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    Skiing

    Some fast 11 yr olds. C and C welcome.
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    Nice!

    That first one is excellent! That kid has his race face on! Your exposure is excellent. Did you do any post-processing on these or is this how you captured them? I have mostly shot on snowy or cloudy days and the post-processing is brutal. It's taken me all season to start to figure it out. This is my first year of seriously shooting skiing and it's a lot harder than I expected. I haven't shot any racing, though. I'm more interested in backcountry and landscape shots. I wouldn't mind shooting some racing. But Alta's not a racing resort

    Good to see some ski photos here. Keep them coming. And share some of your equipment and technique. Maybe I can learn something from you.
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    Re: Skiing

    Nice job. I was having a tough time with snow photos today and my subjects weren't even moving.
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    Re: Skiing

    Wow. Those are awesome. The first one is incredible - I love the reflection in the goggles! That is so cool! Great shots!
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    Re: Skiing

    Thanks for the comments guys.

    Thanks to the tips from everyone in the forums here I am starting to get a little better.

    Used the 70-200 lens. It was great because I didn't have to stand in an area that was going to get me run over if the racer fell.

    I only cropped and then fixed my white balance because I was off a bit.
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    Re: Skiing

    Those are great! I love the sharpness in the images and the determination of the skiers.

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    Post-Processing

    Quote Originally Posted by wwwon
    Used the 70-200 lens. It was great because I didn't have to stand in an area that was going to get me run over if the racer fell.

    I only cropped and then fixed my white balance because I was off a bit.
    The 70-200 lens is also good because it has less depth-of-field and drops out the background. I would almost always use a long lens for race shots like these. It also allows you to shoot angles that you can't get with a short lens. The only way to get a photo of a racer coming right at you is from a distance, with a telephoto.

    I am sensing that maybe you feel like post-processing is cheating? It's ok. Use all the tools you have at your disposal. I Photoshop the hell out of all my photos. Your exposures here are excellent. But I can still see a lot of ways to improve them. I shoot for Photoshop. That means I shoot for a file that gives me the maximum amount of usable detail to work with. Then I massage it into what I want with Photoshop. There's nothing wrong with that. We used to do it in the darkroom. But Photoshop is better. Way better. I do stuff now that I never could have accomplished in the darkroom. I love Photoshop!
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    Re: Skiing

    Excellent Pictures !!!! #1 is AWESOME.. This had great exposure and color. Great catch with the reflection off the goggles..

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    Re: Skiing

    I too would like to see more.
    Shot even later as the most is whapped down into the snow in the turn?

    What do I know, I've never tried shooting this
    But I have a vision in my mind ... and it gets the pole down from up by the racer's head.
    Maybe you can get some show flying and carving in the turn too?
    I know that's difficult because it's not going to show up against the white snow behind unless it's dramatically back-lit, and that is going to make your exposure a challenge.

    Please, shoot and post some more !
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