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Karate... by *Araantonak:iconAraantonak:

Categories Photography > Photojournalism > Sports

©2006-2009 *Araantonak
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Posting this series as one deviation so it won't take up so much of my gallery. I tried myself as a sports photographer at a karate - tournament...


edit: the pictures served their purpose, I got the comission from a big Taekwondo-Club that I wanted after showing these to the coach :w00t!: I had shot them as practice and also to demonstrate that I can take sport-pictures, as my portfolio had nothing like this in it... I'm very much looking forward to the photo-shoot(s) for the club, check my page for an updaye and results as things progress...

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~MissDawn May 4, 2006, 6:42:17 PM
Hm. This intrugues me because I have a boyfriend in karate. He's a late-stage brown belt...working toward black. I like the black and white for this. It emphasizes the uniforms. The athletes have wonderful expressions and movement as well. You can see their passion.

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~f-t-s-m May 5, 2006, 1:43:13 AM
looks great in b/w. the kimonos make a good contrast to the greyish background!! well done!

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~zxerokool May 5, 2006, 1:43:20 AM
o.O intense.

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*Araantonak May 5, 2006, 2:27:04 AM
thanks, was kind of a trainig for me in event photography, I plan to do this more and sell the pictures =D

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~Rain-of-fire1233 May 5, 2006, 4:29:59 AM
I like this. The black and white makes it look better.

Well done.

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~f-t-s-m May 5, 2006, 4:37:55 AM
money, money, money... .good idea though!

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~gnusi May 5, 2006, 7:14:44 AM
I like this. It's nice how you seperate the karate people from the background. They are white and the background is dark. How did you do that?

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*Araantonak May 5, 2006, 7:40:13 AM
In photoshop: I took a snapshot, then changed the image brightness to very dark, then used the history brush to re-illuminate the people, starting with 100% density on the person down to 10% to make a smooth transition.

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~gnusi May 5, 2006, 8:03:58 AM
Very smart. I must try that when I get photoshop. Thanks for the advice.

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~BlackAureole May 5, 2006, 8:19:16 AM
Quality stuff, its great to see some images of people who arent posing for the camera, their facial expressions are brilliant aswell as the lighting and overall atmosphere.
Well done

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