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Fire on Ice
Fire on Ice
Maverick


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Challenge: Action Shot (Advanced Editing I*)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S30
Location: Butler, Pa
Date: Jan 4, 2004
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 50
Shutter: 15 seconds
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2004

 I would have liked to have more time for this one...I thought of it at 11:00 the night before the challenge ended. My parents weren't patient enough to lend a hand, something about working the next day. I finally convinced my sister to be the hand in front of the goal. I would have liked to have had a hand on the handle in the foreground, but i had to move the puck (via a string). As it is, I had about 6 shots at this and I'm moderately happy with this one.

Adjustments: Color is straight from the camera (there are 2 blacklights above the air hockey table, manual white balance produced the "glow" of the puck). Rotated 1 degree CW, cropped, shirt in background darkened, various selective contrast editing to get a more uniform dark color surrounding the table. Slight dirt, air holes cloned out to give appearance of ice. Resized, sharpened, border added.

Statistics
Place: 28 out of 97
Avg (all users): 5.9938
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 08/20/2004 01:29:56 PM
Excellent shot - nice dynamics. One of my favourite games too. I love the clarity you've achieved from that translucent puck, which is very well captured in motion and freeze.
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Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspherical for Canon
 01/11/2004 10:27:09 PM
very cool shot. Dig the border as well. 9
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HP PhotoSmart 315
 01/10/2004 09:02:03 PM
Definately shows movement. It seems kind of grainy, and I assume that's from the darkness. I like the slow shutter speed used here. Not always my favorite effect, but you have done it nicely. I like how this was taken from a corner, and not directly head on. Overall a nice action shot. ~Heather~
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Olympus C-2100UZ
 01/05/2004 11:11:48 PM
Nice action shot!
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/05/2004 09:52:37 PM
Maybe if you had not cropped so tight on the right? I used to love air hockey. Great fun. I think you met the challenge well.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM
 01/05/2004 08:30:12 AM
I like the idea. Good action shot but it gives the impression that the player is playing alone. Should have had a hand on the handle in the foreground and it would have given the impression of a competition.
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