I was snooping around the art museum today, and I saw this fella jumping down the stairs. I kindly flagged him down, and asked if he would take another shot at the steps, and he happily agreed!
I probably bet that this will be voted down because of the watercolor effect, but it was straight out of camera, the only thing I did was brighten it. When I shot it, I switched to Sports mode on the rebel so that I would get the continuous AF option, and so the exposure was a tad off, nothing not fixable in PS though!
File Name
IMG_8916.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Shooting Date/Time
4/4/2005 6:18:12 PM
Shooting Mode
Sports
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/100
Av( Aperture Value )
5.6
Metering Mode
Evaluative
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
400
Lens
28.0 - 135.0 mm
Focal Length
135.0 mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Servo AF
Parameters
Contrast +1
Sharpness +1
Color saturation +1
Color tone Normal
Color Space
sRGB
File Size
2444KB
File Number
189-8916
Drive Mode
Continuous shooting
Owner's Name
Camera Body No.
0960335456
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The first thing I notice about this is that it seems to be a bit light. The background is light, which doesn't really bother me, other than the fact that it makes it look like the lighting wasn't the best for the shot.
The one thing that does bother me about the lightness of the shot is the wheels of the bike. My brain says that they should be black, but they are kind of a muted grey. This, being an advanced editing challenge, could have easily been adjusted in photoshop, if even selectively. His shirt seems to be dark in comparrison with the rest of the photo. And that looks a bit odd, but still ok.
Focus is a bit soft, obviously due to the 'action'. Shutter speed could improve that, and possibly better lighting conditions. Something totally out of your control at the moment, but non the less, something that could have been better if different.
I wish that it were more obvious that he was jumping down stairs. With the blurred background like that, it makes it look like just different colored tiles on the ground or something. I didn't realize they were steps until reading your description. I guess that would mean that it seems like it has no depth.
I think the shot definately says action though. Maybe would seem more 'extreme' if it were more apparent that he were jumping down stairs.
Who wears blue socks with red shoes anyway?
~Heather~
Nice work but if you would have had the shutter over 250/sek it would have bin alot clearer!
It works for the background but i would have liked to see the biker totally frozen..
Than i would have used burn tool on the tires,the jacket and the cap to get this noise and light away.
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