PM
love the contrasts and composition gl 7
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06/14/2007 01:07:40 PM
Great expression on his face. Nice candid momment.
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