Rock Jumping

These were a lot of fun to shoot. 40 or 50 jumps until she was tired and was done jumping. I know I'm going to be in trouble tonight because she complained this morning that she coulnd't walk because her quads were sore.

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That second shot is awesome! Can you give me the link to that web site? I'm guessing she stuck her hand out to the point where she was going to jump while standing on the rock so you could autofocus on her hand. Then she jumped and you are already in focus and the timing is much easier.

That second shot is great - nice work!

strobist.blogspot.com, TMill

2nd shot is awesome. Will keep checking your blog until you post "how you did it" !

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but really , it's great ..

The second one is really cool!

Nice job, great angle...she looks WAY up there.

Yup, the second shot is great. Wish it was a bigger picture.

Great shot in #2, gotta try this. I'd like to check out that link too if you could post it.

I like both shots, nice work.

BTW, for everyone here is the strobist website he is speaking of, good info.

http://strobist.blogsp​ot.com/

Thanks for all the positive comments.

The Strobistwebsite introduced me to lighting off-camera and gave me the confidence to try to do something like this.

The technique for the shot involved laying down on the ground and shooting up to get rid of all the clutter on the ground; telephone wires, cars, trees, etc. I used the setting sun as a fill light to the subjects left, while my off-camera flash was just to camera right, pointing up at the falling subject. The rock was about 3' high, they had to jump another foot or so up in the air.

AI Servo mode tracked the subject from the rock to the point in space where I snapped the pic.

Nice work. I would have thought she was much more than 4' off the ground. She looks like she really got into the jump and pose.