Climbing

[monkey paw]

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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/2978093673_ac492fa172.jpg


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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2978092303_02d2f61a0e.jpg


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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2324/2978090937_f0897b3f2e.jpg


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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2978088021_efd56421ea.jpg


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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2978945270_6aabc2b337.jpg


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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3227/2978089345_3d05836ce7.jpg

[buck19]

Excellent detail and color. The one thing that sticks out to me is in the 1st photo. The darks have perfect detail but I feel his face is either a little too dark or too red.

Where were ya'll climbing?

[Tripw0l]

Shot with what camera/lens? What post-processing is done?

Teach me.

[monkey paw]

thank you buck. I agree with that, the tops of his arms and the side of his face are a bit over exposed. I think his face was that red from the climbing/blood flow and the reflection of the rocks. We were climbing at Leeda in Chattanooga, TN. I can't remember which route that was though.

Trip - it was with a canon rebel xt and their basic 75-300 zoom lense. very little to no post processing done depending on the shots. i got luck with the lighting.

[DD.]

You pulled of some great shots here. Very sharp pictures...Especially considering the equipment.

[buck19]

You pulled of some great shots here. Very sharp pictures...Especially considering the equipment.

Agreed, very sharp. I bet it was tough to get a focused shot with your aperture that open and your friend moving around a lot. I have the hardest time with my BMX photography at any indoor skatepark. The lighting there sucks and it's nearly impossible to be focused cause you only get one shot per trick when you're using the camera flash. Next semester I'm going to be fixing that problem.

I recently borrowed a canon 75-300, but haven't used in on my xt. Just on film.

[monkey paw]

thank you, it was a pretty cool day with low humidity so probably helped a lot. i definitely had favorable conditions.

the movement wasn't to much of an issue, it was a fairly technical route so he wasn't moving to fast. but i also had to be on top of things to get the shots i wanted. i spent a lot of time this summer shooting cycling events so i got a lot of practice panning/follow objects through the camera. if you're having trouble focusing on the rider follow them through the camera as they roll into the ramp and start to focus on them just as they hit the lip (if you're not using auto focus it will make your job a lot easier). are you shooting the riders from the side or front?

the lense isn't anything special but takes decent pictures. i was able to get some good sunset shots with it last night. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/2979909826_b2632b7314_b.jpg

[buck19]

They are just moving faster than hell and I can't follow with the focus yet. I tend to judge distance and close the aperture just enough to allow for some error. But it's so dark in Central Skatepark that you sometimes have to guess at the focal length.

This shots is a predetermined focal length. I learn their styles and figure out when and where the pineacle of their tricks are. This is taken outdoors around 10:30pm. He was about 20ft out of the box.
http://a424.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/105/l_926358cd366166c8d34bfaa7c1ba7eff.jpg

This one is out of frame, but it's my favorite cause you know whats exactly happening on the halfpipe.
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/59/l_cca91855d66e489ab04df76735cea182.jpg

But these shots are hard for me to get cause of how dark it is. I pretty much have to use the focus markings on the lens itself.