Freezing movement
Sandi Bertoncelj

Freezing movement

April 2017

Entry 531447
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Entry 531753
664th
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Potentially a really nice image, good composition and nice timing to get the smoke! But and I'll be brutally honest, it's over processed which stands out particularly on the Santander logo, To much processing is distracting from the image and unless your really good at processing or photoshopping I'd steer clear of it. A touch of a contrast curve, a level adjustment and your done. I wish you all the best going forward.

Entry 532937
12th
114

Great capture, would love to have given this an extra star but the competition has been really good and this didn't quite make it. It feels a little to tightly cropped which has meant the image quality is a little off the mark for me, especially when I compare it to the others that did make the top 10. Still, this is a magic moment and so I wanted to write a short review to say well done, well deserved.

This would be 13th in my top 10 if I could make it bigger, superb capture, well done. Only thing that kept it out of the 4* top ten is the rainbow colours in the background vignette, a little distracting and could have been removed. Still, I love this.

Great image and the only reason it's not in the top10 is I have 10 places already filled with superb images. I would place this 11th if I could. Really lovely and to get all the boys jumping at the same time too.

Entry 537434
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Entry 538410
56th
7

Good try, nicely focused on the cars numbers and a bit of action in an overtake too. I find the whole image over exposed though so find my eye wandering around the picture, would be good to darken this one down and pull the view into the main subjects.

Entry 540070
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Entry 540899
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Entry 548229
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Entry 552298
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Entry 552685
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Entry 553139
1st
631

Wow, a great winning image, the moment is perfect, the composition is spot on, the exposure is just right, and tack sharp focus. Would love to see this printed full size, it would be amazing. Anyone looking at this will be inspired. And please note that it is natural looking not overly processed.

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This is just great, I want to be that man, surfing the wave right on the edge of the rocks below. Perfect use of a drone and actually quite hard to time this as the shutter lag is quite long, just makes this an even more fabulous image. A well deserved 2nd place. Again please note photographers who are learning, this is not overly processed, it's just a good shot which does all the speaking.

Almost a great photo, good timing, great expressions but spoiled by being overly processed with a filter - sorry, but I have to say this as it is happening more and more. I'd look at processing this one again as you have a great image underneath and it probably just needs some tweaking..

Entry 554050
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Entry 556199
134th
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This is superb! perfect timing, processing, and slightly different from all the other 'droplet' style images, I particularly like the turquoise colour of the water, the composition lines and the egg poking out of the bottom of the splash.

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126,175 Ratings

Entry 535576
396th
37

Very different but a good image that answers the brief. Great light, the composition is spot on and good processing, but the gas mask just spoilt it for me. If your going to use a nude and show off her toned body dancing I want to see her face and hair rather a gas mask. Personal taste I suppose ;-)

Entry 553832
353rd
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Entry 555998
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Entry 558655
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Entry 558887
632nd
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Entry 560223
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Entry 560612
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Entry 561269
251st
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And this would be 14th in my top 10. The composition is superb and only let down a tiny bit by being over processed, I feel this would be better still if the toning was more subtle. Well done though, great image.

Superb moment to capture, well done. It very nearly made the top 10 but I find it overly processed for my liking, and when the competition is so strong it slipped a few places as I prefer more natural looking shots. Well done though, really nice.

Entry 562429
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Entry 564172
45th
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Entry 564177
46th
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Entry 565000
29th
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Brief

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Freeze motion photography is a common technique where you use a fast shutter speed to perfectly 'freeze' a moving object. When done correctly, these fleeting moments can tell a story or capture an emotion inside a tiny fragment of history that can never again be recreated. Capturing these moments can take luck and patience, and a good grounding of technical know-how. For amateur and professional photographers alike, this is a good skill to learn

Entry 566212
36th
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