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?
I like for sure. The texture and scale are what set it apart for me. The fact that the athlete is just a small part of the image tells me that the mountain is king and we are just little players on it’s face. As a former ski racer that is the right thinking, if you think you are bigger then the mountain you will crash and burn. Sweet shot, a keeper all the way.
Expensive shot! Me no likey….B&W and vignette are always the big safety valve. 🙂 to many distracting objects…
Like it…b/w simplifies which is needed since the small size of Tanner must be immediately seen w/respect to the jump or your viewers say to themselves, “Huh?”. The smallish size…does great for perspective…showing the whoomp of this jump…big…big. But, we want to identify w/the only person and try to claw out some emotions …. so I am thinking you post this 100% pixel size with only the jumper showing in the frame…then the photo is zoomed out slowly to finally end up with the full frame…kinda like a google earth zoom, if you know what I mean. Oh, yeah…thank goodness the foot tracks show up in snow below the kicker…helps show the distance between the snow floor and the jumper. Ken S
Definately Like.
The composition draws the eye in and the crisscrossing and flowing lines keep it moving around the image. The range of tonalities is great with detail retained across the range. Subject placement – and posture – couldn’t be better. I agree with some of the other constructive criticism that the shadows at the top could either be eliminated or could be more dense – it is the in-between that bothers me – the mix of tree and light pole is OK because the rest of the shot mixes man and nature. Having said that – if this shot can be executed hanging out of a helicopter hundreds of feet in the air, then I have no excuse for anything but perfect exposure and composition when standing on the ground – right? Thanks for building a community that makes this critique possible.