Kite skiing 2 ( new lens )

[barabe]

Hello everyone,

Here is another one of my kite skiing shots, I had posted another one a few months ago that was more landscape than sports action because of colours and scenery.
I have bought a new Sigma 70-300 DG Macro and as i was driving back from work i saw my budies kite skiing so i stoped to take a few shots, it was so cold and windy and i was not dressed up for it ( shoes and light jacket ) that i was literally geting frozen solid so i did not take time to get my settings right and my shots came out too dark. If i tried to get the shot lighter, it was just making it more noizy. After all possibilites considered, i decided to turn it into a BW picture to wich i aded contrast. there was another kite skier in the back that was not in focus so i cloned him out. I would like to know what you think of the conversion and cloning? Does the shot render justice to the sport?





Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS
Exposure: 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

[Chip]

Nice shot. I stink at PP work, so I'm not qualified to comment on that.

But for the pic itself, I suggest cloning out the horizontal line that runs into your friend's head - that line's a bit distracting.

And could you crop a bit without losing detail? If so, maybe crop a bit off the right side, up to the edge of the bench on the right? That might help make your friend stand out a bit more, and would move him off the center of the shot.

Good job braving the cold, and good shot.

[barabe]

Thank you for commenting Chip,

I do agree about the croping a litle might help out to get the subject more centered.
I am not too shure about cloning out the line, it is the water ( ice and snow ) edge or beach i think if i clone it out i might loose a bit of the context but i may be wrong.

[Chip]

Ah! Now I get what that line is. I'd leave it there.