Road Rage

Before asking for Photoshop suggestions on how to make this pop, I'd like to ask for opinions on how I could have composed this better, or used different settings? (I only had a few seconds in this situation to get the shot)

(And as a side question, would this have been better posted to "Critique Corner" and if so, why there and not here?)

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LOL thats good.

Great title, great expression, great moment. I would maybe like to see a little more of the vehicle he's driving. In a perfect world you could have chosen a cleaner background, opened up the lens to blur the background more, and used fill flash.

But it's not a perfect world so I would settle for just the fill flash.

Seriously, if you're shooting people outdoors in the sun, turn the flash on so you're ready when the moment presents itself.

Oh my! That made me smile!

Ah, yes, I do agree with Curtis...

hope your lens is water proof

haha.. cute, nice pic

scokar wrote in post #3824650
hope your lens is water proof

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
love it!!!

Technically, yeah, things could have been done, if you'd had time.

But as a fun, snatched candid, it's absolutely great!!

That is a great picture. Cudos for getting the shot. Sometimes you have no choice as to where or when a young buck is going to give you 3 seconds to take the shot or lose it forever so don't worry about the background, etc. You did good.
Here is just a fun attempt at the picture.

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Being new to everything SLR, I haven't had much success with my 430 indoors let alone trying to use it for fill-in. What would you suggest as a good "default" setting when shooting at high noon outdoors, knowing that I'm almost always in Av mode? I'm not confident enough yet to go manual and possibly "miss the moment". Also, is it just me or is it strange to see someone with a flash during daylight? Maybe I'm just used to seeing everyone with a P&S.

So if you were given 5 extra seconds for the shot, what would be going through your mind? More of the car was suggested earlier.

Great edit! Mind if I ask how you were able to isolate and lighten up the face? As with everything else, I'm starting to poke around with CS2 (CTRL-SHIFT-L is my friend )

Nice picture for the Album.
Good shot, focus spot on, really it's all practice, practice and more practice.
But fill flash outside really is a very good tool.

*Martian wrote in post #3830462
What would you suggest as a good "default" setting when shooting at high noon outdoors, knowing that I'm almost always in Av mode?

Tell me what camera body you're using.

I flash people outdoors all the time. No one ever asks why.

Curtis N wrote in post #3830966
I flash people outdoors all the time. No one ever asks why.

WOW Curtis, I think you are starting to share a little to much for us.You could get arrested for that.:o


Martian,

I tried a few things then I used the shadow/highlight tool under adjustments
Then I used a vignette filter from the Nik series and dodge brush for the eyes.

That was it. I am sure a that someone with some actual talent can do a much better job than I.

*Martian wrote in post #3830462
So if you were given 5 extra seconds for the shot, what would be going through your mind? More of the car was suggested earlier.

Shoot the same thing in portrait mode, then flip the kid's hat off and hope he's still got the same expression. Taking the kid's hat off would even up the exposure.

Curtis N wrote in post #3824607
But it's not a perfect world so I would settle for just the fill flash.

Seriously, if you're shooting people outdoors in the sun, turn the flash on so you're ready when the moment presents itself.

totally agree... I've been learning more about flash lately, and it's well worth the effort.

This shot below was taken in bright sunlight. The nearside of the pot would come out really dark if it was taken without flash. Here, I used high speed sync mode on the flash. The shot itself was taken at f/1.2 (wide open) and 1/8000 (that's how bright it was out there).