Whaddya think for my first time shooting a skater? Kinda fun to try and get the right moment in the trick. Hoping to have another go at it soon.


edit: Oops.. where'd the photo go?

Ok, resized to try again.

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Yes! It worked!

Very cool you got skills!

you should play around with differnt filters you'll get some sweet shots!

Thanks, YoGi! What filters would you suggest? I'm kinda new to the filter thing, but will give it a shot.

Here's another photo.

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well i use a canaon slr and have afew filter i play with.

you can get sets of filters to fit your leans at the photo shops, get a pack and have a play see what comes of it.

Ahh.. ok. I was thinkin' PhotoShop filters. I use a Canon also. The Digital Rebel XTi. I'll try that. Thanks again for the suggestion!

Nice work CyberRacer

Thanks, faerie.

I'm hoping to do it again this Sunday and have more skaters and actually get paid for it this time.

nice one

Great timing there.

nice photo, looks like you got a great talent (:

Gracias, faerie.



+ĦĐ. TheAvaTaR... thanks, man





Thank you, Dead Romance! I'm gonna stick with this. It's fun to catch the tricks as they're happening. Action!

the 3rd shot is the best would have been great if the skater had been looking at the camera but a nice fast shutter shot.

If you wanted any feedback,Personally i would do a little post processing with the levels just to bring out a deeper contrast, straighten the horizon and crop tighter to lose some of the sky. - but thats just a personal view point!

Thanks for your comment and constructive criticism, HHRC! I like to hear what can help my pictures out. I'll mess around with what you suggested.

Peace

Good shot!

What Camera did you use?

Thanks. I used a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi.

Awesome Photo's man.
You should think about building up a black book collection and sending them to a magazine, its worth a try.

Very impressive work mate. Wish you were here in my city at the moment as the Clipsal 500 is on, it's a 4 day car racing meet. Lots of action and colour and the weather is perfect for a photographer

Thanks, ZoiKoi. My friend that was skating, told me the same thing. :-) Hoping to make more pictures and with more skaters, soon!



Thank you, Bunnygirl! Yeah, that sounds cool! I love making pictures, especially if the weather's nice and the subject is worthy. :-)

Just remember to get model release forms signed if you are planning to sell images to stock librarys!

All the best

That's a great reminder! Thanks.

Nice, but your picture would make more impact and have a 3D effect if you opened the aperture up to its maximum. A long fast lens (2.8) or faster would be your Ideal choice.

If you cant run to this, just open your standard lens up fully and see how that looks.

Depth of field is everything when you need to create an Impact and this type of shot is just ordinary without Impact.....

Edit: I should have said ~ also consider using a circular polariser, it will give you a dramatic effect to your sky and is user adjustable.

This has confirmed that i deffo need to invest in a SLR.

Thoose shots are fantastic