High Flyers

[mammarazzi]

Today at Cardiff Bay, a brother and sister on the flying chairs.

[csa mt]

That is a great action photo! I love their facial expressions!

[annie5154]

Fabulous shot ... I have problems with panning so still practicing with that. Well done for getting a sharp image of the 2 kids.

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[chauncey]

Joanne...difficult shot with difficult lighting with colors being spot-on...well done.

[Donald]

That is a beauty. The composition is fantastic - all those chains. Only thing I wondered about was about putting a bit of fill light on he boy's face to lighten just a little so we could more easily see some detail

[allenlennon]

I love it, and agree with Donald about bringing in some light into the boys face.

[mammarazzi]

Only thing I wondered about was about putting a bit of fill light on he boy's face to lighten just a little so we could more easily see some detail

How do you do that without over lightening the girls face? Sorry really not up to par with technology. I have Lightroom and Photoshop CS4.......The simpler explanation the better because I'm a simple soul at heart

[chauncey]

The first place I would try is the shadow slider in LR...delicate sliding to the right might be all you need.

[Loose Canon]

A bit of dodging would probably do the trick Joanne. Try setting the tool for "shadows" and at around 5-8% exposure and a brush big enough to cover the dark part of the face only. Make a couple of passes and see how you go. After that see if you need to reset the brush to "mid tones" and same percentage and size and see if a couple more passes are needed.

[Mike Buckley]

What a difficult and great shot!

Joanne: As others have mentioned, you need to selectively brighten parts of the image, rather than globally brighten the entire image. When you brighten the dark areas of the boy's face, be sure to brighten the same dark areas of the rest of his body and the girl's body. Otherwise, the light will appear unrealistic for the outdoor scene.

[mammarazzi]

Ok....is this better...too much, too little.....

[Mike Buckley]

too much, too little.....

Just right! Your adjustment makes it possible to see more than ever the interaction between the two siblings. That's the finishing touch on an image that has so many other great characteristics.

EDIT: Uh oh! I wrote too hastily. Your brightening of the boy's face also brightened the sky. Go back and erase the bright part of the sky.

[Stagecoach]

The perfect example of getting that DoF spot on for the situation. Great capture Joanne.

[ied]

Great image. Would make or and ideal photo on park's brochure.

Irene

[rpcrowe]

Really nice shot. Great capture of the action! I guess all that practice shooting your daughter's field hockey has really paid of...

[IzzieK]

As everyone already said, great shot! I agree.

[Mark von Kanel]

Wonderful work Joanne and your dodging will be perfect once you put the sky back as it should be!