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Stormy
Stormy
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Challenge: Sky (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: "Bum Park"
Date: Dec 9, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Dec 11, 2006

Shot with a friends D70s. Another friends 10.5 fisheye. 2 of my sunpak 555's and a friends q flash.


Post processing was slight rotation, duplicate layer, contrast adjustment, reduce opacity, change blend mode to hard light. flatten. heal out dust. curves. duplicate layer, burn a little bit of the sky, change opacity to liek 4 percent, and hard light. flatten one more time, rsize to 720 long side. sharpen. save for web at like 66. submit

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 123
Avg (all users): 6.3962
Avg (commenters): 7.9130
Avg (participants): 6.3788
Avg (non-participants): 6.4020
Views since voting: 1540
Views during voting: 630
Votes: 265
Comments: 31
Favorites: 1 (view)


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08/23/2007 09:38:45 AM
this is a sick shot man. i love skate shots haha. i don't have any for dpchallenge.. but i am trying to learn more about it. i just got a flash so i am getting to learn how to use my flash more. but for this shot did you have lights set up or did you use a slave. if you just had lights set up .. what kind of light/s did you use? and generator haha

i hope you don't mind sharing some of the info, it would be greatly appreciated.
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01/01/2007 02:26:49 PM
Really nice job. Great composition and lighting.
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12/26/2006 09:16:26 PM
Thats really cool, fantastic photo.
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12/22/2006 02:24:36 AM
NIce work. Your level of detail is very captivating.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/21/2006 06:20:31 PM
Great image..
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12/21/2006 12:45:26 PM
HECK YES, the red paint and the sky in the back looks great in this one! good luck
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12/20/2006 10:24:49 PM
Love the dark sky and the bright colors up front.
Awesome job.
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12/20/2006 04:57:38 PM
I like this.. very interesting concept
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12/19/2006 03:33:16 PM
nice clear shot.. congratz!
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12/19/2006 10:24:38 AM
good capture, nice graffiti colors which go well with the skateboarder's colors. 7
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12/18/2006 02:37:05 PM
These tone-mapped HDR type photos are really growing on me! This is awesome! And I love how the vibrant fresh light colors contrast against the turbulent sky! Beautiful work!
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12/18/2006 12:58:52 AM
Super sharp...great
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12/17/2006 12:54:55 AM
ten
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12/16/2006 08:14:27 PM
A stand out image for the challenge and wonderfully executed. I'd bet that many will suggest that the sky is not the focus of the image but without the sky as a very powerful partner with all the elements, the image would be less than the beauty it is. Great job!
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12/16/2006 07:07:47 PM
How did you do this?? I like very much
Shawna Goodman
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12/16/2006 12:55:50 PM
sky is not the subject here. It makes good contrast for your subject and the lighting. Looks like there is a bit of fisheye distortion. It adds to the surreal feeling of the shot. Lighting is good but not natural looking a bit to harsh for me. subject is in good focus and composition is good for a skateboarding action shot.
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12/16/2006 10:37:28 AM
Very cool ..I've looked at this a long time and love it more and more each time.
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12/15/2006 11:14:26 PM
my eye is drawn to the skate boarder and wall but not the sky
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12/15/2006 10:21:04 PM
One of the more creative compositions in this challenge. I would score this higher if the lighting on the skateboarder was more consistant with the overall lighting (less intense and coming from the upper left) My monitor (on a Mac browser) is also showing some loss of detail in the block wall. Keep that creativity coming - 7
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12/15/2006 07:19:14 PM
awesome perspective!
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12/15/2006 05:41:56 PM
love the wide anle and the brooding sky, this is a great image for this challenge, I hope you do well
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12/15/2006 05:40:30 PM
Nice skate photo. I don't think it's fits very well into the challenge, because the sky, isn't a big part of the photo, but I like the photo itself so you get a nice score from me.
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12/15/2006 05:39:02 PM
This is my fav from the challenge.
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12/15/2006 05:15:53 PM
verry verry well done ... I like the look a lot
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12/15/2006 04:08:22 PM
better than good, 10
(oh, and by the way, dnmc, cos there's not enough sky, heh)
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12/15/2006 02:46:03 PM
This is a great shot but it's not focusing on the sky, so technically it doesn't fit the challenge. I'm still scoring high tho cause I think it's a wonderful shot. Techs are perfect. Should be a boarding ad.
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12/15/2006 11:15:38 AM
Talk about contrast and bright colors!
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12/15/2006 10:56:09 AM
This is really cool. The red paint adds a sorta scary feel to it. The lighting is interesting too. If this had major editting, I can't see it - really nice.
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12/15/2006 01:46:24 AM
I will be interested to see how this scores because some people might not interpret it the right way. I really like it mate and I'm rating this high, the sky is just amazing.
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12/15/2006 01:29:24 AM
Tops in my book, just great in everyway, and hopefully this one should ribbon, IMO..... A "10" from me.....
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12/15/2006 01:28:08 AM
Lovely colors.8.
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