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?
The creative side of me says, ‘Wow!’
The commercial side of me says, “huh?”
My first impression is that Tanner is sort of lost in the busy-ness of the shot.
But lots of details happening all around that make for a really cool shot in general.
So I can’t identify who the shot is for… or really what the subject is and maybe that’s fine in a world of closeups…
If it’s For Tanner… I wonder if his shadow on the ground beneath the landing ramp would have created a more depth and given him a stronger context. Perhaps loosing the vignette would allow his form to pop more as the subject?
For Stevens? The text at the base of the landing ramp gets lost in the shadow of the ramp.
For you? Kick-ass Fun shot!
For me? Wish I coulda been there!
Great photo, really interesting perspective. I’m so use to filming low to make things look epic that sometimes you forget going from above can have the same effect.
Wow! I adore this first shot.. Such scale, graphical elements and wonder.
I like the colour image, but not quite as much. It feels a little crowded
Wow!
I love it, great angle and black and white makes it even better!