7 Year Old Shredder at Venice Skatepark

MachineAgeMachineAge Registered Users Posts: 17 Big grins
edited January 11, 2010 in Sports
Kiko Francisco, seven years old. Awesome.

I like the shots but they just don't have that razor sharp magazine quality. Not sure if it's gear, technique, pp or combination. DOF should be narrower but I just didn't trust the 30D to lock focus so I dialed it up to 5.6 instead of 2.8 (on my 17-55). Have to do some looking into this and would, of course, appreciate any suggestions.

Composition-wise, my hardcore skating friend says air shots are meaningless without showing where the bottom is. Also, if you show a sequence you have to show the landing cause any idiot can launch himself into the air and then splatter all over the cement--it's the landing that makes it good. That's what he says anyway!

Here's the full set: http://machineage.smugmug.com/gallery/10910789_zbjoT#761770941_MoTfj



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Comments

  • ErbemanErbeman Registered Users Posts: 926 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2010
    That is insane!!!
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,941 moderator
    edited January 11, 2010
    Crazy kids :D

    I like the first best.
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  • MachineAgeMachineAge Registered Users Posts: 17 Big grins
    edited January 11, 2010
    Do you sports shooters out there like the original framing or the crop better for this sequence? Would love to hear any other feedback on how these could be better. Where would you have positioned yourself for this sequence? My face was down on the cement shooting up to get him against the sky but maybe down in the snake would be better (perhaps at the cost of context?).

    CROP:

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  • ErbemanErbeman Registered Users Posts: 926 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2010
    Well first thing is first. You've got to manage your backgrounds. Either ask folks to take a step or two in one direction, or move yourself so that there isn't anything distracting in the background.

    I like the crop better. I don't know if you used fill flash or not, but a those could use a tad more. I would have got down in the snake as well. and had him try and jump as close to you as possible. But what you have is pretty good.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,941 moderator
    edited January 11, 2010
    I agree with what Russ suggested.

    I also like the cropped version better.
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  • MachineAgeMachineAge Registered Users Posts: 17 Big grins
    edited January 11, 2010
    Erbeman wrote:
    Either ask folks to take a step or two in one direction, or move yourself so that there isn't anything distracting in the background.

    But wait...that would involve interacting! With people!

    Yeah I guess that's the next step--managing the scene to get what I want.

    No fill flash though I wished I had my 430ex at the time. I applied some general "fill light" in Lightroom but it was quick and dirty (unlocalized) and washed out some of the darker details. I could probably do a better job of this.

    Thanks guys for the input. Much appreciated.
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