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ASU Flugtag Flop: Film at 11!
ASU Flugtag Flop: Film at 11!
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Challenge: Photojournalism II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Location: Tempe Town Lake - Tempe, Arizona
Date: Apr 29, 2006
Aperture: f/5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/1000th
Galleries: Humorous, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Apr 30, 2006

 And now... the rest of the story...
Flugtag is German for "flight day". It is a light hearted, tongue in cheek competition sponsored by power drink maker "Red Bull" to build human powered craft and launch them over water.

This flugtag "craft" was intended use a new, untried technique to have the pilot stand on top of the three story replica of ASU's mascot, Sparky, holding a paraglider and sail sail off to a new Flugtag distance record when launched over water. The idea failed when the pilot was unable to hoist and safely hold the paraglider and it tumbled to the ground.

Post:
1-Convert to 16-bit, .tff format
2-Noise reduction, minor cloning
3-Standard Levels contrast adjustment with some masking
4-Curves Midtone adjustment
5-Reduce Magenta color cast
6-Selective color sky color adjustment
7-50% greyscale overlay layer highlighting
8-Rotate, crop, resize, convert to 8-bit sRGB
9-Smart Sharpen with masking adjustments
10-Final sky noise reduction and minor highlighting
11-Save for web

Statistics
Place: 112 out of 183
Avg (all users): 5.4270
Avg (commenters): 5.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3289
Avg (non-participants): 5.5000
Views since voting: 977
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 178
Comments: 8
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Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 05/07/2006 08:50:09 PM
there is probably a story in this photo, but it should be shot from a different perspective to really bring the story out. as is, it is more of a snapshot of an event that you were at than a true photojournalistic shot.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/07/2006 07:19:25 PM
That thing is huge...shame see it get wet
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6
 05/07/2006 09:25:44 AM
Nice capture of the event... only distraction is that person's head in the corner.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Apple iPhone 4
 05/02/2006 09:27:10 AM
hoho , red bull rox ... good idea but the head is really in the way ... the blue sky is awesome
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 05/01/2006 09:57:53 PM
How fun! I'm envious that you got to see this. It's a really cool shot; although I do think the heads in foreground detract a bit. Otherwise, great colors, subject matter and composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon PowerShot S95
Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
 05/01/2006 04:56:29 PM
i guess the head in the corner was not intentional :-)

apart from that i think the front shot would suit that ... whatever.. better
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 05/01/2006 11:05:56 AM
Ah the Red Bull flying day. I love watching this on tele, so hilarious! Good shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/01/2006 10:59:58 AM
Why the Film at 11! on the title? Kinda cheesed up what could have been a decent title. The photo is interesting, but not sure what I should be looking at.
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