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27-JUL-2004

Olympic by Paul

Woman's bicycle race - Wcon 0.7 - wind filter

Minolta DiMAGE A1
1/40s f/8.0 at 5.8mm iso100 full exif

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Ingo Rautenberg03-Aug-2004 00:35
Paul,

Good use of motion blur in this one. Of course, the lead rider coincidentally wearing yellow is an added bonus :-)
Veronica Freschi31-Jul-2004 16:00
I'm enjoying looking at your pic. Also looked at original. This one is truly a work of art!
Veronica
Claudio Gatti29-Jul-2004 13:53
Ohh. very much improved. Love it

Claudio
Konica Minolta Users29-Jul-2004 07:48
Hi Paul,
Much better in my opinion. I really like this shot.
Fred
Konica Minolta Users29-Jul-2004 06:36
Hi all, no need to pussyfoot around the issue. You don't like the posterisation (it was "edges poster." btw). Ok, I replaced the image, now applied the "wind" filter. Tell me you like this version better :-) Paul.
Guest 29-Jul-2004 00:29
Certainly energetic but I am not sure about the PPing treatment.
Claudio Gatti28-Jul-2004 23:43
I like it. Very good for the theme. Posterization works for me, but it's probably a bit too much on the first althete. Well captured

Claudio
Konica Minolta Users28-Jul-2004 23:32
Hi Paul,

I think this is a great shot. One of my favorites so far... but I'm referring to the original, which I think is way better than this posterized one.
Fred
Konica Minolta Users28-Jul-2004 05:36
Hi, thanks for the comments. (I posted the original). Except from crop and posterize (lowest values) I have done very little. No, this is not the tour the France. it is actually a Women's bicycle race in the village. I wanted it to look like a poster and posterization makes a lot of the unwanted detail "transparent" (fences, traffic signs, cars), that otherwise I would need to clone away. Paul.
Konica Minolta Users28-Jul-2004 04:13
Great shot.
I like it this way.
Probably great before processing also.
Unique take.
DennisD
Konica Minolta Users27-Jul-2004 20:53
Great dynamic effect, Paul ! Is it Lance ? ...seems yellow ;-)
But was the posterisation necessary ?

Alain