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Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider
MaryO


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Challenge: Missed Focus II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Critters
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Pleasanton, CA
Date: May 21, 2010
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: May 22, 2010

 The current camera rarely screws up by focussing on a near stationary object but it has happened in the past, so I simulated that idea. Positioned myself so horses by the inside rail would be framed by the outside one, focussed on the closest rail and shot away.

Title courtesy my DPL teammate Jutilda :-)

PP - tonemapped in qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.029, detail factor 1), opened in PhotoImpact, duotone, increased contrast, dodged/burnt a little on jockey, cloned out jockey's ghost head, resized, sharpened, added border.

Statistics
Place: 102 out of 274
Avg (all users): 5.4961
Avg (commenters): 5.5000
Avg (participants): 5.3218
Avg (non-participants): 5.8750
Views since voting: 763
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 127
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 05/30/2010 10:16:40 PM
compelling
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Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 05/24/2010 09:59:14 PM
I like your perspective on this. It feels like the ground it a bit over-sharpened, with many visible pixels.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 05/24/2010 08:10:42 PM
nice one - love that we can almost seem to see through the horse
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 05/24/2010 08:47:51 AM
nice shot of an exercise rider and mount. 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 05/24/2010 01:04:43 AM
Nice use of motion blur. I would give this a very high vote if this were a motion blur or general blur challenge. The background does appear to be slightly OOF however, but the motion blurred horse is the main thing my eye is drawn to.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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