Downend Cricket Club match, taken last weekend. I was lucky to get this shot - the game ended after the next bowl.
PP: cropped, levels, auto colour, made a colour adjustment layer for the sepia effect and adjusted opacity of the adjustment layer to approx 75% (in normal blending mode). Did this to try and make the shot look old and dated, also things in the b/g were bright and distracting. Small USM (15%, 50, 0) and save for web. If I can break 5.1 or so I'll be happy with this shot.
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Fantastic processing here. Great composition, focus, lighting, etc. The cars in the background are a bit of a distraction, but not much you can do about that! :-) Great shot.
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Challenge Relevance : 5
Contrast / Colors :4
Creativity / Originality :5
Composition / Eye Appeal: 5
Sepia tones sometimes are over done in challenges , but this one works great with me, one of my top photos , great job.
Great action shot. Would have been awesome if your background wasnt so busy. Could you have taken from another angle and gotten just the pitch and a shallow background?
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