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Break II (with apologies to Wingy)
Break II (with apologies to Wingy)
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Deja Vu (Advanced Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro
Location: Madison, WI
Date: Dec 19, 2004
Aperture: f 11
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1 second
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Dec 19, 2004

 Wingy's "Break!" has always been one of my DPC favorites. I've played around with it before, and when the Deja Vu challenge came up, I knew immediately I wanted to replicate his shot. I titled it 'apologies' because my feeble attempt at replication doesn't even come close to the brilliance and clarity of his original.

For my image, no crop, some curves and levels to improve contrast. Slight USM initially and then more extreme to improve tones as a final step. Remove noise with Kodak Digital Gem plug-in. Selected and reduced brightness and contrast of side areas to conceal basement clutter.

I shot over 100 breaks over a two day period for this shoot. Whew!

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 106
Avg (all users): 6.3403
Avg (commenters): 7.2000
Avg (participants): 6.2059
Avg (non-participants): 6.4146
Views since voting: 2725
Views during voting: 452
Votes: 191
Comments: 8
Favorites: 1 (view)

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AuthorThread
 12/22/2005 12:29:33 AM
very nice
i like how its in the action, makes me excited
how do you make it so you see the balls moving like that?
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 02/19/2005 03:07:36 PM
As a pool shooter I absolutely love this shot. It shows that the outside balls won't go in if the rack is tight and on the mark.

In fact, I'm showing this to a friend that racks'em up, any ole way. Good for me as the breaker...bad for him as the chump who's giving away free money.
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 12/27/2004 10:32:06 AM
Hey John: this was a cool entry and should have scored much higher. Keep up the good work.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/26/2004 04:05:34 PM
Cool: thos pool table is jumping. Bumping up.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/25/2004 09:39:57 PM
Composition: 10, Technical: 10, Appeal: 9, Challenge: 10, Overall Calculated Average Score: 10
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 12/23/2004 08:37:26 PM
Nice capture. Congrats.
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 12/22/2004 12:42:29 PM
where's the cue stick? I wish the ghosts had a little more pop. still, nice effort.
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 12/20/2004 07:52:49 PM
great shot 7
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