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Fearless
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Challenge: Personality (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Austin TX
Date: Jan 17, 2009
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160 s
Galleries: Performance, Action
Date Uploaded: Jan 18, 2009

 Taken during a photo shoot at a dance studio in Austin TX

I processed the photo with and without the floor. The floor adds a perspective that was lost with just the black background. That could be overcome by using a great deal of negative space in front of and below the dancer. However, that calls for me to add something to the photo that did not exist in the original.


Statistics
Place: 19 out of 112
Avg (all users): 6.2215
Avg (commenters): 6.3750
Avg (participants): 5.7917
Avg (non-participants): 6.4091
Views since voting: 1709
Views during voting: 341
Votes: 158
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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 01/27/2009 07:13:49 AM
Great capture and really well framed.... really liked the light.

and let me tell you... I liked u didn't crop that floor :) It makes you realise the beauty of that jump, the stretches and the moment :)

Congrats.... :)
 01/26/2009 12:39:14 AM
amazing capture! excellent dance image!
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 01/26/2009 12:04:48 AM
lol what were you complaining about? what a great finish. Awesome capture of action. ahhh i wish i was that flexible.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2009 08:56:39 PM
If I don't view it in full screen I really like it. With the floor in the bottom uneven it's very distracting. Great capture though.
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 01/25/2009 10:09:20 AM
I was gonna score this at 8. But now I look again, I realize the things I didn't like actually help the photo. I thought it might look better without the floor. But now I see it gives the photo perspective of the height she is jumping. And, now I realize that she was probably running and jumped that high: not a free standing jump. You have great focus and the lighting is perfect. Bumping to 10
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 01/22/2009 03:01:08 PM
I think I would like this better with the floor cropped out.
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 01/22/2009 02:09:23 AM
the jump uh? it seems it has become a classic in dpc...there are a few "jumps" in every single challenge...:-)
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 01/22/2009 12:21:49 AM
Oh WOW, is she really in air while you capture this? One of my high score. Good luck.
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 01/21/2009 07:43:06 PM
Nice picture, I would have liked it even better if the floor was completely cropped out. Beautiful pose!
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 01/21/2009 08:27:39 AM
Should have cropped out the floor to enhance that fearlessness.
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 01/20/2009 08:36:58 PM
Love the shot. I wish you would have cropped out the floor.
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 01/20/2009 03:53:36 PM
why, oh why didn't you crop those floorboards? And then make a levels or curves adjustment to boost the contrast?
Other than that it's great - good luck
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 01/20/2009 01:10:26 PM
I think it would be better w/ the floor cropped out.
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 01/20/2009 10:52:05 AM
I like the mid air stretched capture. I also like how you didn't crop out the floor. Many people would, but leaving it in gives you a sense of height in teh jump.
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 01/20/2009 07:48:23 AM
probably if you crop the pavement is better
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 01/20/2009 04:43:35 AM
WOW nice shot, love the name of it
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 01/20/2009 02:02:38 AM
Gotta love the strength of a true athlete. Love her smile with this pose. Amazing.
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 01/20/2009 01:50:27 AM
I wish the floor was cropped out. regardless this is a great shot.
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 01/20/2009 12:49:27 AM
I'm not sure how others would like it, but I think a tighter crop on the subject would have been better. A landscape orientation shot instead of portrait.

Nice capture though. Good luck.
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 01/19/2009 10:27:59 PM
Wonderful photo... but I think the floor should have been cropped out... or at least leveled up.
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