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Postby nodabs on Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:12 pm

shot from today

Joe brewer tap to rail then 7 or 8 foot drop

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C&C please :)
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Postby Geoff on Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:49 pm

Nodabs..I think the saturation, lighting and action captured here is great, the only suggestion I would make is that next time you go in a bit tighter...a closer crop would have given the image more punch in my opinion :)

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Postby avkomp on Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:58 pm

dunno Geoff,
If you go in closer you lose sight of the fact that this maniac is actually up high!!

damn!!

I dont mind the current image as it is.

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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:48 pm

Was fill flash or a reflector used? either way, i like it 'cos it highlights the rider's concentration.

I'd prefer a closer crop as well...maybe a vertical pano crop? the sides don't do much for me.
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Postby nodabs on Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:04 am

there was actually 2 flashes used one was behind him because there was a big shadow differnce between the back and from which it kinda helped with and one on camera zoomed and pointed at his face to fight the shadow. the lense was a zenitar 15mm fish which i like on digi it's not very fishy but it's wide enough to be useful.
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Postby mudder on Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:38 pm

After my recent stack on the treddly these guys amaze me even more!

The angle's great, I get a real impression of the height, and well done for sorting out all that flash stuff!
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Postby kipper on Sat Dec 17, 2005 5:23 pm

It all depends on what you're trying to convey. Here the image shows the concentration of the rider plus the large drop to terrafirma. If you went in with a tighter crop it'd be a different image all together as you'd lose the perspective of how far up he is.
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Postby nodabs on Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:31 pm

kipper wrote:It all depends on what you're trying to convey. Here the image shows the concentration of the rider plus the large drop to terrafirma. If you went in with a tighter crop it'd be a different image all together as you'd lose the perspective of how far up he is.


thats pretty much it i think what i would do differently is show more landing (ie the grass) that puts the rider in the corner more not so centered. if you go to tight you may as well just take the photo on a car park 2 foot rail. the trick is to show the move as well as the rider
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Postby thaddeus on Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:48 pm

I think it's an excellent shot!
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Postby nodabs on Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:41 pm

thaddeus wrote:I think it's an excellent shot!
cheers :)
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