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Red Dirt, Green Grass - The Colors of Spring!
Red Dirt, Green Grass - The Colors of Spring!
EarlBaker


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Complementary Colors III (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ3
Location: Tustin, California
Date: Apr 22, 2006
Aperture: F4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 200
Galleries: Sports
Date Uploaded: Apr 22, 2006

 I originally took this picture with the "Window Framed" challenge in mind, but I'm not a full member yet, so I couldn't submit. That's why the picture is composed through the fence. But, the red/green contrast works for this challenge too. This is my first submission to DPChallenge. I'm just starting to play with editing.

I am using GIMP 2.0 as my editor. For this photo, I cropped it a little, did some USM, tweaked brightness/contrast, tweaked the red and green with the hue/saturation tool. Re-sized to 640 pixels, did just a little sharpening, and saved it optimized for just under 150 kb. I tried to follow the tutorial for preparing images for submission.

This is my son's little league game on the morning of Saturday, April 22, 2006. He's the catcher in this shot.

I gladly welcome any comments/tips on this photo, as I really do enjoy photography and want to get much better.


Statistics
Place: 242 out of 287
Avg (all users): 4.4664
Avg (commenters): 5.5333
Avg (participants): 4.3095
Avg (non-participants): 4.5444
Views since voting: 858
Views during voting: 331
Votes: 253
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 06/18/2006 02:25:32 AM
I think that this would have been an ineresting shot for the framing challenge. Keep shooting, if you have any photoshop questions feel free to ask me, I'm happy to give a tip or two. (expert level ps 7-9)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/06/2006 11:43:31 PM
It looks outside!! :)

The fence is a real distraction in this image. The contrast between the green grass and orange/red batters plate works really well for the challenge and you've avoided blowing highlights in the sky but it's just that fence. Maybe a different angle to shoot from may of helped up your score a bit. Keep it up!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/30/2006 06:10:14 PM
he should have laid off of that one. the fence distracts me but not sure how to fix it honestly. nice color in the grass, the foreground especially
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/30/2006 09:19:50 AM
Nice shot; it's a shame about the fence though. I'd have loved to see this a moment sooner with him swinging the bat. I shoot a lot of baseball, though, and I know it's hard to get the timing.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
 04/29/2006 09:59:51 PM
Nice composition, would have like it better without the fence of course. Good example of complemantary colours.
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM
 04/29/2006 03:35:35 PM
red dirt is a stretch, but I like the image. - 6
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Canon EOS R6 Mark III
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 04/29/2006 12:23:48 PM
I like how you framed this with the fence
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Fujifilm FinePix S5500 Zoom
 04/29/2006 06:54:14 AM
Where is the red ? Other things to consider are great !
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 04/29/2006 05:31:57 AM
Good job capturing the action! Maybe a bit more saturation would help bring the colours out.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II
 04/29/2006 05:25:32 AM
nice..!
(^o^)
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/29/2006 03:56:54 AM
Dynamic, the "frame" fits well.
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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 04/29/2006 01:59:49 AM
nice idea, the fence does add the little league feel to th image!
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/27/2006 01:31:17 PM
great capture! vivid and delightful
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Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z
 04/27/2006 11:45:41 AM
thats brown dirt
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/26/2006 11:28:22 PM
good shot
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Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 04/26/2006 08:22:36 PM
2 - Bit of a stretch. Would like to have seen the color schemes dominate in this shot, rather than the ball play. Looks more orange to me - which would go well with the blue in the distance - but your call.
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Canon EOS-D30
Canon EF 28-105mm f/4-5.6 II USM
 04/26/2006 11:41:52 AM
I like the fence frame, want the dirt redder
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/26/2006 06:29:28 AM
I like the composition...good shot
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