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Missing the Mark


	Missing the Mark The Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival takes place the weekend after Labor Day in Lincoln, Illinois. There is a pioneer village at the festival where people (and many times families) wear period costumes and demonstrate period crafts. Here a young boy was practicing for the Tomahawk Throw contest to be held the following day. The object is to land the tomahawk on the playing card fixed to the target block. He must have tried about 12 times - and never did hit the card. In this composite, you can see that the tomahawk landed at about six o'clock on the block - the card is just right of center. A composite of photos taken 15-Sep 2012, merged using CS6. Cloned sky to replace background distractions. Finalist (DD) Sep 2012 Terry A. Stoa

- Nikki McDonald

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Cool. He looks like a giant from this perspective. Love the flying hammers.

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September 17, 2012

Katarina Mansson

Lovely storyteller...and POV ;)

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September 17, 2012

- Mitch Spence

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Nice work, Terry. It's a dynamic point of view. The two flying tomahawks had me wondering just how fast that kid could throw. :)

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September 17, 2012

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So cool! Great action composite and POV!

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September 17, 2012

Joy Rector

love this capture

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September 17, 2012

- Bob Cournoyer

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Great post work! Do you recall if he hit the card?

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September 17, 2012

Terry A. Stoa

Thanks Nikki, Katta, Mitch, Chris, Joy and Bob - for looking and the kind remarks.

Bob - I think he tried about a dozen times - never hitting the card. There are (3) tomahawk images here... there's one on the block at about six o'clock... the card's just a little bit horizontal from center.

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September 17, 2012

Richard B. Hallick

Super image, Terry. I would love to step up to the plate and toss a tomahawk or two myself. Reminds me of an infamous episode of the Tonight show with Johnny Carson. I believe Ed Ames was tossing the weapon, but the target wasn't a playing card.

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September 17, 2012

Terry A. Stoa

Richard, I remember that episode all too well. I used to do my high school and college homework watching Carson - and must've seen that segment on their "best of" shows 20 times! Yes, it was Ed Ames and he missed the mark in an oh-so-funny way.

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September 17, 2012

- Leslie McLain

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Very cool capture, Terry.

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September 21, 2012

Terry A. Stoa

Thank you, Leslie.

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September 21, 2012

Marcy B. Reman

Congrats on your finalist. Great capture.

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October 28, 2012

Susan M. Smith

Great idea and capture Terry! Excellent execution! Congrats on your Finalist and best of luck in the next round!

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October 29, 2012

- Mitch Spence

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Glad to see this as a finalist, Terry. Congratulations.

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October 29, 2012

Terry A. Stoa

Thanks Marcy, Sue, and Mitch - this image was fun to create.

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October 29, 2012

Merna L. Nobile

Receiving an award from Better Photo is just like unwrapping a gift, the thrill is always the same! It is also exciting to be able to send my personal congratulations to each and every one of you and I look forward to seeing the gold though out the galleries. Merna

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November 04, 2012

Terry A. Stoa

Thanks, Merna!

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November 04, 2012

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