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High speed maneuver
High speed maneuver
sangeeth


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Action Shot II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
Location: Home
Date: Jul 30, 2006
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Animals, Action
Date Uploaded: Jul 30, 2006

RAW ACR
USM
auto colour
neat image
crop
saturation
save for web

Statistics
Place: 187 out of 279
Avg (all users): 4.9103
Avg (commenters): 4.5000
Avg (participants): 4.5854
Avg (non-participants): 5.0855
Views since voting: 915
Views during voting: 335
Votes: 234
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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08/14/2006 02:03:17 PM
Hello from the Critique Club:

For what it is worth, I rated this image as 6. Although the pose looks like the bird is gliding, the blurry tips of the wings indicate that it was actually flying. So for that it definitely meets the challenge. This image does have a few technical issues, some of which are mentioned in the comments from the voters. First, the image lacks any kind of detail to hold the viewers attention. Part of this is due to photographing a black subject against a gray sky. The gray sky has no details to highlight and being significantly lighter than the main subject makes it difficult to capture detail in the bird. What little detail is there is not very sharp (like the beak). You might want to wait to use USM until after you have resized your image, as some detail is lost during resizing. Another alternative is to use USM before and after resizing and if things start to look a little odd after the last USM operation, reduce the strength of USM to 50 to 70 instead of 100.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Tim
08/09/2006 08:36:56 AM
I still think it's beautiful no matter what anybody says...thanks for your work and photo!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/08/2006 10:48:26 PM
Nice shape, but no detail and not a great subject for a silhouette.
08/07/2006 02:36:10 PM
Too stark for my tastes. When I see something like this I think more of a glide than "action." I know the title says high speed, but this doesn't do it for me.
08/05/2006 08:18:41 AM
Tough shot to pull off. It's very difficult to see details in the bird. Nice capture, but lacks action IMO.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/04/2006 08:14:22 PM
beautiful, but a little dark. hard to see details
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/04/2006 08:28:24 AM
Ok for highspeend but I need some kind of reference
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/03/2006 04:55:46 PM
blurry.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/03/2006 10:59:48 AM
For me, this image lacks focus. Gray sky does not help much either.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
08/03/2006 09:58:20 AM
Magnificent! (Did I spel that rite?)
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08/03/2006 02:56:21 AM
Nice compositon not real clear though
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