My BMX Shots

[fooby]

I'm a keen BMX'er and mountain biker, and I'm really getting into the photography side of things, I would love some advice on improving my photos!

Here are a few shots I took last week.

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[RockstarPhotography]

1. just looks like a snapshot
2. I like the concept, but I think you should have experimented with it more.
3. would have been a cool shot minus the big green thing. try and clone it out.
4. This is the best one, I don't really like the angle it was shot from though. try getting down more to shoot it.

 

[fooby]

Cheers for the advice With the third one I was messing around with depth of field, I think it would have been better if the closest part was something more interesting than a blank green ramp though.

 

[RockstarPhotography]

doesn't matter if it's interesting or not. It takes the eyes away from the subject of your photo (the bike rider).

 

[Einstein]

I like the last shot. For me it captures the essence of a true "O ****!" moment

are you on Pinkbike.com: Latest biking news, photos, videos, events and more! ? their POD is usually pretty good and can be great inspiration for bike shots.

 

[Einstein]

I like the last shot. For me it captures the essence of a true "O ****!" moment

are you on Pinkbike.com: Latest biking news, photos, videos, events and more! ? their POD is usually pretty good and can be great inspiration for bike shots.

 

[fooby]

I like the last shot. For me it captures the essence of a true "O ****!" moment

are you on Pinkbike.com: Latest biking news, photos, videos, events and more! ? their POD is usually pretty good and can be great inspiration for bike shots.

Thanks! Somehow he actually managed to land that Yeah I'm a regular user of PB, my username is the same on there.

 

[fooby]

Here's something I put together for a bike check on my ride, 25 second exposure with a light in the front, had a pretty interesting effect

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[Rekd]

I like the last one too. Could use tighter cropping. My 5 year old likes it and wants to know why he's not wearing a helmet...

 

[fooby]

I like the last one too. Could use tighter cropping. My 5 year old likes it and wants to know why he's not wearing a helmet...

Cheers And hardly anyone wheres a helmet in BMX these days, personally I think it gives you a ton more confidence as you try bigger tricks and aren't worried about injury, but that seems to be just me.

 

[Rekd]

I like the last one too. Could use tighter cropping. My 5 year old likes it and wants to know why he's not wearing a helmet...

Cheers And hardly anyone wheres a helmet in BMX these days, personally I think it gives you a ton more confidence as you try bigger tricks and aren't worried about injury, but that seems to be just me.

Kids are afraid of looking silly I guess. Not sure what's going to happen if, God forbid, they have an accident and spend the rest of their lives drooling out of the corner of their mouth and twitching uncontrollably.

 

[fooby]

I like the last one too. Could use tighter cropping. My 5 year old likes it and wants to know why he's not wearing a helmet...

Cheers And hardly anyone wheres a helmet in BMX these days, personally I think it gives you a ton more confidence as you try bigger tricks and aren't worried about injury, but that seems to be just me.

Kids are afraid of looking silly I guess. Not sure what's going to happen if, God forbid, they have an accident and spend the rest of their lives drooling out of the corner of their mouth and twitching uncontrollably.

I know right? It always seems to be the dudes with the helmets pulling out the really insane tricks like backflip tyretaps at the skatepark, and they definitely don't look silly.

 

[Forkie]

I love #3, but may I suggest an alternative crop? I hope you don't mind!



I also love the thought behind #2, but with a few more tries, you could get a much better result than that one. The other two don't really float my boat. I like where you're going with them, though.

 

[fooby]

I love #3, but may I suggest an alternative crop? I hope you don't mind!



I also love the thought behind #2, but with a few more tries, you could get a much better result than that one. The other two don't really float my boat. I like where you're going with them, though.

Cheers, the crop completely changes the photo, but I really like that actually Might mess around with shooting through the wheels again this weekend, I think something pretty cool could be achieved, the hard part is convincing anybody to sit there with there bike for ages while you try to get a good shot!

 

[fooby]

Here are a two shots from this week, I've been learning a bit more about post production too, trying to get the colours better and sharper. The first was taken with a Pentax SMC 50mm @ f8 and the second on the 17-55 kit lens @ F7.1 and the third was taken during a MTB Photography course at Whinlatter Forest in the lake district, 17-55 kit lens @ f5.

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