7/23/2002 2:06:46 PM

Thanks Damian

7/25/2002 4:38:02 AM

This is a trip, Jeff. What a treat upon enlargement. Great work with the shot and with the Photoshop effects.

7/31/2002 3:18:31 AM

Thankyou Jim for your kind comments. I am going to print the full size pic out on A3 size to see what it turns out like.

Cheers!! Jeff

7/31/2002 3:53:14 AM

Jeff, This is an awesome shot! I enjoy taking action shots of sports events and would love to show more motion. How did you create this shot to capture the motion effect??

Happy shooting,
Kim

8/4/2002 9:38:26 AM

Jeff, I must've missed this one in the contest entries. You DID enter it, yes? if not, then you should (but only after mine---ha ha). Excellent shot. Perfect. Hope you got out of the way in time...

8/4/2002 10:56:11 AM

Hi Kim thankyou for your kind comments. I too like action shots and the motion effect.With this shot I was standing in the path of the bike (it was all planned out carefully and my friend is very experienced at moto x)because of the front on shot there was no motion effect. so I decided to give it more impact by digitaly giving it motion. I opened up the photo in photoshop 6.0. I then applied a mask over the picture and carfully selected the rider and bike,after the selection was complete I inverted the selection so that when I selected the motion blur only the area around the rider would be affected. I then selected a radial blur filter using the zoom setting at 40% and applied it. That is how I done it. I hope this has helped, I have taken motion shots by panning the camera with the moving subject using a slower shutter speed and got the motion effect without using any digital effects:).
Hi Piper thankyou for your kind remark and yes I did enter it in the contest ;) and I did get out of the way just in time :).

Cheers!! Jeff

8/5/2002 9:07:28 AM

Congrats, Jeff! I knew this was a winner.

8/6/2002 9:10:06 PM

Just awesome Jeff!! Congrats on this making honorable mention as finalist!! Excellent work!!

8/6/2002 10:02:17 PM

Thankyou Piper and congrats on the grand prize, and thankyou Dolores and congrats on your win as well :).

8/7/2002 3:51:05 AM

Well done Jeff. The shot deserved the recognition!
All the best!

8/8/2002 10:44:25 AM

This is one of those shots you'd expect to see at a bike dealers store and/or in a magazine.... keep up the good work!

8/8/2002 10:46:02 AM

Thankyou Robert and Damian it was an honour for me to win recognition for my photography in the company of so many talented photographers, and all the positive feedback from you all has really inspired me thankyou again and good luck to you all for the future.

Cheers!! Jeff

8/9/2002 2:55:40 AM

i'd like to apply that to a sports shot of handicap basketball.

no prob with photoshop filters with me!

9/3/2002 7:26:44 AM