Skate Park

[Duradrum]

Hi, visited the local skate park today. Here are a selection of pics taken from my 300d and 70-300 USM lens. Hope you enjoy :)


http://www.ice-designs.net/uploads/5001.jpg



http://www.ice-designs.net/uploads/5002.jpg



http://www.ice-designs.net/uploads/5003.jpg



http://www.ice-designs.net/uploads/5004.jpg



http://www.ice-designs.net/uploads/5005.jpg



http://www.ice-designs.net/uploads/5007.jpg

[Duradrum]

Not sure if I prefer the one above more or this one below. Like the purple in the one below.

http://www.ice-designs.net/uploads/5006.jpg

[norcal99]

whoa very artistic and i like the composition! What type of post processing did you use to achieve the dull colors in #1? Very nice work!

[smittymike19]

awesome shots. what was your postprocessing technique? love the colors

[Duradrum]

Thanks for the comments. As for the processing, its all done in adobe raw convertor.
I boost the contrast to full, then reduce the saturation. Then add some lens vignetting and then adjust exposure accordingly. When this is done I boost the white balance to give a warmer look, then add some shadows.

Doing this in raw is great as the quality is maximised when shooting RAW. I always shoot RAW!

[L1968]

Wow!


I've been lurking around here for a little while and these made me wanna post. I love 'em!

[tuggnet]

I like the shots. I'm drawn to #2... really like the bw.

Well done.

[BottomBracket]

Excellent shots! I love the compostion and the sharpness. The pics have a raw quality, nor surprising since they were processed in Adobe Raw converter. hehe.

[pdrow]

Really nice. The color treatments is perfect for this type of shot.

[skade]

Great shots!

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

Those are all absolutely fantastic! I can't say there's a single one i don't like....... fantastic job!

[Dante King]

really great work.

[dsze]

Man...those are incredible. I look at alot of photos everyday and alot of them are wonderful...but these are just outstanding! :) Excellent work.

-daniel

[SeanH]

Thanks for the comments. As for the processing, its all done in adobe raw convertor.
I boost the contrast to full, then reduce the saturation. Then add some lens vignetting and then adjust exposure accordingly. When this is done I boost the white balance to give a warmer look, then add some shadows.

Doing this in raw is great as the quality is maximised when shooting RAW. I always shoot RAW!

Cool !! Thanks, that is the look I have been trying to get so thanks for the processing info. I shot alot of motocross, and that will look killer if I can dupicate it.

Now when you say Adobe raw convertor, is that the same as opening it up in the raw section of Photoshop CS ????

[Titus213]

Color is very nice. Composition and cropping are excellent. I like the pictures and I don't even like skateboards...

I don't know why, but the have a lonliness about them.

[Raj]

very nice pictures ! I like them all.

[fortinaa]

Great shots and post process. I visited a skate park the other day for the first time (not too many good skaters around though) and you've inspired me to play around with one of my shots. It wasn't in RAW, so I just had to use some hue/saturation/noise and layer masking. Now I don't know which I like.

http://www.msu.edu/%7Efortinaa/skater.jpg

[Lagged2Death]

All great, but I think #5002 is my favorite. I think it captures something about teen angst /alienation / vulnerability very effectively.

[kawter2]

I really like the processing you used on these!!! it adds tremendiously!

[ajbalazic]

These are some of the best I've seen here. You have great talent. Composition especially. You can't teach what you've shown here... it comes naturally. Great work on the post processing too. I've bookmarked this thread so I can refer to it later when I try to get this effect.

[dorkn]

What happened to the photos? They are not loading for me. At least the fisrt 2. Hmm I will check back later.

[Duradrum]

Wow, thaks very much for all the kind comments. I'm still relavitely new to photography, just had the 300d about 8 weeks now but i'm very much in love with my new hobby. I've still got a lot to learn but its a great community here and there is so many great inspiring shots that I love to look at. Thanks all for looking at my pics.

[cgratti]

like #'s 2 and 6 the best... good catch!

[exposingmyself]

i love them all! keep shooting.

[smudge]

Absoloute quality. Well done. Just goes to show, you can have all the mk2's and L lenses coming out your ears, but you can't buy talent. Well done.
I'm insanely jealous.

[Fer]

Very well done! I love them all!

[charlesu]

Excellent series. Really, really good!

[Michaelmjc]

Great shots, very nice compostions... They look like skateboarding ads.

[picture-this]

I like the artzy fartzyness.