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Drop Volley
Drop Volley
dahlin


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Challenge: Shallow DOF V (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
Location: Kansas City
Date: Jul 25, 2010
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Jul 25, 2010

 It took a little bit of set up to get this shot accomplished. The interesting part is that two guys were playing a few courts over. When I got done, one of the guys said, "so you have to tell us what you've been doing since we've been discussing you for the last 15 minutes." I laughed and explained. This is my first shot using Topaz Adjust, so I'm interested to see if it does well (or at least better than most of my entries).

The shot is set up of course, not a live action shot. But, I've been playing tennis for 20+ years, so hopefully my pose isn't too far from reality.

Statistics
Place: 24 out of 231
Avg (all users): 6.2231
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 6.1667
Avg (non-participants): 6.3500
Views since voting: 1024
Views during voting: 256
Votes: 130
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 10/22/2010 10:45:55 AM
Excellent focus on this!!! what a capture...should have scored much, much higher IMO
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 10/13/2010 03:13:23 PM
brilliant shot .. :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/30/2010 07:25:39 AM
Nice job on this. Great setup.
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 07/29/2010 07:59:25 PM
All that hustle, and it hit the net!
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 07/29/2010 12:32:10 AM
You nailed the Challenge with this shot! Even though this isn't the type of picture that I'd normaly stop and stare at, it totaly captivates me! I've been back looking at this and raising my score each time! This time a 9.. I may be back with a 10
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 07/27/2010 09:36:04 PM
Great shot. Love the intensity on his face and the extreme detail of the ball.
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 07/27/2010 09:30:54 AM
Nice shot...I am sure the timing for this was fairly difficult. There is a good shallow DOF. I would almost expect to see a shot like this in sports illustrated.
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 07/26/2010 11:12:34 PM
very creative! Nice job!!!
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 07/26/2010 02:51:34 PM
Nice Shot :)
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 07/26/2010 07:28:01 AM
nice capture
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 07/26/2010 05:25:03 AM
Nice use of shallow DOF here, different approach than the bunch of macro´s but functional
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 07/26/2010 01:24:16 AM
good set up
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