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Tight Lines
Tight Lines
Tim


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Diagonal (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
Location: Merimbula
Date: Nov 24, 2006
Aperture: 8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Sports, Water
Date Uploaded: Nov 24, 2006

 Taken at Merimbula Main Beach at the annual Mambo kite surfing classic - no waves and pretty light winds so the best action was guys changing direction.

I like the centered composition but I'm sure that some commenter will rant on about rule of thirds - but really if it looks good it is good - and I think this looks good.

pp - levels & Curves layers
Shadow/highlight tool
Crop
USM
selective color layer to boost reds and blues
crop and add simple border
resize and save for web

Statistics
Place: 80 out of 345
Avg (all users): 5.8670
Avg (commenters): 6.3000
Avg (participants): 5.9239
Avg (non-participants): 5.8125
Views since voting: 822
Views during voting: 248
Votes: 188
Comments: 13
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/05/2006 07:05:25 PM
Excellent.....
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 12/04/2006 04:17:04 PM
great shot!
 12/04/2006 09:37:16 AM
double diagonals - well done!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/03/2006 10:58:29 AM
Great action shot, but I can't help but wonder if it wouldn't have looked better & met the challenge more head-on if it had been shot dutch. Maybe lower ISO & even higher shutter (plus opening the aperture a bit, of course) could have boosted the crispness, too? I'm pretty much a newbie here, though, so take my comments with a grain of salt - just 'cause I'm being critical doesn't mean I think MY stuff is doing any better! You likely will do better than my submission... Good luck!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/02/2006 12:04:42 PM
sharpness has been exagerated
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/01/2006 03:12:44 AM
Love that splash.
 11/29/2006 11:07:26 PM
Very nice action shot with lots of diagonals.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 06:31:03 PM
Nice action shot.
 11/29/2006 06:12:26 PM
Great stop action image with strong diagonal lines coming and going.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 12:38:44 PM
Plus: dual diagonals, subject matter, crop
Minus: looks a bit out of focus / noisy, color tones
Score: 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 09:56:58 AM
Nice capture. Tricky exposure and fun diagonals.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 05:23:10 AM
Nice freeze. Can see this doing well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/29/2006 12:40:07 AM
Great action shot and the composition fits perfectly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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