Man, I'm kind of glad I didn't see this before doing *MY* shot for Stopped Motion II.. I might have said, "eh, it's been done!" and never gotten my 6.7! :)
Beautiful, creative, and extremely well done! The lighting is perfect for setting the mood and bringing out the color of the darts. I can't imagine how you set this up, but would really like to know. How many tries did it take to get this one?
Congratulations! Even more impressive now that I know you had to catch it yourself. One thing, though - I find that if I squint hard enough the entire image disappears. {g}
awesome shot! the only critique i coul possible suggest is that it seems a tad too far cropped on the right, a little more of the photo shown there might have been nice. great job
Did you use some kind of flash trigger, or is your timing just amazing? Very impressive catch. Love the specular motion blur from the fletching on the moving dart. My only nits are the highlights on the two darts in the board and on the metal bits could use some smoothing out, and it looks like the focal point was just a bit forward of where it should be. The DOF trails off right behind the bullseye. I'm guessing the oversharp highlights are a result of trying to get sharpness out of a not-quite-in-focus foreground. Top ten.
Was it a bullseye? I like this one. I hope it wins. What did it look like with a faster exposure? I like the expression of motion, just curious if you tried to "stop" it. Kewl darts. Photo 10 Creativity 9 Games 10 total 10
Excellent! The blur on the head of the moving dart is great. If I had to criticise something then it would have been nice to get more definitiopn on the point of the moving dart - could rear curtain flash have done this? Just a quibble though - it's still a 10.
Nice capture. I'm interested to see how you did this, especially with the lack of holes in the dareboard you must not have had to make a lot of attempts, or there's something tricky. :)
Awesome photo - I hate to think how many tries it took to get the timing right... Please don't say "One". Nice framing... Oh, and not bad dart throwing although I guess it wasn't you throwing the dart.
Wow, how many times did it take you to get this just right? or are you that good at darts? ; ) The dart board seems a little overly sharp, but that may be as a result of reflection from the lighting. Nice action shot
umm ... wow. I'm jealous. Great composition, well focusn, no distracting background, the light reflections from the flight are awesome, and your timing is impeccable. Did it really hit the 25?
I'm a bit torn on the lighting on this one. I like the way it brings out the foil on the darts, but the bakground seems as if it's stuck between two worlds. As if it's not sure if it wants to be well lit, or darkened out. The same applies to the back portion of the dartboard -- darker or lighter. Great sense of action to the shot. I was thinking about how I'd do this -- dartboard facing up and the dart was dropped from above? Makes it a lot easier to guarantee where that third dart is gonna go...
Wow. That really must not have been easy. Maybe unless you put the dartboard on the ground, dropped it and then rotated it. However you did it, it's still a great photo.
Nice capture of the moving dart! I am one of the other 'dart boards' this week. I spent a lot of time trying to make a very similar shot but my 'flights' weren't helping me and I did not have the correct lighting to pull it off. Good job!!
A great action shot. I really like the way you captured the movement of that 3rd dart. I wish the edge of the dart board wasn't so close to center, but you really dont seem to have had any option about that.
This must have taken you awhile to get this. Was it frustrating? Nice. I love the lighting and the framing is great. Love the colors. Good job!!!!!!! :)
I had to come back and look at this again. I really love this one. Great job. This diserves an 11!
This turned out awesome! I love how you've captured the game in action. Perfect positioning of the board in the composition. Nice how the bull's eye is in focus as well as the darts. And the lighting on the dart in motion is totally cool! Very well done!
Hat Trick
Add photograph to your favorites
Add photographer to your favorites
