Taken at the Pac-10 Cross Country Championships at the Stanford Golf Course. This was taken looking into the sun, so was a bit underexposed. In PS- changed levels, increased monochromatic contrast with 0.5 clipping on black and white channels. Dodged/burned, neat image, sharpened, save for web.
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the focus on the lead runner is great and the blurring of the background is a good effect as those that are farther away fom him seem of less importance.
Subject well focused and focal point: 2
Lighting: 1 (very light grass detracts a bit from faces of runners)
Composition: 2
Background: 2
First impression/ Wow factor: 1
Artistic "override": n/a
Total: 8
Very strong action shot. Great photo.