complete newbie with nice camera doing action shots.

urameatball · Sep 13, 2003

http://www.lawrenceramps.com/skateparks.php

canon 10D testing at various apertures and speeds.
50mm 1.8 lens
ISO100

nothing else.

slightly edited for brightness and contrast.

(EDITED: the site location has moved)

Dew · Sep 13, 2003

cool shots!!! 8)

luckydog · Sep 14, 2003

Great shots!!! Nice and clear, great action captures. I would maybe do a little cropping to make some of them a bit tighter but that's just me. Keep up the good work mate.

Geronimo · Sep 14, 2003

Those are nice shots. The details is great in the photo.

Jeff Canes · Sep 14, 2003

They are all very good, my favorite is #3 first roll Showin' it off...
IMO because the skaters face is looking toward the camera

urameatball · Sep 14, 2003

wow, never thought I'd receive so many positive comments. Especially since this is my first ever camera purchase! *my ego is slowly growing to uncontrollable proportions*. Thanks

I do agree with luckydog when he(you) mentioned the cropping issue. It's the one thing I can't figure out because If I crop too tightly, the pictures turn out to look bland because you don't have any idea how high these kids are getting off the ground or how steep a slope they're facing when they land their tricks. If I crop too loosely, the kid I'm shooting doesn't stand out quite as much but viewers do get a perspective of how extreme the sport really is.

Can anyone provide comments on this problem?

oh, give more feedback if possible. I'm a newbie and I want to learn everything as fast as possible. I've been scouring the web for shooting tips and ideas and I'm hungry for more

Jeff Canes · Sep 14, 2003

First just try cropping out people or things that are on the edge the frame

I would fix these:
#3 Roll 1 rotate straight, crop keep 2/3 format
#4 Roll 1 crop left side - person walking out of shot
#2 Roll 2 crop left side kid on bike
#3 Roll 2 top right - first try cloning out the legs crop if that does not look good

MDowdey · Sep 14, 2003

hey meatball!!! you need to try and freelance for transworld or big brother or something, those pics are awesome!

md

whatsafrog2do · Sep 15, 2003

Hey urameatball, nice pics. I see you got yourself a really cool camera. Good choice. Congrats and have fun with it.

QP · Sep 24, 2003

Great pics indeed and great camera. And i have to say i have to follow the opinion of Luckydog, i prefer to see less close the object and more of the environment ( cropping?) i am belgian and these words are like chinese to me..hehe your cam has 6 million pixels i think there is no need to take them too close.

One i took with the same kind of cam last week but from nikon