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moroneyk
Feb 9, 2006, 12:55 PM
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http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=69136
Ricky Bell on a highball problem in the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland.
Any ideas or comments on how to improve this? Obviously I should have removed the coat from the background before taking the shot but I forgot :(
It was a very foggy day and a lot of the shots from the day look washed out. Has anyone any advice for shooting in foggy conditions?
Thanks,
Kevin
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hillbillywannabe
Feb 9, 2006, 2:38 PM
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theres no picture
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moroneyk
Feb 9, 2006, 2:56 PM
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Weird, it's showing up on my computer in firefox and Internet explorer?
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krillen
Feb 9, 2006, 3:44 PM
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I can see both the ones you can't HB, check your settings. Are you behind a firewall or something?
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tarzan420
Feb 9, 2006, 4:27 PM
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The shot feels kinda static to me.
The first (obvious?) change would be to wait 1/2 second or so, and shoot as he reaches for that hold. That alone would make this a great shot, imo.
Secondly, the composition is somewhat uninteresting. I'd either pan left, or crop off a little on the right side.
No help on foggy shooting, but good call on the couple of bright colors (shirt, pad, even the coat) to keep the shot from being overly grey-brown.
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hillbillywannabe
Feb 9, 2006, 4:39 PM
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it decided to show itself, that said
he looks bored sorta, kinda "why am i here this is stupid " kind of face
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krillen
Feb 10, 2006, 4:52 PM
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I like the compostion. The chalk marks in the upper right lead the eye really well, into the shot, to the subject, to the hold and then out of the shot.
Also the pads work really well. As you said, the coats have to go, but they really aren't THAT distracting.
The shallow DOF gives it a nice sense of height. You dont' have to tell people that he's highballing, it's fairly evident.
The shot does feel somewhat static, but that dones't really bother me here. It's clear, in focus, composed well, and the facial expression isn't too bad. It's a good pic, I'd be pretty happy with it.
As fas as fog, I think overly bright colours are about the only thing you can do to help that....or try and use it as en effect instead of a hinderance?
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mr_mohaupt
Feb 10, 2006, 7:19 PM
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To make him pop more (if you have photoshop) you can take your lasso tool and feather it by like 10-15 pixels and then select just your subject then (what I like to do) is hit CTRL (apple)+ H to hid your selection and then open curves. From there I add just a little contrast to my subject so the rest stays a little washed out. It gives it a nice feel/mood.
~Mike
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sonyhome
Feb 17, 2006, 11:06 AM
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i wouldn't change a thing. That-photo-is-cool. :)
When you look immediatly you are drawn into the action: What the hell is he doing. Dang, that's high! He looks like in a weird position, where is he gonna go?
I like the static shot, body centered, chaleked sloper top right, emptiness in the bottom left 1/3 and lines leading to his calm face. The feet edging, the precarious yet apparently relaxed position. It's the calm before the storm. It all works.
Now maybe other photos of him doing the commit would be great too. This is a perfect vantage point for having a series of shot.
If you shot afterwards, I'd like to see the whole sequence!
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mitguy
Feb 21, 2006, 8:21 AM
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What I like about this one is the climber's face. I feel like the, "What am I doing here?" expression really works with his face plastered to the rock in an awkward position so far above the ground. In addition to this, all the lines in the photo lead us to that expression...the chalk line on the far boulder, the edges of the boulder he is on, even the outstreched arm of the coat (though I agree, the bright red is a tad distracting (maybe a blue or a green would work?).
mitguy
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