barrel tap to 180 out
by chrisp

Comment by jasonlprice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Congratulations on a new personal best! This is a great action shot and I'm surprised it didn't break the 6.0 barrier. The composition is really nice and the colors are wonderful. I love the texture in the snow and the sharpness is great.

There were a couple of things that gave voters "easy outs" for voting low..I think for some reason voters look for those things and vote down even if they don't impact the photo. The first 1 is the blown sky left of the barrel. Vlado mentioned that it is a distraction and I think a lot of other people probably voted down for the same reason. To me the dark barrel steels more of the attention from the jumper (thus could be considered a distraction) than the sky. Because of the tonal value and warm color of the barrel it becomes the subject.

One thing that could have made this more dramatic is a lower viewpoint. Overall I like this composition and the processing and congrats again on the great score and new personal best.

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment by Ja-9:
you have a great stop action picture...but there is a very funny glow around the biker that doesn't fit

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment by justine:
This came out great, good color, action, focus. Nice one.

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment by GiorgioBaruffi:
great photo! your choice of the point where shooting, makes this a really nice photo.

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment by J-Me:
LOVING this one! If one can't fly with wings, this is the closest to it...even if only for a brief second or two. Lovely action capture!

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment by KarenNfld:
Cool action shot but shot is a bit small for the challenge. Also a bit of haloing around the person giving him a cut and paste look.

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment by robm001:
great action lighting. blend with ambient is nice!

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
I think this was composed really well and it looks good but it doesn't pop for me.

high over the city
by chrisp

Comment by Ter:
good action

barrel tap to 180 out
by chrisp

Comment by NapCat:
Crisp action shot...