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Pain
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August 15 2004:
Pain

Another day, another sport. Here we see a pentathlete complete the 1500m; the last discipline. The pain she appears to be suffering brings back a few memories to me when I battled to avoid the indignity of last place at a school sports day and nearly blacked out, hence the noise added on the photo.

I'll not be around for a few days now. See you at the end of the week.



Photoshop:
Cropped and Resized
Desaturated
Levels adjusted 0, 1.00, 200
Added Noise

Framed: using # 000000



On 15 August last year; ‘Hogging the Limelight’

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/1250s f/9.0 at 300.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Karen Leaf15-Aug-2004 23:56
Great capture; you've got her expression perfectly-don't need the title to explain. I like the noise, it gives it the sense of extra anguish.
Gary Winters15-Aug-2004 23:30
Great capture, love the black and white, and I like the noise (but maybe there's a bit too much?)
Cliff15-Aug-2004 18:06
Just love this image Ray. It sure exemplifies the "pain" of intense competion!
Guest 15-Aug-2004 17:41
Very nice. Very nice!
Guest 15-Aug-2004 17:28
Looks like a press shot! Great expression, and I too hated the sporting thing at school! Why on EARTH would people WANT to run....The only time I would run is if I was being chased by a dog....or the police!! Have a good time, where ever you are going!
Robin Reid15-Aug-2004 16:42
This is a very strong image and it tells its story well. I am not wild about the added noise.