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?
beautiful and majestic!
When I first opened the page the browser it was cropping the bottom of the image, I thought the image was interesting. Then I viewed the whole image and found it ordinary, however when I cropped the tree shadows from the top of the image I found it entirely more intriguing. The diagonals created by the jump drove the focus to the skier, itself now in a more interesting position in the frame, and removal of the shadows added an interesting air of “what the…?” to the photo. Great shot from a very unusual and interesting angle.
I like it….wish that the skier was set right in the rule of thirds with the 3:4 crop
Sorry Chase. This one doesn’t make the cut. It’s flat (due to the angle of the shot) and B&W rendition. It just makes me wonder where the photographer is instead of wondering about the subject (or theme). It must have been one hell of a ride for you, hanging out of the helicopter however…now that’s sick!
I dig it, but would prefer it to be cropped from just below the shadow of the light poles to the bottom of the frame. I’m not a fan of the tree and light pole shadows and with those cropped out I feel it would have better balance, but that is just one dude’s opinion.