holy smokes! what a pleasant surprise this turned out to be!!! thank you all, from the bottom of my heart, for the comments, votes, and views...
post-processing cropped. changed mode to lab color and adjusted levels in the lightness channel. changed to grayscale mode. sized to 400x600. used crop tool to add border. saved for web. ran through neat image to reduce noise.
the shot itself i had taken my son to a park to hang out while my daughter was at tae kwon do. my intention was to shoot him on the playground, but, when we got there, i noticed another photographer shooting some guys at the adjacent skate park...somehow, that seemed to grab my attention ;-)
so, i went in a laid down on the ground beside the pipe and shot 8 runs that this skater made. i was shooting in burst mode, and each run had 6-10 shots. this was from the 6th run. after about 4 runs, i had an idea as to what i was looking for and how i wanted to shoot it.
the original
the real challenge was the fading light. this was shot about 6:30pm, with the sunlight already being heavily filtered by the park trees. my concern wasn't as much for my equipment being able to capture the image as it was for how it render. with the cloudless sky, there was not going to be a huge range of tones. i was also concerned about how close in i could crop it and maintain sharpness.
all in all, i am quite pleased with how the image turned out. it was a tough one to watch on the scoring side because, well, this is dpc and ya just never know ;-)
thanks again!
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i had often looked at this and thought to my self how great of a shot it was.. and then i realized it was your first ribbon!! amazing that it hasn't happened sooner - congratulations!
I am a skateboarder and a photographer, and I really like this photo. Both the original and the grayscale are magazine worthy. There are great photo ops at skateparks.
"my intention was to shoot him on the playground, but, when we got there, i noticed another photographer shooting some guys at the adjacent skate park...somehow, that seemed to grab my attention ;-)"
This could definitely confuse someone if this weren't a photography site.
Way to go my friend, way to go! Nice to see your name on the front of DCP. I'm surprised it took this long, you've had many deserving shots along the way.
Hey-hey! Well, let me be the 20th person (yes I counted) to congratulate you on your ribbon! Way to go and all that. It was only a matter of time. Speaking of time, 5:00 in the morning and I'm late to your party! ;^)
Well Glory Hallelujah, Skip! Saw you try some skaters in DC... glad you kept at it....Great stop action and angle! Big congrats on your on first ribbon! Hurray!
A little too much shadow for my liking (I would love to be able to see the face). However, given the perspective and complexity in achieving the shot this is a top image. I like it.
Very nice action shot. The only thing I would like to see would perhaps be a black hairline border along the very edge of the photo itself. Hope you get a ribbon. 10
Nice graphic quality. The black and white works well here. Good stop action as well. My only complaint is that the subject is almost entirely in shadow. ;~(
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