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post-challenge: WOW! Thanks everyone for all the great comments! In fact this image is roughly 20% of the whole image. Behind him is a chairlift and skiiers/boarders, so a close crop had to be used. It was a cold day that Ryan and I went up there and shot, but so worth it!
Statistics
Place: 30 out of 154 Avg (all users): 6.0813 Avg (commenters): 8.0000 Avg (participants): 5.9828 Avg (non-participants): 6.1192 Views since voting: 1226 Views during voting: 318 Votes: 209 Comments: 10 Favorites: 0
You're doing sports/action now, too?? And very well, I might add! Lots of energy to this shot, great detail, and that sweet pastel sky to top it all off. Nicely done!
Hi again Susan :)
We continually meet (at least virtually)
Composition
Great crop, albeit a bit tight. It's amazing though, how could you get so close with just a 10-20mm? You had to be right below him, so of course no snow appears.
Yet, you still managed to capture the cold feeling required for this challenge.
Technique
Great stop-motion photo, perfect timing, and just superbly captured.
Processing
As you didn't have any snow or distinctive features to add to the photo, the skier look a bit lonely. I see that there are hints of clouds in the sky, so I would probably would darken just the blue channel / tones, as to try and get a few clouds to appear in the sky. I think it would boost the overall image.
Overall
I gave it an 8 at voting, because it was one of the best in the challenge.
An 8 average vote from commentators is also a very good score, and you managed a 6+ score in total. A job well done :)
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