Playground Football, by Gina
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Today, our featured photographer on the DPNow Picture of the Day is registered on the DPNow forum and galleries as Gina.
This is Gina's second POTD here on DPNow. Here Gina has chosen to selectively colour the football. Contrast between the two lads is interesting. At the back the boy is contemplating the action that is unfolding with the second boy, as he chases after the ball. Time is frozen, and there is no action blur, which has an effect of its own.
Gina explains: "It was a lovely bright day so took the camera and dog to our community playground and started shooting away. The kids are quite used to me taking photos of them, so I get more natural results. I wanted to capture the movement so set the dial to sports mode and leaned against the A-frame of the swing. I used a selective colour edit on the football to put the focal point around the boy running, I'm pretty pleased with the result."
And so you should be, Gina - well done on a second, and very different, DPNow POTD.
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