This sucker was 42lbs (yes, we weighed him before we released him). It took my husband about a half hour to reel him in. I have some outtakes I'll post after the challenge. He looked so sad!
Sharpened, resized, auto levels, auto contrast, auto color. USM. saved for web. I was going to clone out the foot but wasn't sure about the major element thing.
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Good stop motion on the water but the rest of the shot just is kind of lacking. Nothing to really focus on in large detail. I gave a 6 because of the water. I think the foot gone would be a possible dq.
Hi Kelli - sounds like a fun outing! I like the water "stopped" in this one. I do kinda wish I could see the fish better - it's hard to make out his complete structure/form, since I've never really seen one before. Though if he was that big, it may have been hard to get his whole person in there! Even though the cut off foot is a cut off foot, it serves to provide a reference for size - otherwise you'd have no idea how big or little the fish was.
i get the idea, and can see some stopped motion, but am not getting a real feel for the image. it's just a bit too busy, and the coloring doesn't really make it pop.
Wow, a whole lot of splashing going on here! ;^) Looks like an exciting outing. I wish the manaray was more identifiable. You've stopped most of the motion - not quite fast enough on the shutter speed as I see some motion blur, but overall very good. Best of luck to you in the challenge.
You certainly meet the challenge and motion is stopped. It may be more interesting (to me anyway) if you had pulled back a bit and given the manaray a better frame of reference.
Motion is stopped, but it's hard to tell what it is without the title, and the amputated foot in the upper right just confuses the composition further.
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