*Critique Club*
This is a very crisp, clean photo. I think your focus and clarity are really what make this shot for me. The detail is great. Right down to what looks like a belly button ring. Although I can't imagine vaulting and getting that thing caught on something. ouch.
I do really like the angle and framing/cropping you chose for this. I like how she is over to the left of the photo, and how her pole is angled at the bottom as well.
It doesn't look like a photographer fault, but the background is angled to the left, which is generally a taboo thing for me. But since your vaulter is upright just fine, I can only imagine that the land in the back actually IS angled.
I like this in black and white. That way our attention is all on the front subject and not distracted by colors in the background. You have a nice tonal range. Nice whites in the pole and also nice darks in the clothes.
Definately a great shot. I think it would work for photojournalism also. Something I could see in a sporting magazine. Good find!
~Heather~
great capture of this pole vaulter. I would have liked to see a little more of the scene on the right, but its still very well done, and I like your choice of bw, it adds to the sense of concentration we feel from the look on her face.
This is a really great shot. Perfect exposure and tones, great sharpness, and the look of concentration on her face is wonderful. I love where she's placed in the frame, making for a good dynamic composition as well as meeting the challenge in every way. Congrats. 10
I'm probablly thinking the same thing everyone else is (or maybe I've just got a sick mind), but it looks like she's saying "I'm sure that wasn't there this morning"
:)
oh man. my internet was running really slow so i sat here a while just reading the title waiting for the picture to load and i got excited picturing a shot of the actual vaulting. This is still a really great portrait shot though. Do you have any more action oriented ones from the shoot?
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