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Challenge: Jump II (Basic Editing)
Collection: 2010 challenges
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
Date: Oct 26, 2010
Aperture: 18
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1 sec
Date Uploaded: Oct 26, 2010


[Oct. 27th, 2010 09:01:25 AM]

First real foray into stroboscopic flash. My Canon 580ex flash can be set to a "multi" setting, which will allow you to set the number of flashes and the frequency. This was a one second exposure, during which the flash shot about 7 times (only about 4 of the flashes were during the cats jump, the rest were before and after the jump, since I didn't know how many I'd need.

Here's another example: , but I thought it was too busy. My biggest problem was a lack of a wide, black background. This is a piece of black velvet, but it was only 45" wide, so he kept getting out of the background. I really need to invest in something wider... :)

Great start! 6.8 at 20 votes. However, it has dropped quite quickly.

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Place: 7 out of 55
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Avg (commenters): 6.6000
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Views since voting: 1966
Views during voting: 380
Votes: 206
Comments: 9
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11/08/2010 02:38:55 AM
Very cool, also glad it did well.I cant wait to take lessons...
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11/03/2010 08:51:04 AM
Well done!
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11/03/2010 12:39:15 AM
Awesome shot Wendy!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/30/2010 02:26:46 PM
Nicely done.
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10/30/2010 12:08:22 AM
Great jump shot. Love cats. Did not like the see through tail mid stream and would have liked a natural background setting and/or a landing target being it ground or prey. Thanks for sharing.
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10/29/2010 06:38:50 PM
Okay, thanks for putting that Van Halen tune into my head for the rest of the night. And how many shots did it take before the cat co-operated?
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10/28/2010 03:15:58 PM
Cool!
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10/27/2010 05:29:05 PM
Great picture meets the challenge perfectly.
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10/27/2010 08:32:43 AM
i like the photo. how do you do this in basic?
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