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FullertonImages
Jan 30, 2009, 8:53 PM
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This is a pic I took of my friend Aaron Reynolds on Mongolian Cosmonaut, a V8 on Flagstaff Mtn, CO. What do you all think?
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kriso9tails
Jan 30, 2009, 9:17 PM
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I agree; it is a bouldering pic. Not what you were looking for? The crop bugs me -- it's way to close to the top of his head -- but fortunately you have other shots in the series that show enough of the problem to photoshop a little more space up above. The lighting is pretty nice. It highlights the climber well in the image, especially given the bright background and it defines his musculature a bit. I would probably play around with darkening the left side of the boulder just a bit just because the light looks a little too hot there. This last point is pretty stupid, but since I'm not above being stupid, I'm going to make it anyway: I'm not a fan of the watch. I don't know why; I just wish he wasn't wearing a watch for some reason. Makes it feel like he just stepped out of the office.
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FullertonImages
Jan 30, 2009, 9:28 PM
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I totally agree on the watch! But it's like fused to his wrist. If I got him to take it off once, only to reveal the most ghastly tan line. The crop also bugs me. That boulder is so hard to get a good angle on. Most I'm happy with the way the lighting came out, and the fact that I was able to tame the bright sky and the backlit boulder, which was probably like a 6 stop difference.
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Paul_Y
Jan 31, 2009, 1:47 AM
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Fullerton, Nice job on controlling the light, and using the sun to bring out his musculature.
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pico23
Jan 31, 2009, 3:11 AM
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The lighting and exposure are nice to me. The crop sucks. Too tight to the head. If you printed it there is a good chance you'd lose even more. And it's a bouldering shot...(just kidding)!
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FullertonImages
Jan 31, 2009, 5:31 AM
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I'll admit the first one I posted pretty much has the worst crop, but it was my favorite lighting. I was backed up against a rock with a 14mm lens, and it was everything I could do to keep his whole body in the frame. Here' some other pics from that day.
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pico23
Feb 1, 2009, 1:15 AM
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I like the top two above my post. I think the lighting is pretty good in those as well. The bottom one doesn't do much for me. I kinda like the middle one the best overall.
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krillen
Feb 6, 2009, 7:36 PM
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your horizon is crooked. It's not noticeable at first but then it really bugged me. Also you watermark/title is WAY to close to your subject. It's much better in the other two photos but it's practically ontop of his foot in the first one.
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sidepull
Feb 6, 2009, 8:03 PM
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you're right, the horizon is crooked. It's a better shot with it straight. the lighting is excellent but the cropping makes it just an average shot.
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seatbeltpants
Mar 2, 2009, 2:13 AM
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kriso9tails wrote: FullertonImages wrote: I totally agree on the watch! That cracked me up a bit. What can you do? It's not really that big a deal. my first reaction to this photo was "it looks like an ad for the watch that guy is wearing" nice shot! steve
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brawa
Mar 3, 2009, 4:56 AM
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Is that Aaron from Upper Limits gym? If so, what an awesome guy to be around in the gym. Either way, I like the photos!
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FullertonImages
Mar 3, 2009, 7:50 AM
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If Upper Limits is a gym in St Louis, then probably. I know he used to work at a gym out there, but now he lives in CO.
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