This was a sky ride at the festival. I had just gotten my 70-200mm f/2.8 & 2x Tele-extender shortly before the festival.
It was such a gorgeous sunset. And I saw the people riding on the swing. And so I took some shots. I had wanted to ride the swing but didn't want to spend the $20/person. Well I took a couple hundred shots and made a deal with the owners to let me "ride free" in exchange for the photos I took.
IMHO....a very fair trade!
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Not sure if this will have enough mass appeal. I'd really like to see a 6.2 score for this. But with it being a silhouette I would not be surprised so see it score a mere 5.2
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This is a very interesting shot and captured well. It shows how good the lens is and the photographer handling it. I like the colors of the sunset and the silhouette. The silhouette has very defined lines but I feel it is a bit busy with the harness. I feel that may have contributed to a lower score that you would of like to have. Also the tree at the bottom is distracting in this kind of image. The photograph would have been great it you could of captured a clean background (without the tree) along with the silhouette not being as busy.
Really I think those are the only two thinks that hurt the photograph. I wonder if you could of cloned some of the wires out and still be legal in advanced editing. It may have helped. Great eye and good capture along with a fitting title. Keep up the good work. And I wish you the best in future challenges.
-SDW
Nice silhouette, however, right away when I saw this shot I noticed there was something "wrong" with it. I didn´t see the extra legs till after viewing for about 30 seconds, I suspect many people miss it :) Anyway, nice work, you got a 7 from me.
i love this shot. my first impression was that it was very creepy cuz i thought it was a dead dody hanging there but then i realized it was hanggliding...7
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