Rad Santa

**mattb** · 12-15-2013, 11:17 AM

A Guinness record was set yesterday for skiing/boarding santas at Crested Butte. I thought this image captured the spirit of the event well!

IMGP2216-Edit by MattB.net, on Flickr

**hminx** · 12-15-2013, 09:46 PM

Cool idea nice shot Matt, couldn't do anything like that here at the moment as it's damn hot. Possibly santa's on surf boards.

**nikitamart** · 12-20-2013, 11:47 PM

This looks absolutely perfect. All these tinny details are made with lot of backgound knowledge. I like it a lot. Keep on taking action.

**Photo-John** · 12-21-2013, 11:22 AM

That's sweet, Matt! Show me more!

**mattb** · 12-23-2013, 10:55 AM

Thanks! Here's another. These were both in the paper this week.
Sadly we fell a few Santas short of the record. Next year!

**Don Schaeffer** · 12-23-2013, 11:08 AM

This is a very slick image. I like what you did to separate the background from the foreground.

**mattb** · 12-23-2013, 06:12 PM

Thanks. I ran it through the Lightroom plugin Nik Color Efx Pro. I think the Detail Extractor filter probably added the most pop.

**Photo-John** · 12-24-2013, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by hminx

Cool idea nice shot Matt, couldn't do anything like that here at the moment as it's damn hot. Possibly santa's on surf boards.

I'm sure there are some Santa's on surfboards or mountain bikes in your neck of the woods, hminx

Merry Christmas to you!

**Photo-John** · 12-24-2013, 10:00 AM

Love it! I'd love to be able to shoot an event like that

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