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High Flight
High Flight
hahn23


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sports IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Lens
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Date: May 1, 2010
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/8000s
Galleries: Sports, Action
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2010

 Image captured at the Front Range Classic in Fort Collins, Colorado on May 1, 2010. The height of 16' 3.25" was cleared on this day in the Pole Vault event.
The title was inspired by the following poem:

High Flight

by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds...and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of...wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up, the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space...
...put out my hand, and touched the face of God

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 171
Avg (all users): 6.1778
Avg (commenters): 7.3000
Avg (participants): 6.0556
Avg (non-participants): 6.2593
Views since voting: 1368
Views during voting: 300
Votes: 180
Comments: 12
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 05/12/2010 07:53:34 PM
Great Job!!
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 05/12/2010 03:13:48 PM
Very nice to include the poem that inspired your title. Nice work Richard and strong finish and I also think this should have placed higher.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital
 05/11/2010 11:42:23 PM
It's hard to imagine that he is going to make it over the pole without knocking it over. Great capture.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 05/11/2010 02:35:46 PM
Nicely captured action, good color and detail.
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 05/09/2010 09:10:39 PM
Pole vaulting good capture ..did you try any other positions like when his bending the vault back to go over the bar that would have been a great shot just a thought Well done good stop action
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Nikon D700
Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon
 05/07/2010 07:11:06 PM
Great shot. Air Force is right. Nice and sharp, great crop. Very well done.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 500mm f/4.0 L IS USM
 05/07/2010 01:07:11 PM
Interesting shot. Just such a strange moment in the jump. Almost looks like he wants that pole back!
Nice use of shutter speed and depth of field.
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Sony Alpha a7R II
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
 05/06/2010 11:54:18 PM
You got the moment! Great shot!
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
 05/06/2010 02:53:17 AM
Ok on a second thought, you do get an upgrade in score from me. I think you are definitely worth an 8. You have symmetry, leading lines, clarity, focus, good colors, and the picture has a personality. Enjoy your new score: 8/10!
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Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 05/05/2010 12:03:17 PM
GREAT Capture.
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/05/2010 08:31:09 AM
damn that tree! really, the only thing between an 7 and a 10 would have been to have shot from a lower perspective, removing all elements but the jumper and the bar.
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Fujifilm X-T5
Fujifilm XF 23mm f/2 R WR
 05/05/2010 02:47:30 AM
Can't tell whether he's made it or not. So I say great timing. It makes me want to see the next frame.
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