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22-SEP-2003 Neil Lawson

It's a goal

Paul wanted to see a boomerang; sorry, but here's something else uniquely Australian. -- An Aussie Rules footy in flight. (I found it hard to get a good sense of motion - slower shutter speed and it looked too blurred. Cropped and resized, nothing else done.)

Canon PowerShot S45
1/125s f/8.0 at 7.1mm with Flash full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Jim B (MSP)23-Sep-2003 01:20
Well done - good capture. Nice to see that the effort that went into to this was rewarded.

Jim
Gayle Knowles22-Sep-2003 10:50
I KNEW this was an Aussie entry as soon as I saw the thumbnail! Great shot, Neil....and very, very familiar sight around these parts at the moment.
Gayle
Neil 22-Sep-2003 10:10
You were very quick with your comments - I've just downloaded the pic. I dropped the footy from a ladder, and either used the self timer or a helpful boy to take the pics. -- about half of the shots didn't have a ball in them!!! I used TV mode and adjusted the shutter speed to try and get the best sense of motion. With the brightish sky as a background the smallest aperture was selected, and fill in flash used to lighten the ball.
ctfchallenge22-Sep-2003 10:00
Nice capture! Like the composition with the space all around it. Must've been tough to capture. Damn - there goes my excuse from upgrading from S50 to DSLR in future....you CAN do this with Powershot S series! How many shots did you have to take to get it ? Did you do anything special with settings? Also - who are you - no name at moment!