Five shots taken in sequence of my son catching a pass from off-camera.
created from five sequential shots. copied each shot as a layer onto the first. used quick mask to select the kid and ball in each layer. cropped to dimensions shown. layers for levels and curves. soft-light layers to highlight catch and darken sky (as well as add a little vignette). Used noise ninja. USM at large radius 2x. upped the saturation using a channel mixer layer. curve layer and brightness/contrast layer. resize, added border, save for web. went back to give some more yellow to the goal posts, did a little sharpen on his face and jersey, and a soft light layer to add a little more vignette. save for web again.
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Great concept. I would like to have seen the angle changed so that I as the view could see the actual catch. The placement of your focal point seems off and I thing would the "rule of thirds" would also improve this shot. Again, though, great concept!
I love the anticipation you've captured in his eyes. The perspective and framing is all brilliant. The leading space really lends itself to the incoming ball and leading the eye through this time lapse. Well done!
Ah, here it is. :) Nice final version, Steve (not voting, of course)! I'm glad you didn't go with the flowers, although from what I've seen, you had the best concept and image with that subject.
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