Fore!

Artist: tdub303
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Fore!

I have warned Mr Akamatsu not to use his 1 wood in the backyard on several occasions which is why one can easily understand my frustrations when I caught this with my camera. I refuse to return anymore golf ball that I find in my living room….

Straight from the camera. Nothing is attached to the ball and this image is just one shot. The key to this is the 50mm lens. I simply tossed the ball myself up in front of the camera.

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/13
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Flash did not fire

Fore! belongs to the following groups:

Complex Simplicity of Art, ! 100% !, Bokeh, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Japanfluence, Sports Photography, Technical Photography and The Art of Sport Available for sale as

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Bill Gamblin

this is an awesome photo…bravo
ElRobbo

Top work, tdub303!
Mr Akamatsu should look after his balls – otherwise they may be snapped and frozen!
Cora Wandel

Great image and words, very clever. – Cora
hardhhhat

Very clever shot – how many takes did it take ;)
tdub303 replied

surprisingly only about ten. i have the tossing in front of the camera down but it was a sunny day so it was difficult light to work in. This shot had the best composition but the slowest shutter speed. I was working in Av mode and the variation in shutter speeds from shot to shot was incredible due to the sunny weather. I wanted to keep shooting but I could tell my father-in-law’s(Mr Akamatsu) patience were near an end…haha
Brian Carey

Great shot, this one is a winner!
Gilly1

Nice one!!!
Brian Carey

Hey Trevor I wonder if you should approach Nike with this one!
tdub303 replied

I was actually thinking about it just for kicks….

I would like to re do this in a greener setting rather that in the front yard though…

really easy to do and a really neat effect.
Brian Carey

Hi Trevor when I first seen this image I was very impressed by the clarity and framing of the golf ball. The second time I looked I was very impressed by the composition. The juxtaposition of the ball and the golfer is perfect!
hardhhhat

Bet his arms were aching after standing in that position but 10 goes sounds good to me – I was explaining how it was done to some guys at work who were very impressed with the result and I said if that were me you’d probably never see the ball in the picture :o)
Anne-Marie Bok...
David Clark

Hi Trevor ~~- this is really very clever – the shot the words everything -~~ got my laugh for the day – congrats on the feature—dave
CarolM

Holy cow! I hope you ducked. Great shot!!!!!!
Joanne Bradley

Wow! What capture! Congrats on ImageWriting feature and this awesome shot!
Brendan Schoon

Great shot. Clever idea and like the composition!! Great work. Very well done.
Brendan
shellbee

wow what a catch…good job
BigD

Congratulations you have been featured in Canon DSLR group. BigD
tdub303 replied

thanks for the feature BigD!
Jim Harmon

Congrats on the feature. This is awesome. A slight different angle and it would have been down your lens.
Fern Design

lol love the words.. and what a great capture… congrats on the feature…
Stephen Mitchell

Fun idea! Would be fun trying this with other ball sports!
Mary Campbell

Ok, so how is the camera lens after the ball clobbered it! Lucky catch! Great picture.
MickThow

What a great idea, this is perfect, i like how simple but efective this shot is a fave for me
Ursula Rodgers

Love this shot, and the humour too :)
tdub303

thanks to the “Technical Photography” group for the feature!
Caroline Stills

Very clever – well done.
Bradley Shawn ...

Absolutely brilliant. I love the whole concept and composition. Marvelous work. Going into my favs for sure.
Diane Schuster

So cool, in the thumbnail the ball looks like the moon, lol!
ChelseaBlue

Fantastic image, well captured
Tamarama72

Well Done ! the hardest thing must be getting the ball in focus !
OldBirch

Great concept and execution!
mimi yoon

wow~
Peggy Sue Harr...

you are the man with this type of shot .. brilliant .. and your story is hilarious .. where in japan are you? i was on okinawa for 5 years :)
Taylor Sawyer

WOW! This is amazing!
Peter Nielsen

amazing shot
Meike

This is incredible! Wow.. phantastic capture!!
Samuel Pevehouse

love the idea of this shot!.. and it’s a nike ball!! fav!
Linda Bianic

F-O-R-E-........TUNATELY….......YA DIDNT GET IT IN THE EYE!!!
This is a brilliant capture….I havenever seen anything like this!!!!!!!
SheriS

What a shot!
SheriS
SheriS

What a shot!
SheriS
elisab

I hope tht ball did not hit your camera. You could maybe sell those balls back to him.
onefourseven

Brilliant wordplay and execution of shot!! Whoever thought that a camera could be this much fun?
Stunning!! Kudos to you for this gem of an image!!
PeterBusser

Best timing ever? Suppose so… Kind of risky, but wonderful to look at!
Vonnie Murfin

WoW!! What an amazing shot!! Did you break the lens?
Bradley Nichol

Fabulous work and good thing the father-in-law was somewhat patient…..? slower shutter speed? harsh light? if you did – it is incredibly well done – W O W !
Taylor Sawyer

OK Trevor, explaint his shot to me. I know theres no string attached but I find it really hard to believe it was shot with just a 50mm lens and the lens is not broken AND that the shutter speed was only 1/400, had to have been faster to catch that. PLus, how did you get the DOF with the aperture so small? Nothing makes sense here.

Please dont think I am critisizing! I think this is an awesome photo and I agree with the previous poster that said you should approach Nike with this one. I’m just trying to figure out the photographic logistics here.
tdub303 replied

OK I can’t post my secret for all to see but I will give you a link to more extensive EXIF data Take note there is no software used and the data shows it is straight from the camera. This image is a lesson in perception. I can tell the image is no lie but maybe my story of Mr.Akamatsu is.

Maybe you find some clues in these other pictures here on RB.
flying crayon
the hustler
Flight!
Orange to the head

Here is a link to my flickr account where you can find more objects frozen in time complete with EXIF data.

I enjoy creating pictures that make people think. I can guarantee that I do not use any software for anything(even cropping). I simply take my time and get it right. It is much quicker than be lazy and fixing in PS.

Anyone interested in knowing how this or any pictures of mine are done send me Bmail and I will gladly explain. Sharing info amongst contacts is OK with me but posting these secrets on the net would be just plain foolish.
Doug Greenwald

This is great!!

Taylor – the DOF is fine, even at f/13. Remember that DOF is smaller the closer the focus is to to the camera.

And 1/400 is plenty fast enough to stop a golf ball tossed lightly straight up in front of the camera.
Jonicool

Amazing work! Bravo!!
Julie Thomas

fantastic work, very well done!
Lenka

Great work! Very inspiring for the moment I’ll get a digital camera one day… (I guess it could get quite expensive trying it with film :))
Taylor Sawyer

in Photography 101’s “Action Photography” challenge!!! It will be featured with the top ten and two honorable mentions!

Please make sure it is submitted to the group NOW so that it can be featured!
Monique Alvis

very very creative.

well done
Karl Normington

Excellent Shot, great imagination.
martinilogic

What a set up…. this is awesome
RiSH :

great technique … love the nike logo on the ball stating the image is just perfect :)
BarbaraManis

This is an amazing shot!
Georgie Hart

Great shot, skillfully captured!
nedals71

Cool!
Leanna Lomanski

Great set up and execution!
OldBirch

And the lighting is great on this too. Only now am I more aware of lighting. And once again, brilliant shot!
Martin Kohl

post work is boring anyway. way to use the camera!
Peter Hitchener

GREAT! shot
TeAnne

Love this shot.