Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by scottbrooks:
Me lying in gutter at bottom of a wall looking up.
Kids doing flips over the wall from the other side! Crazy, yes...
Thank you for your vote.

Originally posted by aKiwi: What a fantastic photo.! The point of view is so unique, I still can't work out what is going on here! Great composition and lighting. My pick for a winner.

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by scottbrooks:
Thank you. Next time I may try some bigger strobes so I can cut out more of the ambient and freeze the motion. It will be different, not necessarily better...

Originally posted by vaar: Excellent composition! Very original shot! Despite the fact that hand is blurry and even face is not exactly sharp, it is "constructed" so well sharpness becomes only a minor point. Some may say blurriness adds feel of motion. Perhaps :)

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by scottbrooks:
It was a lot of fun. These kids were great athletes and they were thrilled that a photographer came out to shoot them.

Originally posted by dali_lama_2k: this must have been fun 8

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by scottbrooks:
Thank you. Since I was using flash and firing sequences I was limited to the maximum flash sync speed of 1/250th. I actually wanted a little bit of blur, for the sense of motion, but agree that fully frozen would have been interesting too.

Originally posted by supanova: Vary good, shame the shutter speed was not faster!

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by scottbrooks:
I wish I was this good at compositing! Just athletes jumping over a wall and global contrast and vibrance adjustments, which I take to be legal as per the Challenge Rules: "You may saturate, desaturate or change the colors of your entry, but no selections are allowed."

Originally posted by Neat: Don't know how you did this in Basic editing, but great photo, hope it's legal for your sake.

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by scottbrooks:
Thank you.

I was lying in the gutter at the bottom of a wall - the wall provided some shade, to help my speedlights compete with the sun.

Used maximum sync speed of 1/250th at iso 100 to 'kill' the ambient... hah! all I managed was pale blue.

two speedlights - one (key light) to the right at 1/4 power (because I was shooting sequences); one to the left at 1/2 power to try to get a rim light - both fired with yongnuo radio triggers.

many, many, ... many jumps

default import setting in Lightroom plus I increased contrast and vibrance

Originally posted by DiscoVader: Neat shot, I'd be interested to know how you did it. Framing is great, love the diagonal, motion blur is just right. Cool!

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by scottbrooks:
Thank you. I thought lying in the gutter would qualify as a unique angle!

Originally posted by LydiaToo: I love this! PERFECT for the challenge, too.

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by blindjustice:
this shot was undderated; it is rare when you have a cool effect that is done with neat purpose- not just to show off technical ability.

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by scottbrooks:
Thank you. It wound up about where I expected after seeing all the great entries.

Originally posted by ScooterMcNutty: I'm dissapointed that this didn't do a little better! great job anyways :) really enjoy this image!

Superhero
by scottbrooks

Comment by ScooterMcNutty:
I'm dissapointed that this didn't do a little better! great job anyways :) really enjoy this image!