While sitting at the beach on holiday in South Africa watching my son surfing , I chanced upon this group of kids enjoying themselves somersaulting off the sand embankment. Fortunately I had my camera with me, changed to my 24-70 lens, put the polarizer and gradual grey filter on and took about 20 shots before they left. Possibly my 16-35 lens would have been better suited.
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Not sure if you realize or not.. but they are spelling out the word YaY in your photo which suits the spirit of the children playing perfectly...
I noticed it a bit more clearly in the thumnail size but yes.. your timing was amazing for this photograph.. initially I thought thats what you were trying to do is spell out something and how amazing that would be not to mention the hard work to get the timing down perfectly but as I read what you wrote its purely luck and an amazing eye of a talented Fotog..
Beautiful moment and capture.. thanks for sharing it with us all.
I thought this was the best shot of the challenge. I gave it a 10. It was unique, and refreshing to see a different approach for a change. Congrats on 2nd place.
Wow... awesome shot. You've frozen quite the interesting action scene here, with a stunningly blue sky in the background. Amazing work - this should really finish high up there. The diagonal visual line really adds to this picture.
Superb timing on this shot.
Made me study it for a while. Generally a real busy shot with many focal points isn't good, but this one is great! Almost thought it was a time-lapse at first. (8)
Really wonderful shot-I would love to see a cropped version, with less sand and more sky..or even half the way up, with just the 1st two pairs, and only a hint of sand..well done on this one!
I think that this is the winner. Excellent capture, great colors! Good DOF with all children pretty much in focus, at the same time crisp image done with fast shutter.
Technically superb, very nice composition, 10 from me.
Wow - the sky is bluer than the ribbon you'll get for this. I gave it a 10 already but wanted to come back and comment. Fantastic shot! Would be nicer for the kids if they had a pool to dive into, but hey - you make do. :)
This is great! Could have been in the extreme action challenge as well. The color is excellent and the subject placement is good as well. Top ten in my book
This is so amazing. I really like the timing with which you have captured their motion.. you have really managed to convey the spirit of carefree with this picture. I hope you get a ribbon for this outstanding image.
A make-you-smile shot - looks like real fun. This composition works quite well - I wonder though, if something closer, more wide-angle, mighn't have given a heap more dynamism to the shot, more sense of physicality?
a little less sand and a lot more sky would have really made this imo, i think it would have brought in a feeling of limitlessness and freedom. Otherwise a great capture. 8
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