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29-NOV-2003 Melissa

What a Header!

Very Cold Windy Soccer Field

Canon EOS D60 ,Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6
1/3000s f/9.5 at 300.0mm iso800 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Guest 05-Jul-2004 21:45
thanks nugar, will give it a try. btw I really enjoy your work/shots.
melissa
Nugar03-Jul-2004 02:00
A tip: Select the ball using maybe the magnetic lasso. After that, make a new layer via copy so that the new layer only has the ball. Now you can apply in the original layer the clone tool to your heart's desire, without fear of deleting any part of the ball.
ctfchallenge02-Jul-2004 02:48
thanks for the ideas, I really appreciate them. I really just pulled it off the external drive ( unfortunately there is no more of the original shot to the right)and had to crop out a player's arm to her left to meet the vertical requirements. Yes this ball has just come off her head and is actually headed in the right direction. I don't think this is a winner, so I probably won't make adjustments. Funny I hadn't even noticed the line behing the ball, but now it is driving me a little crazy. This is actually one of my first digital shots with a borrowed camera and I loved the way she was all extended. I am still getting my feet wet in post processing, but can see how many evils can be fixed with it.
melissa
aam1234 02-Jul-2004 02:18
Interesting. If i'm as bad as this in PP i wouldn't put a ball at all.
Nugar01-Jul-2004 22:43
Interesting. In postprocessing I'd move the ball more to the right, so it fell on the imaginary curve formed by the girl. And crop the left of the image. Postprocessing is cool.
Guest 01-Jul-2004 21:40
Since I'm known to do a bit of post processing here and there all I have to say is that I would have moved the ball more to the center or to the left of center and eliminated the vertical line behind it. Nice capture.
aam1234 01-Jul-2004 18:56
Have to ask, is that the ball she actually hit with her head. If yes, then it is eye catching.
ctfchallenge01-Jul-2004 17:58
hadn't thought about that, just following the 400 x 800. I have got to think outside of the box more. thanks for the idea.
melissa
Nugar01-Jul-2004 03:07
Nice pic, Melissa. I think you can get away with cropping even thinner :)