Pole Vaulter

[gredan]

It's a long way down after a miss.

[JohnG]

Gredan - very nice concept. But given the choice between exposing the person and exposing the sky, I recommend exposing the person. The face is vastly under-exposed - and while the sky is very nice and blue, I think the shot could be better if the emphasis were on the person and not the sky.

[gredan]

After I looked at the picture, I realized I should have used some fill flash.This image is just as it was taken. I did try lightening it up, but didn't like the results. Lesson learned.

[klfatcj]

The way the bar sits on his foot, it really seems as if he was jumping forward and tripped over the bar.

Kevin

[klfatcj]

If you use the shadows/highlights adjustment on photoshop, I think you may get some better results with this picture. I did a 10 second adjustment and it's not too bad (although I've had problems with my current monitor where I though things looked good, but on others not so great.)

Kevin

[gredan]

Excellent job, Kevin. The sky and clouds still look great. I'm not an experienced Photoshop user and the clouds ended up very washed out when I tried.

Thanks