Flaps
by d95vette

Comment by SteinarSig:
Were you driving?

Flaps
by d95vette

Comment by langdon:
Very cool shot, the thumnail looked superb, I wish there was just a little less grain in this one. Try despeckle?

Flaps
by d95vette

Comment by aussie:
This shot is probably one of my favourites. I love the way you captured the water coming off the back of the truck. Well thought out for this type of competition.

Flying on the Water
by d95vette

Comment by Zeissman:
What a dynamic image? cropping in on the ski may have worked a little better. Great contrast,

Flying on the Water
by d95vette

Comment by Patella:
B&W vs. Color issus aside, well timed shot. My major suggestion would be to crop this vertically -- it would emphasize how high he is in the air and also give him less photo space to land in -- almost make it feel like he's gonna soar completely out of the shot. (I'd probably crop in such a way that the boat was still in the shot and way up in the right hand corner.)

Flying on the Water
by d95vette

Comment by irae:
Tack sharp (B/W helps a lot there), and a great catch of the action. Slightly tilted (you could just crop out the horizon to take care of that, or, even better, crop to a vertical to emphasize the jump. The spray at R is good, but you don't need all of it.) Pretty good tones, although I wouldn't mind the whites just a touch brighter, but certainly raisies the question, 'why B/W?'.

Flying on the Water
by d95vette

Comment by magnetic9999:
awesome! the spray looks especially choice.

Flying on the Water
by d95vette

Comment by lisae:
It has been said in the forums that an action shot like this doesn't work in black and white, but I think it leads the viewer to look at things like that big cloud of spray in a different way than colour would. I don't know about the way the photo is framed though, it doesn't seem to work that well to me.

Flying on the Water
by d95vette

Comment by Swashbuckler:
Very nice action stop. Good range of whites/greys/black, very good focus and action stopage!! Sorry, but I have no constructive remarks. (Maybe w/o the other boat, but I understand that candid shots often have bonus extras that weren't intended/wanted)
Photo 10 ++ Creativity 9 B&W 9 total 9

Flying on the Water
by d95vette

Comment by Dangerous_blues:
I know its hard to time what other people are doing on the water, but this shot would have been much better without the pontoon boat in the background, with the splash leading into your jetskier, and cropped more closely to your subject.