SMC-swimming-2008-043.jpg
by cryan

Comment by Alicia:
This is so good - how the eye is looking right at you! Great shot.

SMC-swimming-2008-043.jpg
by cryan

Comment by sherpet:
Another pleasing motion shot of your swimming series.

Etheral Love
by cryan

Comment by Damzel:
ummm yeah...not on purpose I assume.

Etheral Love
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Comment by Shutter-For-Hire:
nice blue lighting!

At Work
by cryan

Comment by patio127:
Well---it appears that U are really concentrating-the furrowed brow on your cute mug :) Nice slice, Chris-Nice to know where U work !

At Work
by cryan

Comment by Kelli:
Nicely lit! You have a sweet profile, lol.

SMC-swimming-2008-051.jpg
by cryan

Comment by bobonacus:
I really like this, the motion of his arm with the clearness of his face and the water works well. I like the framing of the lane markers as well.

As for noise I ran a noise ninja pass @ strength 5, smothness 5 with the usm @ 50% @ 1.2px on the whole image and then just a quick selection of the lane marker and the water above it and ran another pass @ strength 10, smothness 10 and usm 0 and then another quick selection on his hand...

SMC-swimming-2008-051.jpg
by cryan

Comment by Ken:
That's a great action shot, captured at the perfect moment. The noise isn't terribly bad - did you try to remove it?

SMC-swimming-2008-051.jpg
by cryan

Comment by karmat:
great capture. I would love to try to photograph competitive swimming! I don't know if you've "fixed" the noise, in this, but it is barely noticeable to me

At Work
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Comment by cryan:
As a matter of fact I was in photoshop. Lol:)