In the eyes

 Taken today at the California State
Fair. Setting sun behind him, E-TTL below, Av 4.5, Tv 1/800, ISO
400, -2/3 Exposure Compensation. Pretty happy with his eyes, as well
as the lighting. Comments, suggestions, ratings appreciated.

Photoshop it up! I feel you could get a lot more outta this photo, great capture.

What can I say ? lol

hey I was at the fair today too. county fair. 10hrs. tired tired tired. no motorcycles for me though...but lots of carnies.

 

Knic- post script cool shot

A reminder why motorcycles scare me! I have to say though that this is an awesome shot. Good work!

An excellent action shot!!!

Nah, I don't want to Photoshop it up. I've done a lot of these shots and it's not often you can get an expression through a helmet. Thanks for comments everyone. =)

Great color and detail. I don't know how you managed to get some lighting on his face, but it works! Good job!

GREAT SHOT!

Perfect capture!!! Maybe the light in his face was reflected off the bike? Anyway, right place, right time.....

Great capture! The light is beautiful. His expression is so funny, looks like: "What the hell am I doing this for?"

Kim, Sarah, Linda, L-E, thank you for dropping by. I was thinking he was looking pretty relaxed for what he's doing.

He seems to be rather calmly sizing up what he has to do next. Incredible picture, Anthony.

Not a lot of good sports photos here...most too static for my tastes. But this one is exceptional. Catching expressions like that in the middle of great action is a rarity. Very nicely done!

It's good there is no clouds that would take away from the face.Boy did you get lucky with the light on the face.I am partial to Drag Racing but this is very good for what it is. 7/6

Lannie, Eric, Joe... thank you kindly. I think the rider's name is Tommy Clower. Made my day when I saw this one. =)

Who says the 10D's fps aren't fast enough?!!??! ;)

Amazing capture. Well done!

I actually agree with that statement. The 10D's fps aren't fast enough. Try catching a sequence of a skater doing 900 on a vert ramp and it ends up looking like a 360.

 

And with these guys you get one shot as well if you want full extension, etc. So I rarely shoot bursts. And I didn't in this case. This was a single frame. But out of probably 8 attmpts this is the only one I could see his face clearly. The other riders were wearing smoked lenses so there was no chance of it happening with them.

 

Joe said it best above... Lucky! But as with anything, the more you try the better your odds to get lucky.

Great timing,focus, and comp. Thanks for posting. I agree on NOT photoshoping it up!

'Slow' fps but moreover 'a single shot' just makes this capture even more incredible. Hats off!

Your exposure is way off, go and get the guy to do it again just like this. Just kidding, great shot!!

Wow! Awesome, Anthony.

Thanks Patrick and Wilson.

 

Hehe Tim... I tried to get him to do it in a Bowler, but he wasn't going for it~!

 

PS- G, I love my camera!

awesome shot!