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Ready, Aim, Fire!
Ready, Aim, Fire!
drick172


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Hidden Gem -- 1,000th Challenge! (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Williamsburg Va
Date: Sep 3, 2004
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 320
Shutter: 250
Galleries: Snapshot, Military
Date Uploaded: Mar 8, 2009

 This is an early "snapshot". Most family and friends have called it their favorite. I have been striving to do better photography than my best snapshot, with consistency. Let see what DPC thinks.

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Scaled down, Sharpened, Saved for DPC

Statistics
Place: 832 out of 1129
Avg (all users): 5.1290
Avg (commenters): 6.0208
Avg (participants): 5.1303
Avg (non-participants): 5.1216
Views since voting: 739
Views during voting: 625
Votes: 473
Comments: 51
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2009 04:34:33 PM
Interesting commentary piece.
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 03/17/2009 02:34:43 PM
nice timing!
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 03/17/2009 02:11:18 PM
The smoke in this looks great, adds quite the sense of action to the scene.
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 03/17/2009 12:11:12 PM
Nicely reenacted war scene captured at the right time to show the moment the musket fires.
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 03/17/2009 08:40:38 AM
Perfect timing. The composition in this image is perfect.
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 03/16/2009 06:49:11 PM
Great timing with this shot.
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 03/16/2009 03:59:12 PM
love these picture...great capture...
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 03/16/2009 12:33:40 PM
Great timing, well captured, love the smoke!
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 03/16/2009 09:26:37 AM
A good shot :-)
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 03/16/2009 04:22:46 AM
Well captured and presented.
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 03/16/2009 03:21:47 AM
good detail
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 03/15/2009 10:48:09 PM
Great capture. Perfect timing.
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 03/15/2009 05:19:23 PM
This is really a great capture. I love the light from the powder flash. Bumping this to a 9.
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 03/15/2009 12:09:08 PM
perfect timing, very nicely done
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 03/15/2009 12:04:34 PM
Very good timing!!!
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 03/15/2009 10:58:28 AM
Excellent capture of the moment, congratulations!
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 03/15/2009 10:53:28 AM
captured at the moment of impact, so to speak, nice dof
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 03/15/2009 09:59:55 AM
great action shot - rember to wear saftyglases
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 03/15/2009 06:05:24 AM
nice moment but its shame you cant see the whole rifle..


cheers,
brano
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 03/15/2009 04:04:06 AM
The crop is a little too tight, and would have preferred a shot from a different perspective.
 03/14/2009 07:48:00 PM
I am struggling to pick a word to describe this amazing image. I especially like the firework-like sparks shooting out of the smoke. Great job!
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 03/14/2009 01:42:07 PM
Nice capture but feels rather cramped.
 03/14/2009 10:59:05 AM
So much smoke from a gun!
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 03/13/2009 08:05:26 PM
That weapon looks dangerous to the user as well as to whatever he's pointing at! Great colors on the smoky fire.
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 03/13/2009 05:44:02 PM
Terrific capture. The plume, the flare, the uniform - all make it feel very revolutionary!
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 03/13/2009 05:35:16 PM
Nice action shot, probably would be even that much better if the entire rifle was in frame.
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 03/13/2009 03:01:12 PM
Timely capture. I just wish it were sharper. Is it a crop?

Not voting yet.
 03/13/2009 02:08:41 PM
I think this would have worked better with more of his face in view and maybe not the end of the muzzle cut off..
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 03/13/2009 01:35:33 PM
Great timing.
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 03/13/2009 12:49:53 PM
Nice colors
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 03/13/2009 04:14:47 AM
great timing to capture the shot
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 03/12/2009 04:41:04 PM
Nice shot but looks a bit flat.
 03/12/2009 04:05:22 PM
Nice capture with the smoke and ambers.
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 03/12/2009 03:22:21 PM
I have to wonder with the sparks flying like that if these guys get singed now and then!
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 03/12/2009 02:54:58 PM
Neat shot!
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 03/12/2009 01:09:44 PM
Nice timing.... no wonder they had trouble hitting anything.
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 03/12/2009 01:03:27 PM
Wow, talking about capturing a moment perfectly, well done!
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 03/12/2009 12:27:01 PM
Nice stop action on the gun going off. Good detail and story.
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 03/12/2009 01:39:10 AM
Cool close up, I like that we can see the fire.
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 03/11/2009 10:17:02 PM
Fort Wayne used to have re-enactors at the Fort, and the Johnny Appleseed festival is also from this approximate period. Great shot & capture.
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 03/11/2009 09:42:39 PM
Nice work. Know how 'easy' it is to get thses shots. I have a shot of a cannon going off at a reenactment that shows the 'fire' coming out.. Slapped ya witht a 9
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 03/11/2009 03:50:47 PM
nice timing... love it..
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 03/11/2009 02:41:18 PM
i wish the crop would show the whole gun, and more of the person shooting it. nice shot
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 03/11/2009 01:17:05 PM
could have been more focussed
 03/11/2009 12:26:12 PM
it has a snapshoot mood
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 03/11/2009 11:45:22 AM
Nice capture!
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 03/11/2009 07:13:26 AM
Great capture!!! I can almost hear the gun firing. Best of luck.
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 03/11/2009 05:00:33 AM
Great capture of the firing! Could use some editing to make it look more dramatic.
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 03/11/2009 03:18:35 AM
great timing
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 03/11/2009 01:39:28 AM
Fantastic timing. Very interesting shot.
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 03/11/2009 01:01:05 AM
Good timing. The glow of the shot is very interesting along with the smoke of the black powder. I even see sparks or particles shooting up beyond the smoke. Very good catch.
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