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As the sun dropped, I really wanted to make good use of the larger puddles of water that formed on the beach. I held my camera just off the surface of the water, aiming up slightly with my wide angle lens. After a handful of frames, Adam said "Get him!" and Squiggy ran right at me. In the past, I might have stood up to avoid getting bulldozed and stopped shooting. But after years of photographing, it's finally instinctual to keep on shooting when something unexpected happens. Because you never know what you're gonna get and you sure as hell can't recreate it.

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Edited on Mar 06, 2008 at 11:09 PM

Mar 06, 2008 at 10:59 PM

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p.1 #2 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

I really like it! Iy's a once in a lifetime shot. So, Did you, the camera and the dog end up rolling around in the puddle after the shot?

Mar 06, 2008 at 11:05 PM

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p.1 #3 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Great shot and great processing. Liked you site too - some cool stuff there.
Pierre.

Mar 06, 2008 at 11:16 PM

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p.1 #4 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Howdy Colin,

I had written such a nice comment for you and when I tried to post it. POOF. It disappeared.

I will be brief.

I like it.

One of the better ones I have seen you post here. I like the tone, the action, the composition, the low POV and the scene.

In fact, I wish I had something like this in my own book. Well done.

I also like the story too. Keep it up.

Mar 06, 2008 at 11:26 PM

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p.1 #5 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Great shot you got! I can just imagine pressing the shutting and sweat coming down my head....oh no!

Mar 06, 2008 at 11:35 PM

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p.1 #6 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

This is great!

Mar 06, 2008 at 11:38 PM

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p.1 #7 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

steady - i'm gonna have to take the blame for your disappearing post. it was only up for 30 seconds before I took it down. I know yesterday you said you were looking forward to the next one, but sheesh man, that was fast!

i wanted to repost it with a larger version of the image, now realizing i could have just changed the code. so......... sorry. that was my fault

I just finished editing another image from this shoot that i'll post tomorrow. i was lucky enough to study with galen rowell while he was still alive and he taught me how to explore each shot but move quickly and get an abundance of good images in the one hour window you have before the sun sets. it's tough because the light is dropping and changing so fast. And it's usually getting colder too

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Mar 07, 2008 at 12:05 AM

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p.1 #8 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

One of the best pictures I've seen on this board in a while. Great work!

Arka C.

Mar 07, 2008 at 12:45 AM

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p.1 #9 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Outstanding! Everything really comes together in this shot up to and including an almost perfect light wrap on the guy. Seriously nice shot.
regards,
Jon

Mar 07, 2008 at 03:47 AM

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p.1 #10 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

I am officially a fan.

Mar 07, 2008 at 02:11 PM

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p.1 #11 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Love it- good point about keep on soting when something is happening. Im pretty sure people would get up to avoid getting wet like you said. Good thing you didnt

Mar 07, 2008 at 02:25 PM

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p.1 #12 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

world class

Mar 07, 2008 at 02:33 PM

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p.1 #13 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Great job. Best shot I've seen here in a fair bit.

Mar 08, 2008 at 01:52 AM

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p.1 #14 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

bacilonur wrote:
Great job. Best shot I've seen here in a fair bit.

Absolutely agreed, I stared at it for quite some time. Fabulous shot!

Mar 08, 2008 at 04:30 PM

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p.1 #15 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Awesome capture!

d~

Mar 08, 2008 at 06:07 PM

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p.1 #16 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Incredible shot....yet another reason why I like wide angle lenses so much. The reflection in the water really does it for me.

Mar 08, 2008 at 06:14 PM

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p.1 #17 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

I love it - I particularly love the expressions on the two subjects. Fantastic.

Mar 08, 2008 at 07:44 PM

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p.1 #18 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Steady Hand wrote:
Howdy Colin,

I will be brief.

lol well I never! lol

It's a keeper, GREAT shot!

Mar 08, 2008 at 07:56 PM

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p.1 #19 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

wow... thank you all for your words. they are worth far more to me than anything money could buy

Mar 08, 2008 at 09:09 PM

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p.1 #20 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

Simply gorgeous.

Mar 08, 2008 at 10:55 PM

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p.1 #21 · Hold Your Shot And Keep Shooting

i loved shooting slide film. velvia...<sigh> but now i *really* love shooting raw. if you don't shoot raw, start now. i'm serious. someone even said these very words to me a full year before i switched. and now it pains me to think of all the images i have, only in jpg format. i'm surprised that with all the learning i did around the making of photographic images, i never really got it, in terms of understanding how much information i was throwing away by shooting in jpg. A LOT. about 2/3's. if you don't know this, it's very important stuff. as of last year, i shoot raw and process in lightroom. and i love it. thank you adobe

this image is an example of what can be done with a raw file. if i blew it up, it would require some cleaning up around the edges where i've "slammed it" by pulling out shadow detail next to bright highlights.

Edited on Mar 09, 2008 at 04:08 AM

Mar 09, 2008 at 04:03 AM


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