flying Icarus

I am bothered by the lack of sharpness in the person hanging below the

glider... but I liked the tight frame I could get while (s)he flew

just above my head on a mountain in Switzerland.

 

Does this tight crop and head-on composition work for you?

 

Your comments and criticism will be much appreciated!

Ottima!!!!!!

Dr. Mele, this is a very well-executed, very graphic image. I especially like the blues and yellow. I wish there was a little more detail in person: the shadowy areas lose definition. Still, this is fine shot!

I like the crop, the angles, and the colors. If you look at the larger version, there are a few distracting lines on the left side of the frame that really can't be seen in the smaller version. You wouldn't get much detail in the person at that distance, anyway, because most of what you're seeing is seat and harness, I think. Well done, and quite interesting. Cheers.

I higher ISO might have helped. That and MF at a point between her and the glider.

 

Much I like the angle of view, I'd rather see her face than her seat and legs.

Salvatore, the framing is fine, the colour is good,the sharpness isn't a big deal but the legs and back let it down.

Thanks for all your comments.

 

I am somewhat puzzled by the fact most of you would have liked to see something more than a harness and legs... for sure, keeping this head-up viewpoint, I could not have gotten more than this, and my idea wat to have something framed in a rather unconventional way, that is the guy completely contained in below the glider.

 

As for MF midways, for sure the way to go... but not with this being in the first ten shots I did with the D70...

 

Will try to keep the "human factor" more in mind at my next stint at shooting gliders, even though it is never a dominant theme in my outdoor photos.

Comment? - Couldnt keep up with this shot ...

 

(A note: Icarus? I hope he returned well :-))

Cool.........

I like the framing and composition very much. Interesting how the colours of the wing meld with the sky - the fading yellow just behind the wing's leading edge looks similar against the blue of the rest of the wing in the same way as the clouds do against the blue sky.

I'm really not at all bothered by the fact that we see the guy from the bottom up - it emphasises that he's directly above the photographer / viewer and the whole verticality of the flight experience. Really, the circumstances where we get to look directly up over our heads at someone, with no intervening platforms or obstacles are very rare, so I think this is well presented.

Salvatore, I think I'm on board with Jeremy's comments. I'm not bothered that I can't see the face. I think it would be impossible unless the glider was at your eye level, about to crash.

 

While I like the composition, it feels just a little tight to me. A bit more space on the sides might have been my preference.

 

For me, this photo is all about the color. The brilliant blue of the glider against the more subtle sky color, with the yellow strip and just a hint of red combine to create a very pleasing pallete.

Jeremy, you seem to see this image here like I saw this guy in my viewfinder. This symmetric reading of the image is amazing.

 

Laurie, as for the tight crop, I feel like I "have to do" this when gliders are involved...I do not really know why. This was the same also for the orange one taking off in another shot of this folder. I think this is somehow coming from my need to represent the large amount of energy which is sort of stored in something which is flying, while being heavier than air, what is of course black magic.