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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Dance (Basic Editing)
Collection: People
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II
Location: Birmingham, England
Date: Feb 21, 2010
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4.0s
Galleries: Portraiture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 21, 2010

 Long exposure under modelling lights with a large softbox popped twice. Only took about 6 attempts to get a nice one. However, much as I like this image, the advanced editing version is soooooo much better!

Post challenge: Thanks for all the votes and great comments! As requested, here is the 'advanced editing' version:



Statistics
Place: 2 out of 55
Avg (all users): 7.2226
Avg (commenters): 8.5000
Avg (participants): 6.8966
Avg (non-participants): 7.2586
Views since voting: 5875
Views during voting: 568
Votes: 292
Comments: 51
Favorites: 15 (view)

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 09/07/2011 04:53:16 AM
Just discovered this and had to add it to my favrorites,lovely lovely.
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 06/05/2010 05:30:34 AM
nice flow, this is great!
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 04/05/2010 11:26:33 AM
great execution! love the result.
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 03/09/2010 09:21:24 AM
Great shot Paul. Congrats!
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 03/08/2010 01:43:43 AM
Fantasics Tech and DOF...I like it
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 03/06/2010 01:00:48 PM
are you floating?!?!?!?.......why do they look like ghosts???
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 03/06/2010 11:33:10 AM
Great work here, Paul!! Congratulations on your red!
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 03/05/2010 09:28:35 AM
Very Beautiful
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 03/05/2010 03:39:44 AM
Another beauty from you, Paul. Congratulations on your red ribbon.
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 03/04/2010 03:11:26 AM
Awesome image...congrats on second place.
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 03/04/2010 01:28:49 AM
beautiful
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 03/03/2010 09:42:38 PM
Love this image. Congrats on your Red. Stunning would make a great entry for the Arts Challenge too.
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 03/03/2010 06:21:46 PM
Definitely, the advanced editing option is much better -- but it's still an wonderful shot! Congrats! (have you tried entering the advance in 1x.com?)
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 03/03/2010 04:50:51 PM
Well done Paul. Congrats!
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 03/03/2010 01:39:27 PM
Congratulations on the Red! Well deserved!
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 03/03/2010 01:03:08 PM
That's absolutely gorgeous. So long exposure, with two flashes fired (with a bit of delay)? How do you get the exposure correct / right in such cases?

Beautiful picture
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 03/03/2010 12:25:27 PM
Totally beautiful. Congrats that folks figured it out and voted you a ribbon. :D
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 03/03/2010 11:08:16 AM
Beautiful love the feel of motion captured. Congratulations on your win.
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 03/03/2010 10:06:38 AM
Beautiful picture Paul...very well done and congrats on the ribbon
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 03/03/2010 09:27:13 AM
Fantastic! Superb in all the technical area's. The far-away look in her eyes creates the great mood of this shot.
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 03/03/2010 08:02:23 AM
Beautifully done, Paul. Congrats.
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 03/03/2010 05:03:42 AM
one of my other tens, just lovely. congrats paul!
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 03/03/2010 04:40:49 AM
Brilliant mate, huge congrats..........
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 03/03/2010 03:31:02 AM
Doood! Very nice! Congratulations.
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 03/03/2010 02:05:21 AM
Fantastic shot again Paul, congrats on another ribbon. J
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 03/03/2010 02:03:00 AM
Congrats! One of my 10s A stunning image
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 03/03/2010 01:05:11 AM
congratulations on the ribbon and a beautifully haunting image!
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 03/03/2010 12:59:56 AM
Congratulations. A lovely image and well deserving of the ribbon. You'll have to show us the advanced version too.
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 03/03/2010 12:27:44 AM
well then post the advanced edited one!
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 03/03/2010 12:14:01 AM
Should have been the blue. Congrats Paul!
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 03/03/2010 12:03:54 AM
Congrats on 2nd place!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/02/2010 01:33:40 PM
Great flash control, well shot.
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 03/01/2010 02:15:04 AM
Lovely!
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 03/01/2010 01:37:59 AM
Front page.
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 02/27/2010 03:22:37 PM
Very nice.
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 02/26/2010 01:22:31 PM
Be-UTIFUL!!! How lovely they are and the composition, light and focus!!! Wonderful.
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 02/26/2010 11:00:09 AM
Very beautiful and unique image, black and white is very effective here
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 02/25/2010 07:44:09 PM
gorgeous blur and I love the b/w
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 02/25/2010 05:27:48 PM
Beautiful.
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 02/25/2010 05:15:33 PM
This is a wonderful image.
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 02/25/2010 05:15:18 PM
Very nice image. Nice tones, well framed. Love how you have a mirror effect without the mirror. The sense of motion in the photo is fantastic. Only criticism is that I would have liked more sharpness in the face. Looks like this may have been a small part of a larger image? Overall outstanding.
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 02/25/2010 12:53:11 PM
sublime, simply sublime
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 02/25/2010 12:47:25 PM
Love the composition, activity mixed with static. B&W and edge of colour tone brings out aspects that would otherwise be lost in full colour, great :-)
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 02/24/2010 10:42:06 PM
Getting just the essence of blur motion is a lot more difficult than it looks. Kudos on a very good capure.
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 02/24/2010 08:07:09 PM
nice lighting, great b&w photo.
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 02/24/2010 07:46:29 PM
Very pretty.
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 02/24/2010 02:27:20 PM
this is a stunning image
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 02/24/2010 02:00:43 PM
Beautiful!
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 02/24/2010 09:45:13 AM
Beautiful picture...10!
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 02/24/2010 01:24:24 AM
This is beautiful
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 02/24/2010 12:27:20 AM
I just love this, 10 from me just visually stunning.
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