Ooh! That Was Tough
Copyright © John Powell, 2011
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ninirocklover
July 13, 2012
awesome shot! love the emotion and the black and white effect! well done
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jsharp006
November 01, 2012
Congratulations on a very effective photo! You can almost read his mind.
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bugsysposy
November 05, 2012
Talk about being immersed in the moment ! Wow , congratulations on a win well deserved ! Does this sports player know that you took such a moving and inspirational photo of him ? Will-power indeed !
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jaymz_kennedy_37
November 09, 2012
This is absolutely killer. wow!!!! I hope there is no offense to this...but have you seen the movie chicken run? this looks like that one chicken farmer in that movie... almost exactly.
pixellimagery
January 03, 2013
Ahh, John, I 'know' you and this image from another site :-) Glad to find you here also! :-))
GREAT image, have read your bio, deserved win!!! :-D .. Ell
GREAT image, have read your bio, deserved win!!! :-D .. Ell
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theoffshorekiwi
February 13, 2013
special.
someone blasted him in the nether regions, or he's watching someone else suffer the same.
class pic
someone blasted him in the nether regions, or he's watching someone else suffer the same.
class pic
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Location
This image was taken at the 2010 (January) Tough Guy Challenge, which is held at Perton, near Wolverhampton, UK.Time
Taken around 2pmLighting
Overcast lighting, temperature was around freezing.Equipment
Fujifilm FinePix S5 Pro, 80-200mm f/2.8, 1/160sec at f/5.3, ISO 200Inspiration
I just love extreme character portraitsEditing
Very little in the way of post processing; shot in colour and converted to monochrome.In my camera bag
Back in 2010, when this shot was taken my camera bag consisted of a single body (FujiFilm S5 Pro) and 3 lenses. Two Tokina Zooms, 28-70mm f/2.8, 80-200mm f2.8 and an 18-55mm Nikkor.Feedback
Keep it simple both in terms of kit and your approach to capturing the action. “It doesn’t matter what subject you care to shoot, don’t burden yourself with too much gear. More often than not, one camera and one lens will get the job done. I try and capture colourful images first and convert to monochrome later - I always shoot RAW.
