I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by dougi555:
nice action shot, well captured, nicely balanced, good colours......if the background was just more outta focus (shorter f-stop) it would brilll.........nice one dude!

I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by JuliBoc:
Wow, what a move! and he looks so young and unprotected. I really like the composition with the subject hanging over that curved line sweeping down to the lower right corner. Perfect focus and DOF, and very pleasing, natural colors. 10

I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by MaryO:
Nice capture, although it does look a bit like he could be sitting on that projection on the left fro this angle.

I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by bananashay:
Very nice shot. I love the focus, light, lines, and the moment you captured. I can't decide if seeing his face would improve this or not.

I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by boyd2000:
Good picture, but the angle looks like he's sitting on the edge of the bench. Good DOF and frozen motion. With no padding I hope he doesn't fall.

I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by MattO:
I like the lighting and the focus is dead on with this shot. I just wish I could see his face in the shot as well.

Lower Yosemite Falls
by cools98

Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Looks like you had some great places to shoot for your FS thats for sure.

My first impression with this shot is that it is nice. Not WOW amazing but not horrible either. You have a cool location but I think overall it might be just a bit too busy. THere is just alot of detail that when reduced down to the size necessary for entry gets lost I think. I am not quite sure what the focus should be either. Is it the falls or is it the rocks. And are the dark objects on the right trees or is it some sort of clmbing vine on the rocks.

The duotone is nice and the lighting is captured well. Maybe a little blown on the water but not really a major issue.

Now looking through your portfolio I think you had stronger images. You do some really great work with landscapes and they score real well for you. I believe that some of your other images from Yosemite would have scored better for you. El Capitan and Cathedral Rocks being two of them, but even the closer up shot of this same falls here. I find that to be a cleaner and more compelling image.

Anyways - keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more of it.

Tim

I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by moolacoola:
wow, nice shot. Skateboarding shots are pretty hard to capture due to such fast paced action. He looks young...must be good.

I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by tosk:
Great title, motion and clarity

I Believe I Can Fly
by cools98

Comment by ergates:
Very, very nice. Not much to complain about, the only thing would be the background around the kids bum, I'd like less of it ;)