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The Catch
The Catch
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Challenge: Time Lapse (Advanced Editing VI ("Time Lapse")*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Location: Ledyard, CT
Date: Jan 5, 2008
Aperture: f6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/600
Galleries: Sports, Children
Date Uploaded: Jan 5, 2008

 Five shots taken in sequence of my son catching a pass from off-camera.

created from five sequential shots. copied each shot as a layer onto the first. used quick mask to select the kid and ball in each layer. cropped to dimensions shown. layers for levels and curves. soft-light layers to highlight catch and darken sky (as well as add a little vignette). Used noise ninja. USM at large radius 2x. upped the saturation using a channel mixer layer. curve layer and brightness/contrast layer. resize, added border, save for web. went back to give some more yellow to the goal posts, did a little sharpen on his face and jersey, and a soft light layer to add a little more vignette. save for web again.

Statistics
Place: 42 out of 84
Avg (all users): 5.8721
Avg (commenters): 6.8421
Avg (participants): 6.0172
Avg (non-participants): 5.8381
Views since voting: 1189
Views during voting: 728
Votes: 305
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/14/2008 12:18:08 AM
I'm surprised this didn't do better...
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/13/2008 05:17:30 PM
Such concentration, great sequence.
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 01/13/2008 10:09:33 AM
Nice catch, Go Patriots. Good idea for this challenge.
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 01/13/2008 01:36:42 AM
The Brady wearing #12 is usually on the other end of that pass ;-)
Nice action sequence.
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 01/12/2008 02:00:33 PM
great sequence, and love the face expressions. good job.
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 01/11/2008 05:26:02 PM
The whites in the sky are a bit blown out. I do like the stop motion of each of the bodies. I can actually feel the rotation of the ball.
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 01/11/2008 04:46:26 PM
Love the eye-contact he has with the ball !!
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 01/11/2008 03:08:43 PM
Lokks Good
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 01/11/2008 12:57:10 PM
Good action in this time lapse. Nicely captured. Would have been better with Manning instead of Brady though ;) jk.
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 01/11/2008 09:10:07 AM
Nice catch!
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 01/10/2008 07:54:16 PM
Great concept. I would like to have seen the angle changed so that I as the view could see the actual catch. The placement of your focal point seems off and I thing would the "rule of thirds" would also improve this shot. Again, though, great concept!
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 01/10/2008 01:48:23 PM
A good catch in more than one way.
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 01/09/2008 06:41:16 PM
nice one. demonstrates the theme very well. i like the action and that he's in a different pose in each capture.
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 01/09/2008 11:55:41 AM
Bravo! Now get several over-trained over-paid lunkheads to jump on him :-) Very nice comp and colours.
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 01/07/2008 11:19:16 PM
Nice shot, I like how you burned the edges to help bring out the subject.
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 01/07/2008 08:57:44 PM
Nicely done! Love the expressions on the boys face.
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 01/07/2008 07:32:35 PM
muckpond: yes! a boy making the play. totally natural.

GeneralE: I bet he doesn't even want to be there. Dad is making him do it. Unnatural.

scalvert: ball is natural. kid is unnatural.

muckpond: but his eye is on the ball at all times. everything he does is to catch the ball. It's natural.

scalvert: he could have caught the ball one-handed. he could have headed the ball first. he had to make a large number of decisions. not natural.

muckpond: headed the ball? that's soccer.

scalvert: most countries call it football.
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 01/07/2008 07:27:12 PM
Not too bad. Don't care for the burning on the field (or dodgind around the kid, whichever).
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 01/07/2008 01:40:47 PM
I like how this lines up with the ball catching up to him.
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 01/07/2008 11:52:36 AM
I love the anticipation you've captured in his eyes. The perspective and framing is all brilliant. The leading space really lends itself to the incoming ball and leading the eye through this time lapse. Well done!
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 01/07/2008 08:29:07 AM
Shouldn't Brady be throwing the pass? Nice capture - good colors, good sharpness, and well composed
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 01/07/2008 12:56:44 AM
Ah, here it is. :) Nice final version, Steve (not voting, of course)! I'm glad you didn't go with the flowers, although from what I've seen, you had the best concept and image with that subject.
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 01/07/2008 12:23:34 AM
Excellent sequence and great detail. Nice spiral on the football and great catch - he never takes his eyes off the ball!
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