Yacht racing

[Neilmac50]

These photos were taken about four years ago and recently converted to b&w using Nik Silver EfexPro.

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[Donald]

Perfect candidates for B & W and well done.

I'm sure they might be nice colour pics. But they would be different pics. If in colour, then I think the subject would be the colour - of the sails, the clothes etc. But in B & W I think the subject is much more the action. You've removed the 'distraction of colour so that all attention is thrown on to the compositions ... which are about the action.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Neil,

I have separated and numbered your shots for ease of feedback reference.

As Donald says, they are excellent B&W subject matter.

I like the narrow Depth of Field, so I peeked at the EXIF of the first to see what they'd been shot with; the answer being a 70-200mm f/2.8, Nikon I assume, on a D3S. 1/4000s, f/2.8 and iso 320 on Manual, processed in LR5.3 (Mac).

Looks like you managed to get quite close to the action, well done, Dave

[John 2]

Definitely mono for me also. These are really people shots and well caught. I particularly like the way that the direction in which the crews are looking, balances the composition in 1 and 2.

[Shadowman]

Nice series and conversions.

[Rebel]

Great shots, you have captured the action well

[rpcrowe]

Super nice captures. They give me the feeling of action!

[mugge]

Neil, great action shots. I differ however from the consensus that B&W is the better medium for these action shots. I think colour (if bold and vibrant) will add excitement to the sailing. Everything is there, skill, intensity, colour. That is only my opinion.
Cheers Ole