I went to the skate park today with my camera. These kids couldn't wait to have their photos made... The guy in this photo was pretty good. He could do all sorts of tricks.
The sun was low enough in the sky that I could get this 'sun star' effect in this composition. The sun star is achieved by shooting at minimum aperture size. I also underexposed this meter reading by two stops to get the silhouette.
Post Processing:
I cloned out a jet trail, some lens flare, some sensor spots... cropped to square, resized and added the border. No sharpening or level adjustments...
File: AirTime-1.jpg
File size: 147KB
Image Serial Number: 145-4523
Camera Model: Canon EOS 10D
Camera serial number: 1020300016
Firmware: Firmware Version 2.0.0
Date/Time: 2004:04:17 16:31:09
Shutter speed: 1/750 sec
Aperture: 22
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Center-weighted average
Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
ISO: 200
Lens: 12.0 to 24.0 mm
Focal length: 13.0mm
AF mode: Manual Focus
Image size: 640 x 640
Rotation: none
Image quality: Lossless
White balance: Auto
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
Default settings
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this is pretty rad, one of my favorites. i can't decide if i would have just cropped out the rail completely and left him ollie-ing against the sun. :) nice work.
One of the best in show. The stop motion, the silouette, the lens flare, and your positioning are all just great. I might try to lighten the sky just a bit to to a bit more definition to the upper body and head of your subject. A really great shot! 8
Superb shot, but I wonder if your monitor is calibrated badly. I feel your gamma should be a lot higher so the skateboarder's head stands out from the sky more. Great sun flare. Good composition. Excellent timing.
It's tough getting an image when you're also shooting the sun straight on. This is a great shot, but do use care. Looking at the sun through your camera can cause eye damage. Not worth even the most special photograph for! 8
Cleverly captured and the sun well positioned too but his pose doesn't really appeal to me. His arms are too close to his body and look kind of strange.
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