this was shot hand-held with my 300mm. i was lying on the pool deck (wearing rain gear). there was nothing easy about getting this shot. it's nearly impossible to pan swimmers with a lens this large because they just aren't moving that fast. it's purely random whether or not they are going to take a breath facing you at the moment they are passing through your view point. it's absolutely miraculous that the water is going to be doing anything interesting. i was only able to get 90 frames, which yielded only 10 possibles, which really came down to only three, of which i picked this one.
post-production was essentially levels, curves, and hue-sat adjustments.
since this is one of the few times a year where my work intersected with a dpc theme, i'm entering it. not really expecting this to connect with the mainstream, but i'm sure a few people will like it.
i'm anticipating a 5.2 or worse...
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Great subject for this challenge, and good timing as well. I believe I would have liked it ever so slightly more if the swimmer were a bit sharper, but it's still nice.
Really powerful. I love this. The water is brilliant. The lighting though seems just a tiny bit flat, so maybe a TINY bit more contrast would add a little bit of pop.
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