2 off camera vivitar 285 flashes, one sun, one good skater (actually there were 10 of us here), some organization between people to get a shoot together. I love skateboarding.
editing = levels, usm, crop. done.
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8 - Good shot. Good angle (fish eye? helps) and I really like the shadow on the wall. Criticism; I think this shot would be great in black and white given the 'lines' and the shadows and the fairly 'plain' clothing. Sharper and a tighter crop (to get rid of that roundish shadow and the top light, if possible) would make this a better photograph for me.
Timing is great, choice of lens is superb. Composition could be stronger with closer positioning perhaps. It's tough to get sufficiently reduced depth of field with a fisheye/wide angle. I really like the choice of flash positioning - great shadow.
Subject Impact: Nice visual impact
Meets Challenge: Really meets the challenge
Technical: Average technical form
Composition: Good
Creativity: Good Idea
He must have caught that kickflip fairly early. I like what the flash does for this photo, except the shadow. The wide-angle lens makes this fit right in with what you see in the mags. Good job.
Nice shot. I like the shadows. The ligthing seems a little harsh in areas though. Would like to have seen this shot with a different sun angle to take some of the harshness off
A very good Idea and image but technically poor approach lets it down.
the cast shadows indicate that too much flash has been used making the image surreal.
Proper exposure should have been based on the highlight porion of the stairs,then the flash should be set 1 Stop LESS than this exposure for example the highlight exposure perhaps at F 16 @1/250th the flash is set for F8.
conversely you could have slowed the shutter right down to !/15th at whatever and used 2nd curtain sync. Give you an 8 for effort.
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