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Flight of the Valkyrie
Flight of the Valkyrie
LevT


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Challenge: Free Study 2008-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Performance
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: La Jolla, CA
Date: Aug 17, 2008
Aperture: f/4.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125s
Galleries: Performance, Action
Date Uploaded: Aug 21, 2008

 ...another "flying Joyce" photo :). Shot on the beach with a flash attached to the camera. All the credit belongs to my model Joyce who did awesome (and risky) job jumping from that cliff on the left. All I had to do was to adjust the exposure and press the button in time. :) I feel self-conscious submitting a shot almost identical to my recent "Purple" challenge entry, but I was disappointed with the outcome of that challenge (mostly blaming it on myself - I should not have entered it at all because of the basic processing limitations). So here is my attempt to redeem myself and the model. :). I actually like the first photo better (its B&W version, that is), but, alas, I cannot submit it again :)

Statistics
Place: 77 out of 487
Avg (all users): 6.2318
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 6.0721
Avg (non-participants): 6.6750
Views since voting: 1562
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 151
Comments: 15
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/07/2008 08:34:08 AM
better as a b and w...I would have cloned out the bird in the background...good work
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 09/06/2008 11:27:18 AM
Great lighting and pose. Nice capture.
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 09/05/2008 11:32:17 AM
That's some drama! Nice lighting.
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 09/05/2008 10:23:35 AM
Always good to have a stunt woman for a model, nicely done
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 09/03/2008 10:31:12 PM
This is actually a better composition than your purple entry, but I'm really not liking the B&W conversion.
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 09/03/2008 06:53:43 PM
what? Crazy idea! She looks like she is suspended in mid-air - cool!
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 09/02/2008 11:21:06 PM
hmm.... haven't I seen this before? If I have, this is MUCH MUCH better than the color version. Nice b&w, great lighting! Nice job.
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 09/02/2008 10:37:54 AM
Well, I see you were able to clone the people out this time around. :-)
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 09/01/2008 10:08:16 PM
Hmm this is tough. I really liked this image in the purple challenge, but I don't like seeing virtually the same image entered twice, so I took major points off for creativity...
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 09/01/2008 08:12:03 PM
wow, she has one crazy body. nice use of motion and sepia
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 09/01/2008 08:30:00 AM
Interesting. Great concept, contrast between curves of girl and angles of rocks. Not sure about the title. You might clone out the bird or dust particle off her right thigh, above the two little trees. It's distracting.
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 09/01/2008 06:21:35 AM
DNMC - not enough purple!!!! Still love the light, still hate the rock.
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 09/01/2008 01:59:59 AM
Yikes - that is amazing
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 09/01/2008 01:54:48 AM
Well lit, nice form, beautiful girl, scary looking jump. . . I think I would have liked this more in color. (I feel like I've seen this somewhere before, as well, but I can't place it. . . )
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 09/01/2008 12:04:36 AM
Lev, the black and white is much better than the color.

I see the man in the bg is gone.

The tonal value is excellent.

Good luck.
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