Alternative titles:
*Catch/in' the Sunrise [poor play on words]
*Too large an Aperture [makes no sense: the ball is caught after all]
Self portrait. I was photographer, shooter and catcher :) I used the 10sec timer and jumped when I guessed the time was right.
I'm really satisfied with the image quality. There is very little noise in the original. I was also afraid of JPEG artifacts due to compression for the challenge, but fortunately the colour is pretty accurate. (Seems to be more of an issue with plain red...)
Converted from RAW with Canon Digital Photo Professional
Post Processed with PSP9:
-cloning out sensor dust
-resizing
-minimal sharpening (USM 0,55/100/17)
I left the rope in there, I don't think it would be considered a major element, but it doesn't distract either.
I'm glad I shot this in RAW, I'd never have gotten these colours out of an original JPEG!
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This was a 10 to me and thought it really stood out and brought something different to the challenge. Thought it would score higher but a nice finish anyway. You young ones are taking over DPC.
Beautiful lighting, great how you caught the action. The wide angle adds greatly to the photo. Only minor remark: it would have been even better if the ball was not 'attached' to the boy.
There are so many great questions for this image, where is this, where is the game partner, are there really people up at dawn to play volleyball. I absolutely adore the shot, very simple but still with energy.
Great use of the wide angle lens... thank you for making a pretty sun shot INTERESTING. This is a very nice sillouhette, and a great capture. One of my favorite shots so far... -10- Good luck!
Great idea and good composition. Feel a bit unsharp overall though.
EDIT: I'd like to revise that, I confused softness with the effect you get around backlit objects. Nice work!
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