Parachute Running

boblu262

New to this group. OK ... new to digital grin overall. While photographing the youth track program for my running club yesterday I caught this image of a high school age participant doing a lap pulling a parachute. All I did with this was crop and reduce "clarity" in Lightroom. I liked the affect ... thought I'd share. Comments encouraged.

2whlrcr

I like it. Can you frame the runner all the way to the left of frame, with the chute centered? Or about 2/3's to the left of frame? I'm curious, I might like that framing better?

boblu262

2whlrcr wrote:

I like it. Can you frame the runner all the way to the left of frame, with the chute centered? Or about 2/3's to the left of frame? I'm curious, I might like that framing better?

Good suggestion ... thanks. I wish I had more real estate on the tail end, but I do like this cropping better:

davidweaver

The first print rocks. The other one has a distracting blur on the right hand side.

No need to follow any rule of thirds here. The runner needs all that space on the left side of the print.

Plus, he looks like Batman is after him. :-)

Great work. I'd hang that one (the first one) on my wall. Really.

Want to sell me a signed print? Err...maybe trade one?

Cheers,
David

boblu262

davidweaver wrote:

The first print rocks. The other one has a distracting blur on the right hand side.

No need to follow any rule of thirds here. The runner needs all that space on the left side of the print.

Plus, he looks like Batman is after him. :-)

Great work. I'd hang that one (the first one) on my wall. Really.

Want to sell me a signed print? Err...maybe trade one?

Cheers,
David

Thanks ... you've convinced me not to change the final image.
If you are serious about a print exchange, please email me. I checked out your site. GREAT work!