Am not entirely happy with the final image here but have decided to call it a day on editing. If nothing else this challenge has taught me many ways to creat masks.
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So close! Well done Andi, I'm really pleased you stepped out of your 'comfort zone' and approached the Golf Club to help you with this shot :o) I won't even try to offer you a critique as you've done far better than I ever could! Congrats on giving Falc a good run for his money too :o) XxX
Congrats. You almost beat Falc! The masking isn't too bad but I wonder how you resized it. I find that using bicubic smoother is better for downsizing if there is a lot of thin lines you want to preserve like that golf club shaft as it doesn't make the lines so pixelated. Or better yet use both bicubic sharper and smoother and then mask the two together so that you get the best of both worlds. Anyway just a thought.
It's an odd place to tee up a ball, but other than that your picture is great and illustrates time lapse perfectly. Pretty good looking swing too!
After seeing a Wii commercial tonight...I msut say your processing resembles theirs. Looks similar to eyewave's picture with a map from a few months ago.
My first thought was cool golfing shot, especially with the sky. But then I saw two balls in the frame and that kind of ruined it for me. The Sun over the horizon is a bit of a distraction as well. Looking at the image in general, I have to wonder why someone is teeing off right next to the green. In the end I think it is a cool shot that is just troubled by some minor details. 6.
Surprised I haven't seen more of these golfer shots. Good job on the golfer. The nauseatingly over-saturated colors in the shot really make it look amateurish though.
I can personally say that this shot is almost impossible to do in one motion if the guy is taking a real swing... Good luck getting verification, or lucky you for having an expensive cam.
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