Bar Slide

All comments and ratings are greatly appreciated.

Man, O' Man! Wow!. I try to shoot sports, and was only browsing the photo.net site, when this one pop up! The only thing I saisd is WOW! Great job,,, I'm goin to you folio!

I know lots of rollerbladers, and skaters. This makes me want to go out an phograph them... The timeing is perfect. GREAT SHOT!!!

Excellent shot!

Although it is somewhat more "Centered" than most, I actually like to composition.

 

Nice and crisp, short exposure captured the details and froze the action well.

I really like the way the shadow adds weight to the bottom of the frame. Nicely done.

Ah.. just before the broken leg!

Good off centering the subject. The lines in the concrete lead to the subject too.

Nice graphical composition of a decisive moment.

 

I think you can crop a bit from the right side (even though the markings on the ground will no longer meet on the photo border as they do now), it might give more dynamics to a subject that is centered on your picture with no obvious reason...

I usually crop 2:3 or 4:5, but in this case I went for square. I did not want to cut into the shadow and I like the subtleties of the lines in the concrete kind of leading in abstract directions. This guy was an incredible skater. He consistantly did things like this and landed them every single time.

decent, but not great timing, hes just about to come off the rail. For somebody who hasnt seen many skating photos this is good, but if you want to look at some really amazing skating photos go to www.skateboardphotography.com

Although the subject is very alien to me, the composition is excellent -simple, dynamic- and the timing perfect. It also delivers a lot of drama. Very good photo.

excellent..I would like to see it B&W converted, too.

great timing on this one!

Excellent! plus this is a very technical photo, a fairly black subject on a white background, but you got it fine. Nice angle too, showing the shadow. Good work

I like this, but there's something missing: if this is meant to elevate the subject (person and activity), although hard given the clothing, the shadows should be brought out a bit more, that and more saturation.
Otherwise, why don't you try this in B&W? I'm sure it will have a better impact with your subject.

Quite apart from how this compares with other Skateboard photos for performance technique, this is an excellent pictorial composition and in my view perfectly balanced and timed. ... Jonathan

Thanks JC!

this photo captures the precarious physics associated with hardcore skateboarding perfectly! great photo!

The shadow is what I like in this photo. Also, the square format is great for this. Great shot.

I think you've elevated this from a skate/sports shot to a very artistic photograph (much better ;-)).

 

The play of lines left, right, the shadow and the high contrast all work well together.

 

Only one question (since you're a Picture This member): would it look better if there was a slight gap between the legs (I'm honestly not sure, just thinking out loud)?

Dominique- thank you for your comments on the two photos. I'm not sure if a slight gap in the legs would looked better or not! It's possible. But in order to have gotten that I would have had to have had a different angle, which was impossible. I was up on a grandstand that is beside the park, but facing the other way. I stood at the top of the back row and looked down from the very corner. To my left was a 40 foot drop and to my right was a wall.

Tony, I missed this one somehow when it came up originally. Great work.

 

I'm sitting here wondering why the "favorites" list can leave people off for weeks at at time, and one has to go browsing names that one hasn't seen for a while, only to find that sometimes they posted just yesterday, but the name didn't pop up.