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This is the first of two shots of Camilla who, obligingly, spend about half an hour yesterday running and jumping around while I took photographs. Tomorrow's, given that both today's and yesterday's are monochrome images, is a lot more colourful.

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10.37am on 1/7/06
Canon 20D
EF 70-200 f/4L USM
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2x1 + children [portraits] + fylde coast [scenic]
comment by Paul at 07:06 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

I really like it but the title is a little misleading. There is more space on the right!

comment by PlasticTV at 07:09 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

Hey it's a wonderful moment frozen in time! Her pose and the splash of water are so filled with energy!

comment by Donostia at 07:40 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

Beautifull Scene, great moment :)

comment by Matt Simpson at 07:41 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

This is an awesome photo. Well done sir.

Not so sure on the title though. Granted, I'm not sure I can come with anything better, but still. Seems a playful image such as this would do a little better with a more playful title.

comment by croz at 07:44 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

Tones and contrast work much better for me on this one as opposed to yesterday's.. I've always liked really contrasty shots. I guess it boils down to personal taste. fast shutter of 1/800 stops everything perfectly. A very plesing shot and I look forw3ard to the colour one tomorrow..

comment by Aegir at 08:23 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

It's a great picture. I really like it. It doesn't look like the water is that shallow for her to be able to jump up like that.

Oh and Paul, "top dead centre" refers to the top point of an oscillating system, like a piston.

comment by Thomas Solberg / Project neXus at 08:37 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

Very cool, I really like it!

comment by Ash at 09:33 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

great action shot!

comment by m at 09:37 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

:-)
Fab

comment by Robert at 10:39 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

Great action and clarity. Given the distance between her and the water (enhanced by the folded legs), it's almost as if she was pulled up. I would have never thought to crop at 2x1; it works great here.

comment by KB at 11:00 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

Fantastic

I love how you can see the movement although it is one image frozen in time

comment by matt at 11:12 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

I'll second the comment on today's monochrome looking somehow better than yesterdays - maybe it looks a bit more like a real silver print. Looking forward to the colorful one tomorrow.

comment by Geoff at 11:15 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

I love it. But I'm also looking forward to some more colourful images on chromasia. It's been a bit flat lately...

comment by frans (the netherlands) at 11:38 PM (GMT) on 2 July, 2006

love the framing!!! Great shot again!

comment by Jamey at 12:08 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

Ooh, nice. Even better than yesterday's. Such a simple idea yet I know I wouldn't even have thought of it.

comment by cw at 02:49 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

How did she jump so high?

comment by eric at 05:05 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

i like the title too. you must have had an aircooled VW at one time.

comment by Matt Jorgensen at 07:06 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

Fantastic shot! Long time viewer, first time commenter. Love your work!

comment by raj at 08:00 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

this has to be magic

comment by mihai at 08:12 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

these last shota related are just lovely and very well processed

comment by Jonathan at 08:28 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

Very nice. I like the droplets suspended in the air.

comment by SteveO at 10:07 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

I like this, although the sharpening haloes around her knees are a bit annoying.

comment by wm at 10:38 AM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

i like your picture alot! it reminds me of some of antimethod's stuff on flickr, of which this is certainly my fav.

comment by Fokke at 12:26 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

It looks as if you're laying beneath a pier, and he/she is being pulled out of the water. That's what I make of it :)

comment by Page at 01:36 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

I have to admit, I haven't been commenting on every single picture you post, but lately, they've been more amazing than usual. Especially this one. I love how it simply defies logic. I mean, it looks like they jumped out of the water, but you know they have to be jumping INTO the water. It's just a great shot.

comment by /\/\J at 02:18 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

it looks like deep waters that she jumps out of. its amazing. with the monochrome you cant tell its shallower waters. awesome!

comment by Sean Galbraith at 02:20 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

Wow.. that's an impressive leap out of water.

comment by delphinE at 02:23 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

superbe cadrage !
I love it !

comment by djn1 at 03:41 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

Thanks all.

And just to explain: she is jumping up and the water was probably about four inches deep.

comment by javga at 04:36 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

great! makes me remind of that Radiohead-video "Street Spirit (Fade Out)." A B/W video where they freeze up movements (like jumps etc) into great slomo's...

pffff...

well maybe i'm blabla-ing a litle now, but it's very warm over here...

comment by Jukka at 06:04 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

After all you managed to take "a happy foto" :=D

comment by Judith Polakoff at 06:16 PM (GMT) on 3 July, 2006

I really like the odd framing of this one, and also the illusion that she's jumping in much deeper water.

comment by Sysagent at 10:26 AM (GMT) on 4 July, 2006

This is good!

I just like the whole image from the composition, the processing and the crop used.

Good stuff this.

comment by jml at 10:54 PM (GMT) on 4 July, 2006

truely fantastic picture! maybe my fave in all yours really

comment by dave at 02:09 AM (GMT) on 5 July, 2006

there is a real daliesque feel to this shot: obvious at first , but to all intents slightly surreal. superb imagery: more, please!

comment by weijan at 03:24 PM (GMT) on 6 July, 2006

great photo! love it..

comment by spencer at 09:12 PM (GMT) on 15 July, 2006

wow !!! this is great !!!!