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Challenge: 2-Second Exposure (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM
Location: Back Room, CA
Date: Mar 17, 2006
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 100
Shutter: 2 seconds
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: Mar 18, 2006

 Simple set up. Desk lamp on a bar stool next to the pool table with the camera/tripod right next to it - turned off all the other lights (obviously). Set shutter priority to 2-seconds. Took 35 shots to get the timing and angle just right (as I was rolling the ball by hand while extending the shutter release as far as it could go). Some very minor burning/cloning to remove blemishes and glare from 8-ball. Some white balance and color sat modifications as well, but that's about it. Hope you like it!

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 192
Avg (all users): 6.4880
Avg (commenters): 7.2857
Avg (participants): 6.0000
Avg (non-participants): 6.8947
Views since voting: 2104
Views during voting: 409
Votes: 209
Comments: 26
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 03/27/2006 10:25:24 AM
Nice simple statement.
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 03/27/2006 12:47:40 AM
Super cool. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/26/2006 09:44:57 PM
Great job on this photograph. How many times did you try?
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 03/26/2006 06:37:15 PM
Great timing to catch this just before the eight ball moves!
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 03/26/2006 05:13:48 PM
Most excellent. How come there is no reflection anywhere on the 8 ball? Cloned out? If so you should've cloned the hot spot down on the right corner. Still top ten on my list.
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 03/26/2006 03:28:23 PM
Good job!
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 03/25/2006 08:56:10 PM
Beautifully illustrates two seconds' worth of motion. The lighting works well here, too, fading off into darkness in the distance.
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 03/24/2006 11:13:18 AM
nice shot!
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 03/23/2006 09:10:46 PM
very nice!
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 03/23/2006 09:22:57 AM
somehow the ball does not seem to be going in the same direction as the "movement-yellow-stripe" indicates (sorry for my loss of word to describe). I like the idea though.
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 03/23/2006 02:02:07 AM
this image IMO is hurt by harch dark shadows, to much contrast and poor choice of DoF use.

the very pocket should be infocus as well as the 8 ball maybe f16.....the light should be from both sides to minimize shadow or at least a fill from the left to cut down on the intencity. and curves should be used as well as maybe a screen layer to lighten the image and make the color brighter and more natural, not contrast which drove away defination of shape in the 8 ball.

GL well worth a reshoot/edit
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 03/22/2006 08:18:42 PM
That's a pretty neat picture.
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 03/22/2006 04:18:37 PM
love the white glow
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 03/21/2006 04:00:42 PM
Technically very well done but the image does not grab me.
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 03/21/2006 03:37:26 PM
Very nice ... at first I didn't get it, so I did a double take ... and wow, when it sunk in, I actually said, holy cow. 8.
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 03/21/2006 03:04:23 PM
great shot! clever idea and good capture!
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 03/21/2006 02:22:18 PM
Good focus on the eight ball and surrounding, nice motion on the cue ball. I bet this took a few tries to get the timing down for this. Good luck
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 03/21/2006 02:13:55 PM
Nice shot!!!!! :)
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 03/21/2006 09:39:43 AM
neat
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 03/20/2006 11:38:56 PM
Wonderful shot! I'm sure this will make the top 5.
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 03/20/2006 10:16:54 PM
Nicely done. The 8-ball is amazingly tack sharp however it seems a bit flat. This would have been even better had there been a catch light on it. The movement is a great add. This shot would not have been effective otherwise. The crop on the other hand leaves me wanting to see more of the right hand side. I would have probably completed the "pockets" as opposed to just having it cut just on one section. Great shot (pun intended) ;)
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 03/20/2006 09:25:35 PM
Great idea!
Something original in a challenge that has proved very bland
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 03/20/2006 04:38:00 AM
Good capture and well done
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 03/20/2006 02:59:06 AM
Well executed and lit. It's hard to get the moving object bright enough.
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 03/20/2006 01:54:28 AM
Great shot, I would have liked to see a deeper DOF so that the table was in focus. Great idea, good luck.
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 03/20/2006 12:38:18 AM
stunning, great idea...wonder how long it took you ro get this right :-)
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