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Anatomy of a strike
Anatomy of a strike
Melethia


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Challenge: 2-Second Exposure (Advanced Editing IV)
Collection: Challenges 2006
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
Location: Bowling alley
Date: Mar 18, 2006
Aperture: f/29
ISO: 200
Shutter: 2 sec
Galleries: Sports
Date Uploaded: Mar 19, 2006

 For those so interested: 159/198/166 were my scores the day this was shot. I kid you not. And I bowl about twice a year or so.

It happened like this: we have office fundraisers for the slush fund - one happens to be an afternoon of bowling. I didn't have an afternoon, I had an hour between meetings, but I ran over there, bowled two games simultaneously (my right lane self beat my left lane self) and took some shots for the challenge. My coworkers already think I'm nuts, so this was nothing... Came home after work, processed, found one I liked, was gonna submit. For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, I'd reset the shutter to 1/6 sec at some point. NOT GOOD!

So on Saturday afternoon, I packed up my ball, my shoes, my camera, my tripod, and off to the lanes I went. I'd cradle the remote in my left hand whilst also supporting the ball. Do the approach thing, release the ball, immediately turn and point the remote at the camera, turn back, check progress of the ball down the lane, hit the button. Rinse and repeat. I had a blast.

Post processing - crop and rotate to straighten a bit, exposure offset and gamma tweaks, bump in saturation with mostly affected the wood flooring, cloned out a small piece of wood-like stuff on lower left, resized, USM, added small border, and voila!

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 192
Avg (all users): 5.9474
Avg (commenters): 7.2308
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Canon EOS-60D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/24/2013 07:05:20 AM
i love this!!! i haven't read the comments but i hope you got at least one "well framed" :)
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 04/30/2006 12:25:32 AM
I love bowling your shot makes me want to try a Bowling Self Portrait. This is a cool capture.
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Olympus E-500 EVOLT
Olympus 17.5-45mm f/3.5-5.6
 04/23/2006 01:49:01 PM
I love the originality of the idea, but the title perfects it. Nice composition, and exposure seems spot on.
Not too keen on the border, but 'tis not a big deal.
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Nikon D70s
Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 Aspherical XR IF Super Zoom for Nikon
 04/03/2006 10:15:17 PM
That sounds like SO MUCH FUN. Don't you love it when you don't just get a good picture (which this one is -- I love it) but also a fun memory from a photo shoot?
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 03/27/2006 07:08:11 AM
Great shot and a nice finish, but this was one of my favorites and I think it should have been on the frontn page :) Awesome job!!!
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Fujifilm FinePix S9000
 03/27/2006 06:48:04 AM
WAy to Go Mel!!!
Great shot!! and score!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 03/26/2006 10:23:26 PM
Nice action shot. Bumping up.
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Canon EOS-70D
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 03/26/2006 05:35:24 PM
Great idea. Wonder how many tries it took to get the timing & the roll just right.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/25/2006 03:31:15 PM
Something interesting about this shot which I wouldn't thought of it. ;) I like it.
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Canon EOS-30D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 03/23/2006 07:33:51 PM
Nice originality. Good capture.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/23/2006 03:40:58 PM
like the outline feature
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Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i
 03/21/2006 04:32:52 PM
interesting, but it looks like the ball went into the gutter? hehe
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Panasonic LUMIX-DMC ZS100
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/21/2006 02:57:26 PM
Nice sense of the 2-second period when the pins are falling.
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Canon EOS-10D
Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon
 03/21/2006 12:22:03 PM
Good idea and pretty well done
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Nikon Z9
Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
 03/21/2006 09:02:32 AM
cool and interesting.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 03/20/2006 07:50:19 PM
Wow... incredible idea here. I'm not too keen on the border, but that doesn't detract much. 8
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Olympus OM-D E-M5
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 03/20/2006 03:48:26 PM
Very interesting idea for a picture - very well done, as well!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 03/20/2006 10:54:11 AM
well done makes me wonder what the final outcome was, the photo is definately a strike!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 03/20/2006 07:34:07 AM
This is such a cool photo. The perfect reflection of the pins in the wood, the obvious movement. This is one of my favortes in this challenge. Fantastic job. 10
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Sony Alpha a6400
Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD
 03/20/2006 12:07:42 AM
Cool idea, and nice sense of motion. I like it
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