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Extreme Reaction: "Victory"
Extreme Reaction: "Victory"
Matthew


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Extreme Action (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: My spare bedroom
Date: Apr 5, 2005
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/6
Galleries: Action, Studio
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2005

 You have no idea how hard it is buying even a toy handgun in London nowadays...

Lit using spare lamp from front, ambient light from ceiling bulb. Cloned out some distracting glints around "victory" and played with the saturation and levels a little bit to get the gun a bit more metallic. Couldn't get a good blur on the trigger and keep tight focus, so emphasised the motion blur on the trigger finger with blur tool. Neatimage worked well, emphasising the metal and making this look less like a toy, so kept that in. Bit of dodge and burn to improve light on "victory". Crop, resize, USM.

Statistics
Place: 111 out of 132
Avg (all users): 4.6047
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 4.2346
Avg (non-participants): 4.7740
Views since voting: 1060
Views during voting: 413
Votes: 258
Comments: 4
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/14/2005 10:36:36 PM
excellent focus and color. Like the detail on the gun - lighting well done.
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 04/12/2005 08:48:21 PM
I personally don't care for the crop of this shot.
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 04/12/2005 07:07:36 PM
Nice picture of a gun.
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 04/12/2005 02:42:29 AM
too much blurr on trigger finger
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