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big air
Tom_Robbrecht


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sports II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
Location: Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Date: Jul 9, 2005
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Jul 11, 2005

A kiteboarder doing a big air for me at the beach on saturday. These guys love having their picture taken. As soon as they see a photogpaher with a long lense they go berserk.
I'll probably get hammered for so much post-processing but the picture just didn't cut it on its own.
Kinda like the mediocre chef smothering meals in a rich sauce, hehe.
Oh, and yes that is noise. And I like it that way.

Edits :
curves, curves, hue/sat, levels, crop, resize, usm, save for web


Statistics
Place: 7 out of 296
Avg (all users): 6.9133
Avg (commenters): 7.4138
Avg (participants): 6.6142
Avg (non-participants): 7.0702
Views since voting: 2987
Views during voting: 565
Votes: 369
Comments: 33
Favorites: 8 (view)


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10/21/2005 03:21:41 PM
Great shot!!!
08/06/2005 03:14:39 PM
It's like an iPod commercial!
07/24/2005 02:59:23 PM
the photo is nice but there is a lot of noise and some of the edges are way too sharp...good thing u got away with it.
07/20/2005 12:37:27 AM
A striking graphical representation with a golden touch on the post processing. Congratulations on your top 10 finish.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/19/2005 05:05:49 PM
good shot, I like the color and the water drops off the board
07/19/2005 05:03:32 PM
Great pic. Not as good a title though. Still giving you a high score.
07/19/2005 02:10:56 PM
silhouette and the background color make this photo.
07/19/2005 10:49:52 AM
Love the color and detail even in the water droplets, great image good action
07/18/2005 11:06:51 PM
I love it.
07/18/2005 10:18:32 PM
I think I would have liked to see a bit more of the sail in this shot. I like the silhouette and stop motion of the water. There seems to be quite a bit of noise in the background which is distracting. 6
07/18/2005 06:25:39 PM
great silhouette
07/18/2005 05:37:17 PM
Except fpr a couple of sensor dust spots, this is a near flawless piece of art, not easy for a sports category. This is my top pick for the week.
07/17/2005 10:32:40 PM
Nice capture. The colors are great.
07/17/2005 06:44:01 PM
very nice shot
07/15/2005 05:57:23 PM
great colour
07/15/2005 04:07:56 PM
Very nice! Most certainly one of the better picture in this challenge!
While one could argue that silhouettes have been done to death here on dpc and in photography I still think it is quite tastefully done here and it doesn't detract from the action in the picture.

The composition is quite nice though I wonder if it would have looked better in a square framing where one could see more of the bottom and the top.

However, the main fault I see with picture is that it is somewhat difficult to understand the action in this shot. I noticed earlier this year when photographing snowboarders that they find it essential in snowboarding-photographs to see the ground as to be able to determine how high the snowboarder is jumping and what trick he is doing. Naturally, being someone who doesn't know much about snowboarding I very often failed to do so, much to their dismay.
Anyway, I wouldn't exactly call it a fault with this picture that you don't see the water and therefore it's difficult to determine how high the guy is jumping but it would probably have depicted the action slightly better that way.

One could also argue that the apparant 'grainyness' in the lower half of the picture is quite distracting. At least I most certainly think that many people will give you a lower score than otherwise. However, believe this isn't exactly grain but instead it is the water droplets flying upwards. Am I right here?

Well, enough of this. Job well done!
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07/15/2005 02:27:56 PM
Great silhouette. The graininess adds to the mood of the image. I feel that if the subject were a bit on the diagonal the image would be much more dynamic.
07/15/2005 11:34:06 AM
I really like this photo. My only critique would be the white highlights on the silhoutte are a little distracting. 9
07/15/2005 08:54:32 AM
wowwwwwww
07/14/2005 10:35:37 PM
Very grainy, but perhaps you intended that.
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07/14/2005 05:41:42 PM
Nice idea, the noise is a little distracting though. 6
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07/14/2005 04:54:36 PM
wooooooooooooow
07/14/2005 12:49:31 PM
really cool, but hard hard to judge purely as a photo.
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07/14/2005 12:07:09 PM
Grainy. Nice effect.
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07/14/2005 06:46:08 AM
Nice
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07/14/2005 03:42:43 AM
Nice take. Bit grainy, good comp, dof and color.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/13/2005 07:56:44 PM
I really like the treatment of this image. Highly creative use of silhouette, composition and color. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/13/2005 03:44:26 PM
i love a simple photo with one or two colors. nice job here. slightly noisy or i would say 10 but otherwise very nice. the water droplets look good as well. 9.
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07/13/2005 01:44:24 PM
Great colour and composition.
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07/13/2005 10:53:25 AM
Totally awesome shot! Nice choice of color for the background and an great silhoutte shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
07/13/2005 08:41:10 AM
This one is really good, I like the colors and how you work on this.
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07/13/2005 01:07:35 AM
great picture, the noise is a bit harsh though
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07/13/2005 12:05:27 AM
very cool, i like the silloute!
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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