For the Class with Dave group. When I did the motion assignment I had already gotten the frozen time aspect down I think, so I wanted to capture something a little more natural. I wish I had had more time to watch the Carrick High School tennis team practice, but it was raining pretty bad and their coach made them pack it in. Luckily though, he was nice enough to let one kid serve a couple more for me so I could get this shot.
Assignment 1. Frozen Time. We’ve played with motion blur, but there is another very powerful way to convey energy, freeze motion in a way that can’t possibly just exist. High shutter speed in plenty of light will give a nice sharp image no matter how fast your subject may be moving. Images will be judged on sharpness.
This is very cool. And good job by this guy for not faulting.
Well captured. Definitely qualifies as frozen in time. 🙂
No clue about the faulting but I can see he was focused.
@lrayholly: well… i think that’s one of the things they were practicing. I didn’t pay attention to where the ball went.
@Tojosan: thank you.
You got a good one.
@Whiffleboy: thanx
Fantastic energy.
@Protagonist: thank you. I think the fact that he was playing in the rain added something.
that looked like someone on a ladder and a sea in the thumbnail , funny 🙂
@assbach: hmmm… I didn’t see that at first. But I do now. I think the wet shiny tennis court is what really does it.
I thought the same thing as Assbach – and even now that I’m looking at the larger version, I still think that the court looks like its a sea.
Very, very cool!
well done for the assignment. i didn’t see what sascha said….but i’m going back to look at the thumbnail now 😉
I saw exactly what Sascha saw from the thumbnail! How cool.
Great capture!
thanx all of you… I guess there’s a ladder there afterall. Who knew? 🙂
I also thought it was a guy on a ladder leaning over a lake or something. And, forget faulting, I think it’s great that this guy didn’t end up *falling* (he didn’t, did he?) 😉
Awesome! In the rain no less.
Great catch! Maybe a little more light and contrast would brighten it up. Love the angles!
@SydB42: nope, he didn’t fall. It was just a good serve with dynamic motion.
@4inthehouse: yeah. I guess they were dedicated. They didn’t even seem to want to leave when their coach told them it was too dangerous and they had to pack it in.
@evaxebra: I mucked with it a bunch to get it that good actually. Thank you.
Nice. I miss playing tennis D:
@Like a Whale That Swims Through the Thames: yeah, I haven’t had a chance to play in a while either.
Good shot! Smashing! (really 🙂
@beststephi: Woohoo! Stephi-pun!