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?
You nailed it. Love that it’s in b&w! Less is more my friend!
Almost great, and I wanted to like it, but I think the skier it too static. Maybe because he’s parallel to the ground, and/or maybe because he’s facing the jump. I think my viewing got stuck between his helmet and the lip of the jump, and it sort of looks like he’s actually flying toward the takeoff jump. Intellectually I of course know what’s going on, but that conflicts with what’s going on visually.
I like it
I like this because there are all these tracks going around in the image. Then there is the skier who is in the air and making tracks we do not see. The other aspect I enjoy is that there are huge elements all around and yet the the skier one of the smallest if not the smallest element takes over. Thanks for sharing as usual!
Inthe color shot, the skier’s shadow looks like a bird!