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B-B-B-B-B-B-BANG Happy Lunar New Year!
B-B-B-B-B-B-BANG Happy Lunar New Year!
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sound II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Canon
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: Jan 27, 2009
Aperture: 5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Action, Military
Date Uploaded: Jan 27, 2009

 Tet Festival (Lunar New Year) at Balboa Park, San Diego.
There were thousands of firecrackers hanging on these strings all lit off at once, blowing shrapnel easily the 15 feet to where I was. I kept shooting and ignoring the fragments. The soldier had finished lighting them and was running away. It's unfortunate about the chain link fence that was unavoidable. It was at my smallest f-stop f5 already for shallow DOF. It was taken at 63mm, so I would have done better to put on my 50mm 1.8 lens, but I didn't have time. It looks a little crooked, but any straightening would chop off his hat.

crop out left and right edges
resize
Topaz Adjust "Exposure Correction" preset and sharpen for some overall cleanup.
save for web.

Estimated score 5.3.
Simpler outtake
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Place: 36 out of 142
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Votes: 192
Comments: 6
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/02/2009 01:15:16 AM
Oohrah Marine Corporal!
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 01/31/2009 12:04:10 PM
How wonderful; I love this shot, particularly that it catches the essence of challenge so well. 10.
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 01/30/2009 02:51:34 PM
Hit te nail on the head for this challenge. Good shot.
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 01/28/2009 03:01:18 PM
Love the ear protection!
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 01/28/2009 11:24:34 AM
Xin Nian Kuai Le! Nice subject and well shot. 9
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 01/28/2009 09:16:35 AM
Wonderfully executed image, only wish he wasn't so centered.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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