AKA: Freeze Frame, Stop Action utilizes high shutter speeds, fast flashes, or other trickery (suspending things on wires, etc) to effectively stop all motion in a frame. This allows you to scrutinize actions that without a photo would have passed in the blink of an eye. Please present your most striking moment stopped in time for this contest!

New participants are more than welcome to join in, by the way. The more the better. Make my job difficult!

This challenge is now open, and closes at 1500 GMT on the 5th of June.
Good luck, and have fun!
-Mitch


The fine print....
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread. If it's no obvious, explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme.
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose one of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge closes after 7 days, then allows for a day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax (or Samsung DSLR) camera will do.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.
9. In case the winner of a challenge is unable to become the judge for the next challenge, the winner will PM the #2 winner and pass the baton to that person to be the judge.

Previous Challenge Subjects: 1-Statues, 2-Wheels, 3-Speed, 4-Peace, 5-Survival, 6-Macro, 7-Mountains, 8-Children, 9-Post Processing, 10- Windows & Doors, 11-Sport, 12-Urban Landscape, 13-Wisdom, 14-Power, 15-Music, 16-Pathways, 17-Lines, 18-Storm, 19-Boats, 20-Water, 21 - Golden Hour, 22 - Natural Lighting, Portraits, 23-Motion Blur, 24-Simplicity, 25-Color, 26-Cars, 27-Repetition, 28-Wildlife, 29-Epiphany, 30-Contrast, 31-Pets, 32-Landscapes, 33-Coastal, 34-Churches, 35-Bridges, 36-Creation, 37-Still Life: Food, 38-At the Zoo, 39-Wide Aperture, 40-Merry Christmas, 41- Sunsets, 42-Action, 43-Fireworks, 44-Manipulated Light Portraits, 45- Advertising/Product Shot, 46- B&W Street Shooting, people/buildings, 47-Vanishing Point, 48-Reflection, 49-Tranquility, 50-Expressions, 51-S Curve, 52-Hands, 53-Shadows, 54-Your Favorite Beverage, 55-Barriers, 56-Perspective, 57-Night Scenes, 58-Zen-like...Water and Stone 59-Modern architecture, 60-Sunrises, 61-Red, 62-Action on water, 63-Bodies in Motion, 64-Ruins, 65-Blue and green, 66-Iridescence, 67-Anthropomorpha, 68-Sound, 69-Backlight, 70-Group Shot, 71-Railway Scenes, 72-Technology, 73-Color on Color, 74-History, 75-Autumn/Harvest 76-working men and women, 77-Silhouettes, 78 Stranger Portrait, 79-Transportation, 80 - Lonely, 81 - Holidays, 82 - Toys 'n Games, 83 - Machines, 84 - Ice, 85 - Cats, 86 - Stories, 87 - Cultures, 88 - Absence, 89 - Weather, 90 - Old roads, 91 - The River, 92 - The Seventies, 93 - Beautiful Bokeh, 94 - Balance, 95 - Crop a miniature landscape, 96 - Opposing gravity, 97- Feet, 98 - Sacred Grounds, 99 - Extraordinarily Ordinary, 100-added textures, 101-still life, 102-bicycles, 103 - Broken, 104- Flowers (B&W), 105 Backlighting, 106-Water. 107-Wind, 108-Parent/Child candids, 109-Passion, 110-Events, 111-Streets, 112-The Aged, 113-Fire and Heat, 114-Nature vs. Culture, 115 - Letters or Numbers, 116 - Self-Portrait, 117 - The Tree, 118 - Minimalism, 119 - Rust, 120 - Before & After, 121 - Negative Space, 122 - Decay & Dereliction, 123 - Cold, 124 - Melancholy, 125 - The Element of Time, 126 - Public Transportation, 127 - Yin Yang, 128 - Sepia or Dual Tone, 129 - Hand Coloring, 130 - Light Trails, 131-Once in a lifetime, 132 - Moms & Motherhood, 133 - Beautiful Blur, 134 - B&W Abstract, 135 - History, 136 - In and around the kitchen, 137 - Habit, 138 - Perspective: From the Ground Up, 139- Mist/fog, 140 No faces, 141-Bubbly, 142- The 'hood, 143-Green, 144-Garbage, 145-Emotion, 146 - Events, 147-Seasons. 148-Building and/or Construction 149-Chiarouscuro, 150-A Day In The Life, 151 - Religion, 152 - Home, 153 - The Decisive Moment, 154 - People in uniform, 155 - Sound, 156 - Hope, 157 - Weather, 158 - Cliches, 159 - Colorful Landscapes, 160 - Schrooms, 161 - Weathered, 162 - Where Angels Fear to Tread.., 163 - Incongruity, 164 The Monochrome Landscape, 165-Trick Photography, 166-Alleyways, 167-Monuments, 168-A View From Above, 169-The Moon, 170-Logo, 171-Thorns, 172-Tree Study 173-Tools, 174 - Cornucopia, 175 - Steps, 176 - Night streetshots, 177 - Tropical Paradise, 178 - Ceremonies, 179 - Takeoff/Landing, 180 - Street Corner, 181- Let's Get Wide, 182 - Boundaries, 183 - Distant, 184 - A life on the Edge, 185-Photos suggesting song titles, 186-Passion, 187-Engine, 188-Center Composition, 189-Long Exposure, 190-Holes,191-Roadside Discovery, 192 Opposite Life, 193-One of these things is not like the other (or, standing out from the crowd),194-From the Farm, 195-Art in Public, 196-Through Glass, 197-Happy Together, 198-Stolen Moment, 199-From Front On, 200-Point, 201-Signs, 202-Band Names, 203 - Two of a Kind, 204 - Beyond the Beauty Strip, 205 - Color Monochromes, 206 - Electricity, 207-Stop Action

[daacon]

Some really good and creative entries here - this one was with the Sigma 50-500 @500

Click on image twice for larger view

[LaurenOE]

My niece.

[pentaximus]

Middle son...

[Arjay Bee]

Punch!

*istDL2 & 16-45 & Sigma EF500-ST @ 20mm 1/160s F4 ISO200

[Xandr]

Here's my entry

KARDAN 88 Win this race. May 2010.

[pbancr]

Hard to compete with all the great photos here!

[tessfully]

Oh wow! The entries in this comp are over the top amazing!! Stopping the action with a high shutter speed is something I have only recently tried to do on purpose, so I have very little images to choose from. Here's my dog Tripper happily providing me with a subject to learn on...

[Yank21]

Some really great pictures here. Here's mine, caught it just after the tennis ball was thrown.

[Bill2849]

Lots of fine photos here.
This is from a fountain outside of Duke Gardens in Durham.

[Bramela]

Take Off

Bruce,

This is one of my favorite images I've seen posted in this forum.

thank you, Tim, the competition this week is great, there are some top shots there.

[laughlady99]

I've also just recently started playing around with fast shutter speeds! Too fun!

Pentax K-5 with SMC-M 50mm f1.7 lens

[tsakatsaka]

Beautiful animals , I think it is with Fa 100-300 f/4.7-5.8

[noelcmn]

Not the fastest shutter speed, but caughht these girls all with a different "pose" in this shot.

[Workingdog]

Water balloon in mid-burst
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[todd]

nice work everyone! ;-)



(K100D+FA50+f/2+1/640s+ISO200)