Model is holding a handful of sand and letting it slowly run out. I cropped and rotated to upright fist position to give impression of movement. Curves to increase color a little; some unsharp mask to increase luminosity. Taken against a greyboard background with sunlight.
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Thanks for all the votes 5 and above..I genuinely thought this was a powerful shot, especially in the rotated position, since I tried it in all directions and even tried it cropped more, but this is still my favorite angle; I agree with Minstrel, it speaks to me, too. On some level it causes an emotion in me, and that's all that really matters: that it touched me and a few other people..
I think this is a decent shot, but I really don't get the 90 degree rotation. Also, a faster exposure time to actually see the sand in the air, rather than just motion blur would have been nice.
WOW! I love it's simplicity, and the fact that you've conveyed energy with gravity simply by rotating the shot! There are NO improvements I can think of. This shot just IS. Definitely print-worthy. This is probably the only 10 I'll give this challenge.
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