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Touch the sky


Touch the sky
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Copyright: ToM Pelle (chiquito) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 445 W: 121 N: 522] (3416)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-11-01
Categories: Decisive Moment, Friends/Family, Action, Mood, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Nikon D70s, Nikkor 70-300mm
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Marleen's FAVORITES II, Extreme Sports, HTT00 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-03-09 6:26
Viewed: 1176
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 60
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello everyone! Sorry to neglect TL these days and not critiquing as much as I'd like to, but busy days at work grinding much of my time!

Not having too much time to make new shots, so today I post an older one from 2005!
One of the last days to skate before winter was taking over.
The Sun was shining weakly from behind the halfpipe creating a good opportunity to make a shilouette photo! Though I was using flash, I was too far to have an effect on the pic! But I don't really care :)

PP: I just cloned out some disturbing railings on the halfpipe and added a dirty paper in overlay mode on a different layer! And the result is this!

"I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky..."
Sarah171, Janice, torr, cstathoulis, kruger, vsinopoulos, span has marked this note useful
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To thor68: I believe I can fly...chiquito 1 03-28 06:05
To vsinopoulos: Timingchiquito 1 03-26 09:35
To Janice: Olympicschiquito 1 03-20 05:37
To Maria74: ThAnK YOU!chiquito 1 03-20 05:34
To delnaja: sk8er in the airchiquito 1 03-14 10:35
To tournesol: ThXchiquito 1 03-14 10:34
To maleentjeh: Sk8 foreverchiquito 2 03-11 03:25
To ferran: silhouettechiquito 1 03-11 02:24
To cloverstar: XLntchiquito 1 03-11 02:21
To Sarah171: coolchiquito 1 03-11 02:13
To Saiz: aToMik!chiquito 1 03-10 15:03
To nova: ThXchiquito 1 03-10 15:02
To Beger: oriental touchchiquito 1 03-10 14:57
To eliferen: adrenalinchiquito 1 03-10 14:53
To Werewolf: urban shotchiquito 1 03-10 14:43
To iso: pure enjoymentchiquito 1 03-10 14:30
To degetica: Busy :)chiquito 1 03-10 14:28
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To Attila: keret or nem keret?chiquito 1 03-10 12:22
To ropetko: ???chiquito 1 03-10 12:14
To kruger: Stylechiquito 1 03-10 12:09
To pozaru: ThXchiquito 1 03-10 12:04
To cstathoulis: Actionchiquito 1 03-10 11:56
To torr: ThXchiquito 1 03-10 11:53
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wow ...
glad to see you are back Tom :o)
and with such a masterpiece :o)
amazingly well done :o)
szia
ili :o)

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  • torr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 406 W: 50 N: 80] (1735)
  • [2006-03-09 6:38]
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superbe!!!
kurt
!

Hi ToM,

Excellent action shot taken in a very interesting and artistic way!
That contrast betwen the dark of the silhouette and the bown/golden light of the sun is great!
Well done on the composition!

Constantinos

Great shot Tom !!!
Congratulations, it's amazing.


tfs,
vlad

Hi Tom,

Knew this was yours without checking the name on it just to your stile with the skater clearly defined and your usual brilliant POV

sorry to hear you havent had much time to spend on here or taking you pictures I took am being over worked at this time of the year and I'm itching to get back out with the camera.

added the shot to my theme regards Kruger

Excellent action shot with great lightand composition! Nice to see you back, it would also be nice to see some fresh photos ;)
Great work, TFS!

Regards,
Robert

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  • Attila Gold Star Critiquer [C: 380 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-03-09 7:20]
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Naggyon jó! Én még homogénebb sötétre venném az emberalakot. Tetszik a texturális játék, a kopott fénykép hatás. Én még adnék hozzá PP-ben némi karcosságot. 9.8/10! A fehér vékony keret sztem nem kell.

Örülsz, hogy ennyit okoskodtam? ;)) Én mindenesetre örülök, hogy újra látom a munkád. :)

Szia!

Attila

Very well done, ToM, both for the picture & the treatment. It looks like an old picture you had found at the bottom of a shoe box. The action is well captured and the young man in silhouette works very well. Excellent!

Love it! Composition and pP, great one, Tom.

Busy Sabina:)

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  • iso Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1119 W: 62 N: 167] (27905)
  • [2006-03-09 8:45]
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A moment of pure enjoyment, I imagine and you catched it so nicely. I like yout fine frame Tom. Congrats for this one again.

Nice come back that jump! I enjo the effect of shadow and in the same way... the texture of background... great urban shot!

Loved the title and its perfectly matches with the hand movement! Really a good one! You captured his movement perfect time again, closely i feel myself like i reached the hihest point and will be fall down with adrenalin :) Good work Tom!
Elif

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3305 W: 787 N: 4423] (19894)
  • [2006-03-09 17:49]
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Exceptional photo! The subject is very dynamic and you returned it very well.. There is an oriental touch in this image, because of perfection of the lines, the silhouette, and of the superb backgroun. Bravo ToM! Annie

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  • nova Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2733 W: 263 N: 864] (8653)
  • [2006-03-09 23:26]
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Very good action shot! Excellent composition! Bravo! Michel

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  • Saiz Gold Star Critiquer [C: 909 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-03-10 1:55]
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aToMiK jUmP !!!
Antonio

Hi Tom,

Excellent shot and well captures moment. I like the pp work. Nice silhouette.

tfs,

ferran

Excellent action shot. My compliments.

hi ToM ! Another great one from you ! Love everything about it !

An instant fav.

Marleen

Very cool image Tom. It's full of action and the diagonal line keep it moving. Nice work.

Joe

SUPERB! The tones are so beautiful and the PP is excellent! BRAVO ToM!

Nice capture, Tom! The background is perfect for this shot. Excellent one!

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3265 W: 267 N: 7730] (32968)
  • [2006-03-16 22:07]
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Superb shot ToM. Great colours and the action is caught perfectly. And the dirty BG suits it very well.

I enjoyed the pipeline actions at the Winter Olympics - some superb action there too.

Kia ora and well done,
Janice

What can I say Tom? you brought your skate photos to perfection! it's perfect! a fav!
M:)

Very creative shot! Excellent timing and great composition. This is one of your best skateboarders shots! TFS. Nice to see you back,
Thank you for your nice comments. The place I took the photo is quite close to the road , no serious hiking took place!
Vassilis

yeah, i believe i can fly...
superb shot, tamas! :-)
your skate-action-photos are just great.
i see i have to put some more work into that field.
the dark silhouette against the golden BG,
the pov and composition - perfect.
well seen & captured,
thor.

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  • wallie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 527 W: 0 N: 485] (2552)
  • [2006-06-24 17:18]

Your skateboard pictures are always good ones, Tom. Also this one. I like it and tfs.

Best regards,

Don

Perfect.
Tomasz

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  • tet Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 393 W: 39 N: 196] (3625)
  • [2006-07-03 9:48]
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i like the semi-sillhouette of this skater tom! i like the background too!

well done.

tet

great compo!!!and interesting idea to catch his shadow like that:) well done
Cheers
Agata

Hi Tom,
Great action, sillhouette and effect!
Works very well.
Thanks,
b.

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  • span Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 23 W: 0 N: 19] (144)
  • [2008-02-26 2:42]

great silhouette, love the effect you went for here.

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