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Challenge: Extreme Action (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S7000
Location: Dirt Bike Track
Date: Apr 5, 2005
Aperture: f 6.3
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/900
Galleries: Abstract, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Apr 5, 2005

 The boys were playing un supervised on the local dirt track, they are hams, so they were glad to have me shooting photos. No cropping, just taking sequences and happened to capture this image. Dodging to lighten the bike, adjust hue & sat on most the colors and sharpened, and NI to help get rid of the grain...

Upped the ISO to 400, trading grain for shutter speed and DOF. Anyhow, I am pretty glad how this turned out:) The one big negative is all the artifacting. I was shooting in sequence mode and moved my camera down to 2mp & 3mp to shot faster, but the compression rates are bad and I ended up with alot of artifacting. Oh well, life goes on...

AFTER THE CHALLENGE...
I took about 150 photos at the track that day, most in sequence mode. I had plenty of photos with the head included. The charm of this photo was that it gives the illusion that the motorcycle jumped and just kept on going up. I entered it because of that. Sorry to all the people that that thought I should have included the head:)

Statistics
Place: 59 out of 132
Avg (all users): 5.5000
Avg (commenters): 6.1429
Avg (participants): 5.2500
Avg (non-participants): 5.6111
Views since voting: 1042
Views during voting: 422
Votes: 260
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/17/2005 05:15:23 PM
too bad for the head chopped off! good try though...
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/17/2005 04:09:38 PM
I really like this shot.
Only a 9 from me as i do believe that not having a head in the shot distracts from the picture.
Good luck anyway
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/16/2005 10:09:41 PM
Headless rider at an extreme height. Very exciting. and that sky is such a wonderful background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/15/2005 08:39:11 PM
interesting perspective
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung Galaxy S24, S24+, S24 Ultra
Sony Vario-Tessar T* FE 24-70mm f/4 ZA OSS
 04/14/2005 05:08:54 AM
The cropping on this is priceless.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/13/2005 07:39:31 PM
Points for daring the "head cut" here
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/12/2005 07:43:53 AM
beautiful shot. 7. I would have rated this higher if his head was in the shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8
 04/11/2005 07:23:26 PM
Maybe better inside?
Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
 04/11/2005 06:56:32 PM
Pity you did not get the head...
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 04/11/2005 01:51:22 PM
Good literalism but may have had more impact had the whole biker been in clear view or cropped at a strange angle.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Ericsson W810i
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Pentax
 04/11/2005 11:06:49 AM
There's one in every challenge...

hehe, j/k.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 04/11/2005 05:30:36 AM
This is a great shot - the bike against the lovely sky is very nice. It would have been very nice to see the rest of the bike and rider.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
 04/11/2005 03:40:10 AM
weird image...a 6 for now...be back later
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/11/2005 02:22:27 AM
now thats a clever title..i like it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D200
 04/11/2005 12:25:53 AM
There are some strange red dots all over the cycle that makes this very impressive image (and composition) look a bit over-processed. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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