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Challenge: Team Sports Without Players (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: In the field behind Gale's Equine Facility
Date: May 31, 2004
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Sports, Water
Date Uploaded: May 31, 2004

 Photo taken at 4:07 PM on 5/31/04. "Team sports" and horses (my favorite subject) don't leave a lot of possibilities for photos without the players - if you include the horses. However, rain filled hoofprints in the field gave me the idea today for an "image", and thus, here is my first entry to dpchallenge. Outdoor polo is one of those "weather permitting" sports. Rain can easily "cancel" the event if the slippery ground puts the horses, and riders at risk. That's why the activity is more common to the warmer climates of Florida and California.

My entry is "as" the camera "saw" it. No adjustments or croppin'. I took several shots with different shutter/aperature settings. This one was closest to how I imagined it to be - a damp, dreary rained-out afternoon for no horseplay.

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Place: 87 out of 162
Avg (all users): 5.0530
Avg (commenters): 6.1818
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Avg (non-participants): 5.1591
Views since voting: 712
Votes: 302
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/08/2004 04:19:42 PM
Don't be afraid to submit a larger image... you'll only gain by using up the available space.
 06/08/2004 11:10:45 AM
Artsy and interesting
 06/07/2004 04:53:26 PM
too wet
 06/05/2004 10:45:40 AM
Composition is not so good.
 06/04/2004 10:30:14 PM
good touch with the foot prints
 06/04/2004 02:40:52 AM
good idea, polo right
06/03/2004 07:28:22 PM
great idea and the composition works well with me.I also did a polo one, seems like i might get the boot though. This could be a ribbon from me- 8
 06/03/2004 02:59:44 PM
This shot isn't very captivating to me. It's well composed, but the mud and the subject don't grab attention. 6
 06/03/2004 11:38:28 AM
The colors are a bit washed out. On grey days like this, you might want to try for some more yellows and blues to help bring out some color. The lighting is way too bright on the ball and the stick doesn't seem in focus. The composition is nice though.
 06/02/2004 07:28:11 PM
NIce photo but maybe if there was a little less mud on the cricket ball and club then it would look more realistic but other wise good because the mud on the club and ball made the texture so good job! 9!
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 06/02/2004 04:10:41 PM
I think itd be a better shot if it was larger.
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 06/02/2004 12:48:22 AM
I especially like (what I believe) the remains of the horseshoe prints in the ground. Very nice!!
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