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Power in Numbers
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Challenge: Power (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A80
Location: Saratoga, NY
Date: Sep 1, 2007
Aperture: 3.4
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Sports, Vintage
Date Uploaded: Sep 4, 2007

 Trying out my new "camera"... the Panasonic SDR-H200. OK, so it's a camcorder but it has a 10x zoom compared to the Canon A80's 3x. I wanted to get a head-on view of the horses at Saratoga and the 3x wouldn't do it.

Unfortunately, I over-exposed the rail in the background and had to tone it down and B&W or sephia worked best.

Statistics
Place: 68 out of 151
Avg (all users): 5.5381
Avg (commenters): 6.4375
Avg (participants): 5.1739
Avg (non-participants): 5.6490
Views since voting: 777
Views during voting: 261
Votes: 197
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 09/13/2007 07:36:39 AM
Thanks to everyone who commented on my image. Overwhelmingly the commenters thought the crop was too tight. I used a tight crop for two reasons:
1) I felt a tight crop conveyed the feeling of power more. The power eminated from the horses and they are the subject, not the jockeys.
2) I wanted to remove the trucks to make the background less busy.
Thanks again.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/11/2007 08:32:53 PM
Great capture. I'd prefer to see more room top and bottom.
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 09/11/2007 07:47:58 PM
neat I like the feel if the cars wern't behind it it would look like the 40's
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/11/2007 08:20:07 AM
Too bad about the cropping on top.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 09:57:27 PM
Well chosen for the theme. Maybe not so much crop at the top.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/10/2007 04:58:19 PM
a good acton pic taken
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/09/2007 12:21:27 AM
Nice look.
 09/08/2007 02:12:42 PM
i love this shot...it seems like a little much is cut off the top though.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/06/2007 10:04:36 PM
the crop is a bit too low for me - good capture, though
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 10:37:57 PM
Nice shot.
 09/05/2007 06:37:01 PM
cropped to tight on top to me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 06:04:10 PM
Sepia was good choice for this shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 01:50:43 PM
would've like to have seen the tops of the jockeys' heads. I'm ambivalent about the toning. could've used more contrast I think
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 11:00:59 AM
Their heads are slightly cropped off, but I like the photo. Looks nice in sepia.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 09:02:01 AM
Superbe...
 09/05/2007 05:05:22 AM
Not to sure about the title (I might have gone for plain and simple horsepower...Fortunately marks are given for image not titles) Love the duo-tone which makes it (other than the cars in the background) feel like it could have been taken from the pages of a sports annual from the 1950's and which really complements the image. The crop seems a tad low, but I appreciate that for action shots like this you generally dont have the luxury of composing the shot as fully as normal
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/05/2007 01:04:14 AM
The sepia works well here to give a feel of horseracing in its heyday, but I'd prefer a slightly less tight crop, especially at the bottom.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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