Its the evening before rollover here and my current score is 7.45, don't care where this lands though because Don left me a lovely piece of blue that fulfilled any expectations that i might of had for this image. Thanks for all the comments and the great score and thanks to my mate Christoph for kicking that bucket so hard that he split it.
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Place: 1 out of 89 Avg (all users): 7.4419 Avg (commenters): 8.8000 Avg (participants): 7.3455 Avg (non-participants): 7.4872 Views since voting: 7860 Views during voting: 355 Votes: 172 Comments: 62 Favorites: 5 (view)
Congrats John! Terrific shot all around - light, textures, action, magnificent be as usual, and that bucket shadow is the icing on the cake ;). Well deserved double blue
Good job and truly the best in show. Plus, la joie de vivre that permeates all your work. And a french palindrom for your image:
Ta belle porte s'use trop, elle bat
An amazing shot! And I agree with markwiley, how are we supposed to compete against something like this? Honestly though, it's amazing and well deserved ribbon!
How are the rest of us supposed to compete with stuff like this? The setting is interesting and the light is great. How you found someone that can kick a bucket like Beckham kicks a ball is beyond me. His kicking form and facial expression are perfect. The position of the bucket and shadow are great. And, I would love to be watching over your shoulder when you process an image like this. Congrats on the well deserved blue hand and ribbon.
A longing for what is real. Walls made of stone. Doors made or wooden boards. And an authentic, sincere youthful kick by a chap who could be anyone, anywhere … or any age.
Just love this!
My goodness - Don is right, this is one tough light to work with! I wonder how did you light-meter this... the door on the right confuses me :).
Absolutely gorgeous, congratulations on both blues!
Best in show. When you set up a shot it had better be perfect, and so it is. A more squeamish photographer would have been afraid of this light. You made it work for you.
Hahahaha, good one very dynamic and great framing and BW as always.
A ribbon or thereabout is well worth the risk of giving your lens a whole new, bucket shaped look :)
"OK, when I say 3, kick this heavy metal bucket right at my camera. 1...2..."
Looks like the work of jagar. I think the heavy shadows add to this piece, although I might have cropped out the white door.
Oh man - this is just outstanding. Not only is it composed perfectly, the image itself is technically flawless. Another one of the top ten images if not the overall winner - there is some tough competition in this challenge and I'm only about twenty images in so far. Very nicely done. Perfect.
Great shot! Black and white conversion works flawlessly here. Detail is nicely accentuated. The look on his face, the determination... it's almost as if he's refusing to succumb to the euphemism.
He's Kicked The Bucket
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