Challenge:Clichés (Classic Editing) Camera:Olympus C-720UZ Location: Clark Park, Philadelphia PA Date: Jan 28, 2003 Aperture: 2.8 ISO: 200 Shutter: 1/200 Galleries:Sports, Candid Date Uploaded: Feb 2, 2003
Candid shot of a young boy playing basketball in a Philadelphia park. Adjusted levels and saturation. I was pretty far away and had to use the digital zoom which I generally try to stay away from but I am reasonable happy with this photo, esp. for the cliche challenge since I don't have any pets or kids of my own, the natural flowers are dead for the winter, and the weather here in Philly was bad all week so I couldn't even catch a decent sunset.
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Place: 77 out of 246 Avg (all users): 5.7819 Avg (commenters): 6.7500 Avg (participants): 5.7350 Avg (non-participants): 5.8592 Views since voting: 1468 Votes: 188 Comments: 18 Favorites: 3 (view)
interesting desaturation here and there.. it almost looks like there's snow on the ball. but who am i kidding? thrown basketballs gather no snow.. Beautiful composition
This shot was way underated. You have created a mood, something hard to do with a photo. The only audible color being red suggest a sence of love in a bleek world. Great job, keep it up
You sure captured that one and titled it correctly. The church down the road always has a ton of kids playing basketball on all 4 courts in the parking lot. Call me crazy but this appears to be covered in snow, including the basket ball. I know I'm not seeing things. This is great. Good focus, light, etc. it's an 8
I like this shot. Nice composition and very interesting. Thay is snow I see right? I like the way it looks over exposed. Nice effect. Good luck. Jacko. 8
The colors of this are cool. The person is too close to the left of the frame, but I like the composition otherwise. Not the best representation of a cliche IMO, but a very good image.
Perfect: The position of the ball; the snow; the brutal, angular geometry of the barred windows, tree branches, bench slats, chain links, and the frame of the hoop contrasted with the imagined arc of the ball; the red sleeves and rim and flying ball; the posture. Beautiful picture.
I like this. The fence and the basketball net against it looks really nice. And the action of the basketball being thrown up also adds interest to the pic. Good job
I really like this shot, but there is something about it that looks off. It could be oversharpened, or maybe it's the colors that are bothering me. I can't put my finger on it.
I really like this. Its nice to see an action pic among all of the stills. I love the bench and way the red stands out against the background. excellent
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