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Eagle Pair
08/07/2023 06:45:50 PM
Eagle Pair
by texdon

Comment by Zoomdak:
Love the duel focus they have!
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Eagle Pair
08/07/2023 01:27:50 PM
Eagle Pair
by texdon

Comment by tjbel05:
Absolutely majestic
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Plasma Cutter
08/03/2023 04:03:38 PM
Plasma Cutter2nd Place
by texdon

Comment by Barroness:
Congratulations, a wonderful image 9 from me.
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Plasma Cutter
08/03/2023 04:24:01 AM
Plasma Cutter2nd Place
by texdon

Comment by Neat:
Another wonderful image from you, thought it would do well. Congratulations.
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Plasma Cutter
08/02/2023 12:54:34 PM
Plasma Cutter2nd Place
by texdon

Comment by kasaba:
Fabulous shot Team Mate. Congrats on the red.
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Plasma Cutter
08/01/2023 04:54:13 PM
Plasma Cutter2nd Place
by texdon

Comment by glad2badad:
Who doesn't love a good sparks display?! I hope you put your settings in the photo details; I'd be interested in ISO and shutter speed. Well done.
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Plasma Cutter
07/31/2023 11:42:06 PM
Plasma Cutter2nd Place
by texdon

Comment by jomari:
Great shower of sparks.
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Getting Some Air Before Sunset
07/31/2023 09:03:41 PM
Getting Some Air Before Sunset1st Place
by texdon

Comment by Neat:
Originally posted by texdon:

Originally posted by Neat:

Seriously Don 100%, absolutely fantastic photo!…

Adding as a favourite.


Anita, from the Queen of Silhouettes, I’m just flattered by your comments. Thank you! 107 attempts. I had several with a single rider I was quite content with. I didn’t even know I got this one until I downloaded the images! Pleasantly surprised to say the least. This a full frame image, no cropping. 100 degree temps and I had to walk to the spot and didn’t want to lug a second lens; Figured I’d be better off with the 70-200, wrong. At 70 mm, my back was against a barbed wire fence with six foot dense weeds behind it.

Sunset was around 8:30 pm, and the riders had to be off the track by 8:30, so I wasn’t going to get the golden light I wanted. This one was snapped at around 7. I’m at the bottom of a 20 feet hill, so the illusion of sunset is there. I did have to play with this to get the light color I wanted. I actually used your latest entry as a guide. It’s a natural vignette, not added. Exposure was really tricky because I could not time very well where the riders would be with the sun and they were very fast. Ended up with a high shutter speed priority with an automatic 5 stops underexposure dialed in. Most of the riders had called it a day by 7:30 and were leaving.

Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments. I know now where the higher scores come from. Wish I could figure out the 4s and 5s.


Wow, that is some backstory, thank you. You deserve the blue even more because of what you had to achieve to get this perfect shot. Usually behind every great image, there’s a fantastic story, thanks for sharing. As for the lower votes, I’ve worked out there are just some people that don’t know a very good photo if they fell over it; and of course, then there’s the other reason, which we won’t go into. It’s best not to think about it :)

Cheers and all the best.
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Getting Some Air Before Sunset
07/31/2023 12:16:27 PM
Getting Some Air Before Sunset1st Place
by texdon

Comment by BaldurT:
Big Congratulations Don!!! I wish I could have voted on it :). I knew this would be tops in this challenge.
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Getting Some Air Before Sunset
07/31/2023 07:27:38 AM
Getting Some Air Before Sunset1st Place
by texdon

Comment by Barroness:
Congratulation, This is an amazing image 10 from me.
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