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Youth Won't Die Without a Fight
Youth Won't Die Without a Fight
Artyste


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Challenge: Team Sport Action (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: MacArthur Island Sports Park, Kamloops, B.C.
Date: Sep 11, 2004
Aperture: f8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1000 sec.
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Sep 11, 2004

 A player for a 70+ team in the "Kamloops Senior Men's Slo-Pitch Coors Tournament". I decided to shoot this because it would probably be unique to the challenge. I'm guessing there will be a lot of kids/teens/young adults in this challenge, playing a variety of sports.. but who's going to shoot 70 year olds playing a game they obviously love so much as to continue playing it into their golden years?
I chose the sepia tone, and added some noise, as I wanted to give my photograph the "rusted" look of yester-year, to go with the age of the player. It'll score low because of this, but I accept that. The polished look that wins challenges these days was *completely* wrong for this entry.

Editing included brightness/contrast, Hue/Saturation, minor curves adjustment, sharpening, cropping, re-sizing, and 6% noise addition.

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 138
Avg (all users): 5.4356
Avg (commenters): 7.1818
Avg (participants): 5.0658
Avg (non-participants): 5.5595
Views since voting: 998
Views during voting: 403
Votes: 303
Comments: 11
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon PowerShot G5
 09/21/2004 11:16:01 PM
After all the photos of kids' soccer and college sports, this photo's really refreshing because of its unique subject matter. Points for creativity. Thanks!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 09/19/2004 10:28:53 PM
I hope I'm this active at that age!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
 09/18/2004 03:00:27 PM
So much spirit in this photo
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z2
 09/18/2004 12:30:44 AM
there seems to be some noise
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
 09/17/2004 10:57:18 PM
Love the batter!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 09/17/2004 04:35:00 PM
Therrific photo. B&W (sepia?) enhances the feeling of aged. (Not old.) One of my favorites in this contest.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 09/17/2004 03:36:20 PM
A good shot with a good title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70s
Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Nikon
 09/17/2004 12:29:49 AM
I really like this shot. It is a bit on the grainy side (not necessarily a bad thing in my opinion, just observation), and it would have been even better if the background had been blurred and the crop left a bit of space in front of the subject (left side)instead of behind (right side). I think that would have helped illustrate motion. What a great subject. Good job. 7.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 09/16/2004 10:10:23 AM
Lovely 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 09/15/2004 06:06:59 PM
This is a great shot. I wish it had been a little brighter. The darkness of the photo gives a sense of grainiess to it which may actually not be there. And too bad those people at the fence could not have moved for you to take the photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus C-160
 09/15/2004 10:03:41 AM
i wanna look like this after 100 years
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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