Seasoned Power, Kodak Picture of the Day

dandilldandill Registered Users Posts: 102 Major grins
edited April 14, 2006 in Sports
I have just learned that one of my photos of the Head of the Charles Rowing Regatta in Boston, MA, last October, has been selected by Kodak as their Picture of the Day.

The photo and a poster version are on SmugMug at http://dandill.smugmug.com/gallery/1376584

Kodak say the image in the poster "will appear April 21, 2006 on the Kodak Home Page, http://kodak.com, and every few minutes on the Kodak Times Square Gallery in New York City."

[ The Kodak link to the photo is http://kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=2549&pq-locale=en_US ]

The image was made with a Canon 10D using the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 USM L IS lens with the Canon 1.4x EF Extender II. I developed the image using RawShooter Premium 2006, and then in Photoshop CS2 I slightly rotated it to level the waterline, cropped, and then applied unsharp mask at 20/50/0 for local contrast enhancement.

I am a rower and know first hand just how hard this guy had to have been working. It is all the more impressive to me that he is 61 years old.
Dan Dill

"It is a magical time. I am reluctant to leave. Yet the shooting becomes more difficult, the path back grows black as it is without this last light. I don't do it anymore unless my husband is with me, as I am still afraid of the dark, smile.

This was truly last light, my legs were tired, my husband could no longer read and was anxious to leave, but the magic and I, we lingered........"
Ginger Jones

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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2006
    WTG! Nice shot. Congrats.
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  • juliejulesjuliejules Registered Users Posts: 163 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2006
    Great shot! I'm a rower too, although I don't row anymore. The Head of the Charles is a tough race in an 8, nevermind a single.

    Congrats on having your photograph selected.
    --juliejules
    http://www.juliejules.com
    Canon 70D, Canon EF 24-105mm F4L IS, Canon EF 16-35mm F2.8L, Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM, Canon Ext 1.4x II, SpeedLite 430EX
  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2006
    HOOOOOOOLY GOTHAM BATMAN!!!! thumb.gifclap.gifthumb.gifclap.gifthumb.gifclap.gifclap.gif

    VEry KEWL!!
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  • Frog LadyFrog Lady Registered Users Posts: 1,091 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2006
    congrats! I imagine the knowledge that you know what he's feeling made this great shot even better for you and it must be nice to know others appreciate it toothumb.gif
    Colleen
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  • JeffroJeffro Registered Users Posts: 1,941 Major grins
    edited April 13, 2006
    CONGRATS! YOU SHOULD BE PROUD!thumb.gif
    NICE SHOT TOO!
    Always lurking, sometimes participating. :D
  • IronhorseIronhorse Registered Users Posts: 40 Big grins
    edited April 14, 2006
    Great Shot. Congratulations!
    Regards,

    Joe
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