Airborne

[purplehaze]

My last wakeboarding shot was a great hit with nephew #1, who got a framed print for his birthday, so I owe you many thanks for your help with that.

This is one I am thinking of printing for nephew #2. It is not the best focused, but it is the best action shot. What do you think? Is it good enough to print, do you think? If so, how is the contrast and the colour? (Color temp is as shot and I am finding it difficult to warm things up a bit without turning my nephew into a pumpkin.) Any other C&C? Just so you know, I deliberately de-emphasized the clouds as I found them a distraction.

While I'm at it, any tips on pasting LR settings? I wanted to sharpen using the Nik tools, but when I tried to paste the Develop settings for this image on a copy of the original that I had run through the Nik Pre-Sharpener, they went all wonky. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

[Shadowman]

Concentrate more on his face and not so much on the wakeboarding and this is worthy of printing.

[purplehaze]

I'm sorry, John; I'm kind of thick. Are you saying to crop in? Or maybe fill in some of the shadows on his face?

[Shadowman]

I'm sorry, John; I'm kind of thick. Are you saying to crop in? Or maybe fill in some of the shadows on his face?

Hi Janis,

No, I meant don't worry too much about the action, the image conveys the action exceptionally well. I meant if you do any editing only concern yourself with your nephews facial features or expression, that is what makes this image.

[purplehaze]

Okay, thanks. In any case, I think I may convert to 8x10 format, to make it easier to frame.

[aslsw]

What sets this apart for me is the water right in the foreground. It gives the sense that you are right in the action there. It's much more effective than if, for example, the camera was higher and we saw more of the background greenery.

Facial expression? Maybe wakeboarders need to practice their smiles like the synchronised swimmers!

[bnnrcn]

I like the image Janis May be you can do some edit for the face but not a 'must' for me. The green ,the clouds and water are framing your nephew very nicely.