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Testing for a Black Belt


psquared

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Thank you, Andy. I lucked out with the timing. I thought he was testing for the black belt, but I could be wrong. He does have a couple of black tabs on his red belt already.

 

Peter

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So the guy jumps up with his leg out and another fellow tries to trap his foot between two pieces of timber? ;)

 

Yup. When you are a black-belted master, you can trap a flying guy's foot with two pieces of wood board. :) If you can do that with chopsticks, you're a grand master. :D

 

Thanks, Pete.

 

Peter

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It's Ed, Andy's son here - Dad was wrong, this fella is going for his black belt, they just have a different marking system on their belts to us :) Nice flying side kick though.

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Yup. When you are a black-belted master, you can trap a flying guy's foot with two pieces of wood board. :) If you can do that with chopsticks, you're a grand master. :D

 

Thanks, Pete.

 

Peter

:D

 

 

A really good capture Peter.

 

Azzo

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Thank you, Ken. I think it is actually easier for a manual focus lens in this instance, because I knew exactly where the person was going to be. I focused on the boards and just waited until he broke them to press the shutter release.

 

Peter

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the timing and focus are great so the picture works. try thinking thru the background next time--you really only have two choices in this case--shoot low and use more sky or shoot from much higher and use what grass you can. option three is open your lens all the way to drop out more of the disturbing stuff. anyway, his parents would love the shot.

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Bob,

 

Thanks for your comments. I really didn't have any other options for the angle of the shot. I was sitting on the grass in the front row, so I couldn't stand up, and I physically couldn't go any lower. I could have opened up the aperture more. I just wasn't too confident about the focus on the face, as I had the lens pre-focused on the boards, so I wanted to give myself for some more wiggle room.

 

Peter

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