DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
This image is not part of a public portfolio.
Catching Air
Catching Air
kaiser_chief


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Action Shot III (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D
Location: Middle Park, Melbourne Australia
Date: Feb 22, 2009
Aperture: f4.5
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/1000
Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2009

 Kiteboarder at St Kilda Marina. These guys are there most days. Often you can see 20 or so in the area trying to outdo each other

Lots of PP in CS2

Levels
Colour Adjustment
Select Kiteboarder onto new layer
Colour/Contrast/Levels adjustment on Kiteboarder
Dodge Board
Duplicate Background layer
Lens Blur Background further
Gradiant Clipping mask on background to keep foreground sharp
Resize for web
Unsharp Mask

Statistics
Place: 87 out of 194
Avg (all users): 5.4684
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3425
Avg (non-participants): 5.5244
Views since voting: 969
Views during voting: 382
Votes: 237
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II
03/04/2009 02:46:27 AM
wow i like this kai
a tad aharper and it might have scored top 20
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
02/28/2009 02:30:41 AM
Good Shot
Olympus SP-510 UZ
 02/26/2009 02:10:32 PM
this looks almost photoshopped to me.
Olympus Stylus 770 SW
 02/25/2009 06:42:15 PM
cool. i wish the guy in your pic was a little sharper, but very nice considering how un-blurred the overall pic is (im assuming your on the boat?)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/25/2009 02:51:44 PM
I would have cropped this a little more from the top, subject looks a little far and out of focus, but a good capture nontheless. 6 from me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Theme: Classic / System / Light / Dark
Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2026 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 10/02/2026 01:37:17 AM EDT.