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been a while in between posts, but here are a couple of shots from me.

i shot this one at a comp, but i really liked the composition and the feel. you can see there are lots of people around, he's nicely separated in the sky and the overcast clouds has given the trees in the background a really cool glow.



this one was for a web interview with ryan (same rider as above). we went street riding and found these stairs. i'm not sure if the ambient is too much, or if it suits. i also think it might be suited to a square crop (with the lightfalloff at the bottom its a bit dead down there), but i'm at work so i can't crop it.



also, sorry about the watermarks on them. they are a bit distateful but were used for a big american website, so i wanted to get a bit of promo out of the shots for myself.

cheers

No. 1 is a spectacular shot. Great capture and nice use of WA.

Alex

I agree fully with your own self critique.. the first is a cracker... the second would look fab in a square crop...

Awesome first shot!!! Great work...

The first one is off the ricta! I would say for the second that i would probably crop the foreground a tad, but other than that - great shots. Just a question - in the second is he kicking his back wheels around cause it doesn't make sense for him to be travelling horizontally between the two railings?
cheers,
James

jdear_89 wrote:
Just a question - in the second is he kicking his back wheels around cause it doesn't make sense for him to be travelling horizontally between the two railings?

My guess is he is doing a 360 spin (I am sure there is a much better name for the trick) over the stairs.

Great shots. You are spot on with your own comments, the second needs to be cropped from the bottom. Well done in getting in the big american mag, hopefully the phone will call soon with an all expenses paid trip to Cali

thanks for your comments guys. its good when you get your self crit spot on-ish

jdear_89 wrote:The first one is off the ricta! I would say for the second that i would probably crop the foreground a tad, but other than that - great shots. Just a question - in the second is he kicking his back wheels around cause it doesn't make sense for him to be travelling horizontally between the two railings?
cheers,
James

its a 180, shot it at the peak of his spin

Love the first one. Is that the 10.5mm?

Yep first shot is Nikkor 10.5, and the second is my 18-70 kit (RIP).