Caught in Motion, a photo from Central Area, Central

Photographer's Note

I photographed this leaping skateboarder with bracketing. In Singapore the humidity and heat is killing, so there are quite a number of people and even caucasians skate topless.

Picture taken at Youthopia, Orchard Youth Park.
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Techniques Applied:
1) Auto levels and Contrast.
2) Unification of all exposures bracketed.
3) Application of motion blur to each figure.
4) Cropping.
5) Framing.

* The middle guy is delibrately made ghostly as to depict a "fly pass" and also to make the leftmost figure more visible.

If you are intrested to do a workshop with the raw exposures, drop me a message. :D

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ilouy (3370) 2003-12-29 5:18

Splendid motion shot! Strong! Dynamic composition There is only one detail I appreciate less : the fact that the middle guy seems to be transparent (his back) because we see through him what is behind. It could be retouched, but hardly I know. Would be a hard work.
Anyway, extreme nice shot! Bravo!

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avigur_11 (22535) 2003-12-29 5:43

I agree with Isabelle about the middle guy, but still, what a dynamic shot, excellent motion. Just great.

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andyohare (437) 2003-12-29 7:35

Nice technique, Louis! I like the transparent guy - you've inspired me.

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Kenny10pin (19301) 2003-12-29 10:36

Great blurry shot, apart from the middle person as mentioned before, but well seen and good shot keep it up

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Rupes (913) 2003-12-29 15:10

Excellent motion...really nice!

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Rockyboy (20598) 2003-12-29 17:45

We see the movement in this picture. The blur effect is very well done and we can see they wear the same model of jeans ... and slipway. The tilted image is also a good idea for this type of scene. Well done!

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lemon_logix (1054) 2003-12-30 1:25

Nice shot. Or should I say, good processing for the motion blur. I assume at 1/400 it is fast enough to freeze their action. I like the ghost effect too..

ambibo1 (40) 2004-01-01 13:10