Skateboarding Rules

[Mathallowell]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3567/3404576767_9a347fdcbe.jpg

This is an ollie taken somewhere in Michigan.
Taken with a rebel xt with the kit lense.
critique pleaseee

[Mathallowell]

no suggestions?

[jcw122]

Wow it looks great. The colors are awesome, and the scenery is WAY different than almost any skate shots I've seen. Really makes me think about the photo. Nice job.

[mikeassk]

Good:
Angle is ok.
The ollie looks big.

Bad:
Clutter, that weird think that he looks like he is nosepicking
Portrait Crop.


Maybe backup ten or 12 feet to your left...

[Mathallowell]

what do you mean by portrait crop? ha i never noticed that front truck on the post before.

[mikekelley]

this would be sick from straight in front of him, i think.

[mikeassk]

what do you mean by portrait crop? ha i never noticed that front truck on the post before.

Their is a portrait and landscape "crop" when photographing.
This is portrait.
If you were to turn you camera 90 degrees it would be a landscape crop.

[computerguru3190]

The skater's face is really hard to see, he is a little dark. Different shot though.

[squashed]

Now this is tons better than you're other post except you exposed for the awesome sky and it did wash the skater a little. Nothing a little photoshop could'nt fix.

[Mathallowell]

thanks a lot, i don't know much about photoshop, i need to get on that.

[namasste]

Ideally, a flash high camera right and one low in front and left would be outstanding. Without that gear, photoshop is your ticket. Select the skater and maybe a little of the ground and surrounding "flora" and lift the shadows until it looks right to you. Add a low opacity soft light layer to give it all some pop and you're money. nice shot but I agree that's its busy with the wires and such and that it does look like he's nosepicking that post.

[mjw1999]

love it