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Published: 2009-10-29 06:56:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 2376; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 0
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Part of a Hapkido demonstration, the fighter in mid air performs a kick aimed at his opponents head. Since it was a demonstration, the blow didn't land, but the precision for such a near miss (2-3in) is quite impressive!Thank you ^Timothy-Sim and `Tepara for the feature and kind words - FEATURED HERE
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great timing... the reason I think this is better that it would have been 1/2 a second later is that here you can see the anticipation of the shot in both men...
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Thanks so much
Timing is something you cant do again, either way, Im glad I caught the anticipation
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Yeah, someone invent a time machine already
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'tis a great shot.
(i don't mean to cheapen it but, i really would like to see a yellow banana skin under foot.)
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hahaha.. not gonna happen
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great . you couldn't really capture this moment any better .
top class[link]
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it would have been!
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I have an old 1976 picture of my sweet heart doing that... fun shot! 
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looks like they are having fun!
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Oh boy did they ever! 
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haha, thats awesome!
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Hapkido, its a Korean take on a few martial arts mixed together
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I'm a big fan Traditional Japan Karate 
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I like the fact that you can the bald guy through the kickers legs, though I too would have liked to have seen this frame taken a half sec later.
Though this is a guess, you dont seem like one of those 7-9 frame a sec shooter types to me, which I can respect, but in this instance, it may have benefited you.
Just a thought
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He is the teacher, im pretty sure.. half a second later, i woul have to be on the other side of the ring, since his face would have been facing away from me here
I dont, I do maybe 3-4 at most, and that is not very often
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The kickers face would be lost I agree, but not the kick, from a viewers standpoint I would loved to see the "just miss" as the foot swooped across the assistants face. Now if there had been contact, yeah, I would have preferred to have seen that from the other side, not trying to nitpick here, I know you cant be everywhere and fights are hard territory to shoot in 
Thats why I mentioned the frame rate, I dont shoot that way either, but having shot a fight with a manual film camera, I would have loved my D300 at the moment
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Hi! Unfortunately I am no proud owner of a Premium Membership (yet.... 
So, I really like this photo. I find it captures the moment so well- and I'm sure that's exactly what you were trying to do.
Also, something even more applaudable is that you actually managed to snap at just the right split-second moment to get the extreme positions they are in. His kick just barely missed his face! Wow! It really is a very unique and wonderful photo in itself.
I, however, am merely a young, junior photographer at the moment, so I can't really criticise much on your professional work!
Anyway, overall, I feel this is a very good job well done 
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Thank you SO much for making a critique, regardless of premium membership or not
Anyone who takes photos deserves to be able to critique another photographers work.. if at any point you are wrong, the worst thing that can happen is you learn something!
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That is actually very true! Thank you, and it was my absolute pleasure
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damn! i would have loved the shot even more if it was just half a second more, where the legs are right infront of the face!
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his face would have been hidden tho! but I agree, having a second shot would have been cool too
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