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Spin Tops in Motion
Spin Tops in Motion
HRoxas


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Challenge: Action Shot (Advanced Editing I*)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Location: Home
Date: Jan 4, 2004
Aperture: f36
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3
Galleries: Still Life, Action
Date Uploaded: Jan 4, 2004

 This was harder than I thought. I set the camera's timer so I had 10 seconds to spin two tops and hoped they stay aligned diagonally. This was the best I could do. The shadows are intented. I used a neon yellow bristol board, 3 spin tops 1-1/2 inch in diameter, 1 inch in height.

Lens: Sigma 28-200mm at 200mm focal length, two 250W lights, a tripod.

Shot in raw mode. Adjustments made in Photoshop CS, converted to TIFF and Saved for Web in JPEG.

Post-processing: rotated, cropped, resized, color adjustments, levels adjustments, healing brush to touch up dust and spots, USM, border added.


Statistics
Place: 30 out of 97
Avg (all users): 5.9875
Avg (commenters): 6.8182
Avg (participants): 5.7213
Avg (non-participants): 6.1515
Views since voting: 1574
Votes: 160
Comments: 12
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8-4.0 Aspherical for Canon
 01/11/2004 10:50:21 PM
coll, creative shot.; Dunno about the yellow BG, maybe black would have been better, IMO. 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/11/2004 04:18:12 AM
Love the mix of the motion and the stationary top.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 8mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital ED Fisheye PRO Lens
 01/08/2004 06:59:00 PM
That yellow background doesn't work for me.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
 01/08/2004 06:49:18 AM
It was an original idea. The colours are fantastic, and the composition is good, too. Perhpas, the pink spins are out of focus, I´d prefer to see it in focus, and the blue spin out of focus. But, it´s just my opinion. 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D
Konica Minolta AF 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5
 01/07/2004 02:18:36 PM
I like the colors and the contrast of one top down and two spinning. The choice of colors highlights the differences. Very nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 01/07/2004 12:04:57 PM
inner border detracts from this



  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus C-750UZ
 01/06/2004 01:09:12 PM
Nice bright colors - good catch!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 01/05/2004 04:49:24 PM
nice colours, good action feel to the shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 01/05/2004 03:37:38 PM
Pretty shot, I like this. Compliments to you.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 01/05/2004 10:43:19 AM
Good DOF, like the idea of having a different coloured spinning top just sitting there.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-10D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 01/05/2004 03:42:00 AM
Ahhh this red line in border is something that make this photo less interesting for me. But for the action I give you -8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/05/2004 12:34:16 AM
Nicely colourful!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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