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Frenetic
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Challenge: In The Style Of: bspurgeon (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: HP Palm Pre
Location: Back yard
Date: Jul 8, 2011
Aperture: 2.4
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Animals, Blur
Date Uploaded: Jul 13, 2011

 I took this the first day of the challenge. Our dog, Biscuit, can get excited and will run in circles in our back yard. I took it with my cell phone as she zoomed past me. I took a lot more pictures during the week with my Canon, but I kept coming back to this one. I like the textures, the one one visible paw and the curl of hair by her ear. While it may be a cheap imitation, it features some themes you can find in Mr. Spurgeon's work: 1) the family dog, 2) head out of frame, and 3) unique perspective.

I did not do a lot to it of processing. I did not crop any, but I did clone out the tip of my shoe that I caught as I shot down at her. Converted it to B/W in SEP 2 and tweaked a few settings.

Post challenge:
Thank you, thank you for all of the great comments and for the

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Place: 36 out of 156
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Avg (commenters): 8.1111
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Views since voting: 1223
Views during voting: 245
Votes: 113
Comments: 19
Favorites: 2 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/21/2011 11:37:41 PM
Frenetic and incredibly joyful! Love the little curls amidst all the straight lines.
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 07/21/2011 11:21:46 PM
Easily a favorite. The more I take it in the more frequently it shifts, in and out of reality. Not a speck of wasted blur or canvas.

I thank you with a Sterling Sturgeon

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 07/21/2011 10:15:46 PM
Love the interpretation. The blur lines blend so well together to imply frenetic energy. I love that curl at the bottom center of the shot.
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 07/21/2011 10:07:36 PM
Gorgeous texture and swirl. I debated entering images like this, but I thought they were more ME than ben... so it's gratifying to see someone else put this in. If this is my wife, you are a genius. You must have inverted it, and that made all the difference. 9
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 07/21/2011 08:46:58 AM
Cool movement. I like how the motion blur of the dog is contrasted by the motion blur on the ground from the camera.
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 07/21/2011 02:02:24 AM
Is it a running dog? Love the bg texture.
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 07/20/2011 08:03:37 PM
I'm absorbed by the circulating, swirling energy of this -- two or three axes at work. Dizzying. A delightful delirium.
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 07/20/2011 12:35:13 PM
How everything changes, feet never touching the ground.
Going round n' round
I think this was an Aerosmith song that I used to like ... not sure how it wound up here or why but I like the picture too.
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 07/20/2011 12:31:28 PM
Just utterly amazing in every way. Makes my head spin, and makes me feel anxious for my knees. In my top favourite five of the challenge. 10
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 07/20/2011 12:18:52 PM
Indeed. And a Rastafarian dog to boot.
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 07/19/2011 11:04:11 PM
Love this
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 07/18/2011 12:09:23 PM
Love it!
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 07/17/2011 04:29:37 PM
excellent energy. disorienting. frenetic indeed. love it.
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 07/16/2011 09:44:56 PM
This is one of those I could stare into for a long time. I see something different about it. Makes a story. Nice one. 7
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 07/16/2011 06:39:46 PM
Beautiful strokes of light with a grain and motion that I can almost reach out and touch, but it slips from my view in the blink of an eye.
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 07/16/2011 06:27:26 AM
Beautiful blur, processing also does him justice as well, I think. 7
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 07/15/2011 11:22:23 AM
I kinda like the feel of this one.
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 07/15/2011 04:07:01 AM
The movement here is awesome! : )
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 07/15/2011 03:29:29 AM
love it
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