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Challenge: Vanishing Point (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Avery Aquatic Center, Stanford,Palo Alto, CA
Date: Aug 7, 2004
Aperture: 1:18.0
Shutter: 1/2000 sec.
Galleries: Sports, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Aug 10, 2004

A competitor flies for few seconds in the air before disappearing underwater for the backstorke race. Here you will find different stages of the "moment".

Statistics
Place: 164 out of 245
Avg (all users): 4.9532
Avg (commenters): 5.1739
Avg (participants): 4.8125
Avg (non-participants): 5.0585
Views since voting: 834
Views during voting: 425
Votes: 299
Comments: 25
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/17/2004 09:37:32 PM
This is an excellent photo, but I don't think it fits the challenge because of your point of view... but it's such a good photo, I'm torn.
08/17/2004 05:26:53 PM
Where is the 'vanishing' point, especially in a 100m pool...
08/17/2004 04:36:20 PM
Voted eralier, returning for comments.

of course, they will ask: "Why not shot with the camera facing the swimmers?" However, no penalty here.
08/16/2004 11:50:09 PM
I don't see lines converging.
08/16/2004 02:13:25 PM
Nice capture! Sports are always a challenge. I like thethe pov and you crop selection. My only problem is beyond your control. It's a bit off to have the swimmer in lane 2 hitting the water so early, I'd love to have a nice arch showing on her back. But again, not something you can fix. 7
08/16/2004 01:32:30 AM
The vanishing point would've worked if you would have taken the picture from a different angle: either more to the right so that the swimmers would create a diagonal or at the front or back of the swimmers so that the dividing lines would converge at the end.
08/14/2004 01:11:46 PM
I'm a pretty liberal voter in terms of interpretation of challenge but this image presents no hint of a vanishing point or even of vaguely converging lines (to me) at all.
08/14/2004 12:36:55 AM
I gave this photo a 3. I think that if you had photoed it at a different angle it would illustrate the concept of a vanishing point better. Both the lanes and the swimmers "vanishing" into the water. Good shot though.
08/13/2004 11:51:25 AM
Nice capture, I love the subtlety of your vanishing point!
08/12/2004 11:03:18 PM
Great action shot - unique perspective
08/12/2004 10:52:10 PM
Nice shot before the olympics...
08/12/2004 06:21:57 PM
vanishing point would show another angle, looking parallel to the lines and divers, but great picture. Just not appropriate for the challenge.
08/12/2004 02:09:42 PM
I loved this shot. It spoke to me in quite a few ways. For one, I was a swimmer myself, and this shot brings me back to the ten years I spent swimming competitively. Talk about nostalgia!! Plus, I loved the colors and the feel - I just wish it had been a bit brighter to really show the beauty of the pool and lanelines, not to mention the splashes, but I suppose you can't really control the weather! :)

I don't know if everyone will pick up on the vanishing points that I see - lines on the bottom of the pool, and most importantly, the swimmers' bodies, but I found them! I gave you a 10. Nice job.
08/12/2004 01:26:25 PM
Wow -- great shot! Looks like you snapped it at just the right instant!
08/12/2004 01:06:58 PM
Hmm. A rather untraditional way to show vp - perpeddicular rather than parallel - but it works for me! Great colors and perfect timing. It is amazing the swimmers all have about the same repeating shape.
08/12/2004 10:06:36 AM
To get the "vanishing point" idea, you should have taken the photo from the end of the pool, rather than the side. It's a good shot, but wasted in this challenge.
08/12/2004 08:17:57 AM
This is a great picture, but the drama of the swimmers makes it hard to notice any vanishing point aspect.
08/11/2004 05:59:55 PM
Nicely done shot, but I'm not 100% posotive on it being relevant. Good anyway.
08/11/2004 03:44:28 PM
awesome capture. the vanishing point however is not visible from this angle. 90 degree angle of view rotation to emphasize a parallel convergence of swimmers and each of the swimming lanes should have done it.
08/11/2004 12:17:39 PM
Very nice sports capture, but it really needs the lines running from the POV to the distance to fulfill the challenge properly.
08/11/2004 09:49:00 AM
I don't think it meet the challenge requirements.
08/11/2004 05:53:59 AM
This is a really really good image!! well captured yet I can't see the vanishing point :S
08/11/2004 03:03:27 AM
the vanishing point seems to have vanished.
08/11/2004 01:56:22 AM
That's such a great capture!
08/11/2004 01:27:18 AM
no vanishing point


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