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21-DEC-2007 Charlie Beck

Concentration

Seattle, WA

Rule Broken: Keep the horizon horizontal, and keep all lines either parallel or perpendicular to the horizon.

Why it works: The non-parallel lines adds a touch of drama to this “difficult putt.”

Canon EOS 20D ,Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
1/60s f/4.0 at 25.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time21-Dec-2007 14:01:49
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 20D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length25 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programshutter priority (2)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge27-Dec-2007 03:25
Ahhh, what challenge spirit! You edited the image to strengthen the breaking of the rule, even though the image passed qualification! ~ Lonnit
Charlie Beck27-Dec-2007 02:03
Edited to alter the angles, to make his left elbow the only thing perpendicular to the ground, thereby shattering all perspective on the, well, the real perspective. Also, I removed the tee (the white spot), as it really was a distraction.
ctfchallenge26-Dec-2007 17:38
Ahhh, thanks for the explain. :) Congrats on the win! :) ~ Lonnit
ctfchallenge26-Dec-2007 16:30
I take “qualified,” though I will see if I can do something with your suggested changes. This was shot during an office holiday party, so I can’t set it up again. They brought in some portable putting greens, and had a competition of sorts. Each person getting a hole in one had his or her name thrown into a hat. At the end of the game, they drew four names, and each person received a gift card to a local coffee shop. I won one of the four.

The golfer has just hit the ball; the hole is out of sight to the right. The white spot is the tee.
ctfchallenge26-Dec-2007 16:18
I'd have liked to have seen a much stronger tilt, as your main horizon line (where the wall meets the floor) is a mere 0.8 degrees off level! What about my requirement to smash to smitherines? Your wall is more obviously tilted, but that horizon so so very close to level that it alone could never qualify the image. I would have done, as Rod did, in his image of the tilted sign... I would have rotated this image the opposite way, to make the "green" run parallel to the bottom edge of the frame, resulting in it looking straight and then all the tension would be in the golfer. I'm also puzzled as to which way the ball is supposed to go. Judging by stance and hands, I would say he is a rightie, and the ball will go to the right side of the image. However, that spot on left side looks somewhat like a hole. Is it? I think not. Perhaps clone it out. Addtionally, being that the club is so far back from the ball, it adds to my confusion. Is the ball in motion, that he's just putted? Or, is he contemplating his approach? Maybe a slow shutter speed to show the ball's motion would add more interest (and also break a rule ;) )

I'll qualify you based on the tilt of the walls, but that horizon really bugs me; it anchors the image solidly, taking away from the effect of the tilt in the rest of the image. Qualified. ~ Lonnit
ctfchallenge26-Dec-2007 14:42
The tilt definitely adds some interest. John