using wide angle distortion

[chrispilling]

just practicing using wide angle distortion for action shots. let me know how im doing. its there though it may seem like its not.

tokina 11-16 f/2.8

[RichardTaylor]

Technically it is good.
Esthetically the skier appears too centred to and is leaving the picture and I also feel a lot of the bottom of the pic is "dead space". Is it possible to shoot from a more front, to the skier, position so you can get the skier and snow plume coming into the picture..

[wamplers]

Originally Posted by RichardTaylor

Esthetically the skier appears too centred to and is leaving the picture.

I don't know. My impression, looking at the skies, is that the skier is starting to make a turn into the picture. So, the "dead" space is where the skier is actually going. Then again, I've never skied, so I could be wrong.

[chrispilling]

Originally Posted by wamplers

I don't know. My impression, looking at the skies, is that the skier is starting to make a turn into the picture. So, the "dead" space is where the skier is actually going. Then again, I've never skied, so I could be wrong.

actually thats exactly what is happening, hense he is leaned over so hard

[sk66]

I get the wide angle feeling, but I have no idea what lens you used.
I don't mind the skier being centered, nor that they are about to leave the scene. My biggest issue is with the shadow, it's a big distractor.

I agree that a more "frontal" vantage point would probably have been better. It would have helped put the flying snow closer to the subject and allowed for tighter framing.