A ski jump sequence

jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
edited February 13, 2013 in Sports
parker-sequence-X3.jpg

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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2013
    Cool effect, Jack! I really like this.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,939 moderator
    edited February 11, 2013
    Looks good! It would be great if we could see a face.
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  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2013
    Thanks moose.
    ian408 wrote: »
    Looks good! It would be great if we could see a face.

    Ha, sorry, goggles and face masks are the norm at 20 degrees F and below. Or anytime if you are Shaun White or one of his disciples.

    Here's one of the individual frames:
    5D3_8730-X3.jpg
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  • Dooginfif20Dooginfif20 Registered Users Posts: 845 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2013
    I think its cool, but the dang border you are using really takes away from the picture.
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  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2013
    I know, it sucks, but I just threw this together quickly for fun. It's not supposed to be a poster or anything. Only reason my watermark is on there is because it is in a gallery with other photos which are for sale.

    At first the edges of the photos were all jagged staircases (thanks Photoshop Photomerge) so I used a soft eraser to get rid of those. Then I thought it might look better against a black background, so I used the magic wand to select it and then paint can to fill it, and voila. Oh well.
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  • Mike JMike J Registered Users Posts: 1,029 Major grins
    edited February 12, 2013
    Very nice individual shots but the sequence doesn't work for me for two reasons: 1) the stairstep effect and 2) there isn't enough background to really give this context. I tried something like this recently but used a different technique. I used a wide angle lens on a tripod so that the BG was fixed from shot to shot. I then was able to cut and paste in place the skier from each frame into the master document. I ended up with this:
    i-WZSH7dV-L.jpg

    I think to do this type of sequence you need to frame the initial shots a little bit differently than if you were doing individual action shots.
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  • jmphotocraftjmphotocraft Registered Users Posts: 2,987 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2013
    Yeah, I was shooting for individual shots, the sequence was an afterthought. Unfortunately the best angle due to sun and obstacles meant eliminating context.

    If you don't mind me saying, I have to admit I'm not really digging your sequence either, lol! Looks more like a crowded race course rather than one guy flowing through the gates. I'm partial to this style: (not my photo)

    6t2o5cz.jpg
    -Jack

    An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
  • Mike JMike J Registered Users Posts: 1,029 Major grins
    edited February 13, 2013
    jmphotocraft wrote: »
    Yeah, I was shooting for individual shots, the sequence was an afterthought. Unfortunately the best angle due to sun and obstacles meant eliminating context.

    If you don't mind me saying, I have to admit I'm not really digging your sequence either, lol! Looks more like a crowded race course rather than one guy flowing through the gates. I'm partial to this style: (not my photo)

    6t2o5cz.jpg
    Don't mind you saying so at all. Your description is spot on. My shots were spaced too far apart so there is no "flow" created. I much prefer the example you posted. My learnings are:
    - Concentrate on a smaller section of the course
    - Shoot a higher frame rate to pull the sequence together
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