Bouldering Outdoors

mushy

These were taken at a few locations in the hills about an hours drive outside of Perth. The rock is very sharp and shreads your finger tips after a very short amount of time.

Taken at John Forest National Park


Shot on a very overcast morning near Margaret River 4 hours south of Perth


From our newly discovered area called Dreaded Boulders


All comments welcome on how i could have composed these shots better is much appreciated. (no photoshopping has been applied to any of these either)

JubbaKing

Hi mushy! I like the perspective of #1 very much. I see what you were going for by focussing on the hands but I feel it would be more important to show her face in focus.
#2 doesn't really grab me much because I can't really see his face much. Maybe had you zoomed out a tad more (if possible) to show more of the surrounding area and how high up he was, it would have more impact.
#3 Again, the face is not in focus. Also, the people to the left draw away the attention to the climber.

Prezwoodz

I like the nail polish in #1 it matches the tone of the picture quite nicely.

#2 is as most overcast pictures are, a bit duller because of the light. The background looks like it would be pretty cool. Maybe takinga few steps back and shooting the person on the right and get the background on the left using the thirds principle could have spiced that one up.

#3 a macro on the hand might have been cool . i do enjoy the shot however.

coldclimb

I love climbing. Went out today, but as there were only two of us, the rope work took priority and I was only able to catch a few pics for the memories, nothing worthwhile. Wading through five feet of soft melting snow uphill to get to the base of the routes was fun though!

I like these pics. Number one and three more so than number two, but they're all better than what I got today. Nice work!

Steve Cavigliano

Mushy,

These are very good

Like Coldclimb, I like 1 and 3 best. I am torn about the 1st one. Part of me agrees with Jubba, her face should be in focus. But, part of me really likes the sharp focus on the fingers/hands only. Her tenuous grip on the rocks looks like the story you are telling and from that point of view, I think your 1st pic tells this story very well


Good work and thanks for sharing,
Steve

coldclimb

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

I am torn about the 1st one. Part of me agrees with Jubba, her face should be in focus. But, part of me really likes the sharp focus on the fingers/hands only. Her tenuous grip on the rocks looks like the story you are telling and from that point of view, I think your 1st pic tells

I think in this case, if the face is blurry at all, it should be much more so, and the hand very sharp and contrasted to draw attention to it. I've seen this work incredibly well a few times. Makes a stellar shot. Still not bad though, I do like it!

ian408

These are nice climbing photos. In tight but not too tight.
#1 & #3 both have focus set to the hands. I like that because
it conveys the role of the hand in climbing. And in both, it's a
lead into the face.

Nice work.

Ian

mushy

comments and sugestions
cheers all for the comments and suggestions, I'm heading out this weekend and will be going snap happy, will post some new shots on Monday for further appraisal.