Here’s the Friday Photo of the Week. Was feeling wintery and I couldn’t help myself. Tell us if you like and why/why not.
Behind the scenes “making of” this shot and the camera/lens/spec details after the jump…
The above shot was created on a Nikon D3, using the Nikkor 24-70mm 2.8 lens (affil links to B&H). Shot at f6.3, 1/1600 sec, ISO 200. The legendary Tanner Hall is the athlete. Location: Stevens Pass, WA.
The behind-the-scenes shot below is how we captured this image. That’s me in the black on the right with my D3s and Todd Jones (TGR) on left in the yellow, shooting the RED camera, hanging outta the helicopter. BTS photo shot by Scotty.
Like or not? Why?
Awesome shot…. would love to see an .R3D frame grab from the same angle…. or at least a jpg frame grab. You should definitely share on REDuser.net… Cheers.
Like it. The black and white conversion makes it feel like a night shot almost. Love the shadows of the trees creeping in from the top.
I really like the composition and tonality of the shot but I am finding the shadows at the top of the image to be a bit distracting. With such a small subject (the skier) the dark shadows of the trees and the pole add a bit too much distraction for my liking. Over all though the shot is pretty awesome and a great sense of timing in capture as always where we can see the skier completely: arms, legs, head and skis – rather than a ball with skis coming off of it Great job over all. Cheers.
Love it. Would love it even more if you cropped off the bottom third of the image just below the shadow of the ramp.