Heels over Head...

M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
edited October 15, 2010 in Street and Documentary
Some might recognize the truck in the background from a previous submission. Does this one have any merit? Tighter crop on the girl/line/shadow? The power lines sort of kill it for me on first pass.

Thanks...

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  • misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    Perfect timing!
  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited October 13, 2010
    Great timing indeed. Many landscape photographers go nuts about power lines, but they're just a fact of life on the street. You ought to take care not to let them detract from the composition when you are shooting, but that's about it. In this case, I don't think they matter at all. Since they're against the sky, it would be a simple matter to clone them out, but I certainly wouldn't bother.
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  • NyarthlopicNyarthlopic Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    Wow. That is an amazing stop-action shot. The fact that you froze her in mid air like that yet still clearly captured the expression on her face...wow. Just wow.
  • Stella7dStella7d Registered Users Posts: 201 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    Wow!
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    Richard wrote: »
    Great timing indeed. Many landscape photographers go nuts about power lines, but they're just a fact of life on the street. You ought to take care not to let them detract from the composition when you are shooting, but that's about it. In this case, I don't think they matter at all. Since they're against the sky, it would be a simple matter to clone them out, but I certainly wouldn't bother.

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited October 13, 2010
    bdcolen wrote: »
    Do do WHAT Richard? mwink.gif

    Relax, BD. Cloning is just a highly sophisticated form of dodging and burning that operates at the pixel level. mwink.gif

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  • lizzard_nyclizzard_nyc Registered Users Posts: 4,056 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    Very good capture! clap.gif

    i have to say though, my favorite part is the not so nice looks on the other cheerleaders faces.
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    great timing indeed and the other girls looks also great thumb.gif

    If it were mine I'd consider serious crop on the left. To me theres nothing there and it would off center
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  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited October 13, 2010
    Thanks for all the comments!

    Richard, I understand what you are saying about being Street PJ - lines/poles are just part of the experience. thumb.gif

    As a side note, she started her run at the firetruck and ran straight down the double yellow towards me. She did one pass that I missed, then I setup for the second pass. I had three or four other shots of various backside/frontside while she did the flips and I just got lucky on this one being almost perfectly straight up/vertical.

    I decided to do a crop as mentioned AND get rid of the lines for grins.

    What's your preference? Original at the top or this one?

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited October 14, 2010
    On balance, I prefer the original. It's true that the expressions on the cheerleaders come through better, but I think the acrobat needs more room and I also miss the shadow.
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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Great capture of a dynamic moment.

    Leave in the wires - they are part of the scene, as is the firetruck.

    I agree with Richard about the crop. I really love the expressions on the faces of the standing cheerleaders and rather wish that the upside down young woman weren't centered in the frame, but you lose some of the story if you crop it in too tight. I especially like being able to see the shadow.

    Just a thought. Since the original post is already a crop, have you thought about going back to the original and recropping?

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  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Thanks for the comments on version #2.

    I still like the original better. As Richard mentioned, it's more balanced and I'm coming to realize there's little point in cleaning out lines. They were there and are part of the recorded event.

    I'll look at at taking the original and doing a more standard crop to see what happens.

    And yes, I also thought the shadow had some value, but hey - when you want to see the other side of the fence, why not go all out? lol...

    Again, thanks and I'll work on version #3 tonight.
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    Great moment capture.

    Perhaps with the cropping experimentation, try the aspect ratio of #2 BUT do not lose any of the vertical (thus effectively just cropping the cab of the fire engine and decentering the subject without placing her on the edge).
  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited October 14, 2010
    OK, here's what I think works based on the comments.
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    Now, here's the LINK for the uncropped version (7.5MB). I took the .nef (raw) file and did a few color tweaks, then exported to a .jpg without cropping. Please feel free to play with it and post it back here. I'd love to see what everyone thinks how it should/could look.

    Looking forward to seeing what others come up with! clap.gif

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited October 15, 2010
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