Photos: Kim Couture vs. Kim Rose 06-20-08 Las Vegas, Nevada

ultravistaultravista Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
edited June 26, 2008 in Sports
Photos: Kim Couture vs. Kim Rose 06-20-08 Las Vegas, Nevada

Additional photos of the Couture vs. Rose bout can be found in the gallery. The rest of the fights will be posted later this week.

Couture vs. Rose Gallery:
http://www.ultravista.com/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=28630

Fight Gallery:
http://www.ultravista.com/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=28629

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Looking forward to the feedback!

Comments

  • rsirotarsirota Registered Users Posts: 111 Major grins
    edited June 22, 2008
    Those women fighter beat the hell out of each other...
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  • ultravistaultravista Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited June 23, 2008
    Well .. it was rather one sided, her opponent Kim Rose walked away with little or no damage.
  • bobcoolbobcool Registered Users Posts: 271 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2008
    Is Kim Couture missing some teeth? It looks like it, but I can't tell if it's maybe her mouthpiece... brutal...
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  • ultravistaultravista Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited June 23, 2008
    It certainly looks like there's a few missing.

    Regarding the photos, what about the grain (iso noise). Is it distracting?
  • DI-JoeDI-Joe Registered Users Posts: 368 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2008
    Holy crap, hahaha. Kim was so much prettier last week in the shoot with her training for this fight. Randy is a lucky guy though.

    Great shots. I think the last one is really great too. Show's a softer side of the Courture's
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  • ultravistaultravista Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited June 23, 2008
    Thanks for the positive comments.
  • bobcoolbobcool Registered Users Posts: 271 Major grins
    edited June 23, 2008
    ultravista wrote:
    It certainly looks like there's a few missing.

    Regarding the photos, what about the grain (iso noise). Is it distracting?

    Heck no, I always expect some noise when viewing these ring events. There's never enough light even at the pro level. These are great shots and the noise doesn't detract from that. Good job!
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  • crockettcrockett Registered Users Posts: 180 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2008
    Incredible job of capturing the action and brutality. Especially, considering these are not ringside and I believe you were shooting from the seats? Have you run these though any noise reduction?

    Just a couple comments:

    #4) I think should cropped tighter
    #6) Isn't my favorite but it does support the story
    #9) They don't take them much better than that.
    #11) I think would be a better photo if cropped horizontal. A hair below the top of the ring rope.
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  • ultravistaultravista Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited June 24, 2008
    I have not processed any noise reduction. Noise Ninja makes things "plasticy" which takes things in another direction. I haven't tried neat image yet.
  • DI-JoeDI-Joe Registered Users Posts: 368 Major grins
    edited June 24, 2008
    In my humble professional opinion, Imaginomic Noiseware professional is by far the best noise-reduction bit of kit money can buy. It builds noise profiles based on the sensor in the camera, feed it a few thousand photos and you'll be able to drown out the nastiest noise with little loss in detail.

    Just my $0.02
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  • ultravistaultravista Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited June 24, 2008
    I'll give that a shot.
  • ultravistaultravista Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited June 25, 2008
    The gallery has been updated with the remaining fights (MMA and Boxing).

    http://www.ultravista.com/g2/main.php?g2_itemId=28629

    MMA:
    - Kim Couture vs. Kim Rose
    - Brice Ritani-Coe vs. Rob Mitchell
    - Dave Jansen vs. Dennis Davis
    - Kui Gonsalves-Kanoho vs. Ricky Johnson
    - John Alessio vs. Pete Spratt

    Boxing:
    - Grzegorz Kielsa vs. Alvaro Morales
    - Kevin Burnett vs. Horace Grant
    - Alonzo Butler vs. Friday Ahunanya
    - Jonte Willis vs. ?

    Couture News ...
    After suffering a broken jaw in her pro debut loss, female mixed martial artist Kim Couture was initially informed that she would require sugery to wire her jaw shut for five weeks. Upon realizing that she was a fighter, doctors decided instead to insert a titanium plate and screws. Couture will undergo surgery on Wednesday. The procedure will allow her to return to ttraining and sparring in just 6 weeks, a lot sooner than possible had she had her jaw wired shut. "I will be eating a steak dinner the night of my surgery," she remarked. Excited about the news, Couture is eager for a rematch with Rose, stating, "I will definitely get her back! I don't think she can whoop me."

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  • kelsowkelsow Registered Users Posts: 98 Big grins
    edited June 26, 2008
    Once again, some really great pictures.

    Keep them coming.
  • ultravistaultravista Registered Users Posts: 54 Big grins
    edited June 26, 2008
    A curious thing ... I just realized that my Adobe RAW converter was set to 240 DPI. All of my recent conversions were not at 300 DPI like they should have been.

    This would have affected sharpness but what about grain? Would a 240 DPI photo appear grainier than it's 300 DPI twin?
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