Challenge:Sports II (Basic Editing III) Camera:Nikon D70 Location: San Diego CA local lagoon Date: Jul 12, 2005 Aperture: f/5.6 ISO: 200 Shutter: 500/ Galleries:Sports Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2005
Shot this in a local lagoon here in San Diego. Very cloudy day. Was a point and shoot. I heard a boat passing ours and had no time for adjustments. What you see is straight from the camera NO EDITING
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I scored it a 7. This photo should have been ranked much higher. I think I know how difficult it must have been being of guard.
You captured it great!
Sometimes I miss the whole subject when shooting boats and skiers. sometimes all I end up with is blurry water. Good Job!!!
As stated in almost all other comments you received,including my own during voting, the image is sized too small for a fair evaluation. Size does matter here as larger reveals more detail.
Composition is an equally important factor. While the image does follow pretty close to the rule of thirds, it is cropped too tightly on the left. Perhaps this was to crop out the passing boat, that is what I would assume as I can see some break in the water along the left that would not be from your own boat.
Some comments you received mentioned the image appearing too dark. The water is perfect in my eye. Perhaps a little dodge tool on the skier herself would have made her stand out more.
Nice action shot, keep up the great shooting.
An attractive composition and yes, I will repeat it: you need to take full advantage of size alloted to you when you enter any competition. You have a good flair as evidence by this capture so why not cash in your talent? I am leaving you a 6 to encourage you.
Cropping - a bit too tight as I would have liked to see the front of the ski board included here.
Colors, Contrast, Detail, Focus - cannot tell as this image is not large enough.
If you use PhotoShop, there is a great tutorial on the proper way to resize for DPC. If you use a different software, I recommend you post in the forums and ask for some advice. Images that are this small often do not get as good of scores as they should. Hate to see a good photo getting knocked because it is too hard to see the details.
This looks really small on my monitor. I think that this would be striking if the skier and the rooster tail are sharp, but I can't tell. I like the framing and the colors.
i imagine you are getting hammered for both photo size and quality. looks like it would have been a good action shot. just don't take any of it personally, and keep on trying! also, there are tutorials as well as tons of threads in the forums about sizing images. better luck next time!
Looks like a good action shot, but it's a little too small. Check out the tutorials page, it has a good explanation of setting up your photo for this site.
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