My buddy Brian hitting some jumps the other day...no PS on these, just underexposed the sky by about 2 stops if I remember correctly.

1dmkII and 17-40L, 580ex on a stand somewhere

I really like the last shot Craig. I'm not usually a big fan of "centered" subjects, but this one works for me. The cropped tire on the first bothers me a bit, and the 2nd one is good, but blown away by the third.

I think you need to grab a blower brush or something too.

Mike

Ha my mate Brian...
You mean Flying Brian Lopes..
Wow hes an awesome world class rider and a nice bloke to.
I love the exposure and colour in all the shots with number 3 being my fav.
Excellent stuff.
Thanks for posting

Michael H wrote:
I really like the last shot Craig. I'm not usually a big fan of "centered" subjects, but this one works for me. The cropped tire on the first bothers me a bit, and the 2nd one is good, but blown away by the third.

I think you need to grab a blower brush or something too.

Mike


Ya-current trend in MTB photos is off center stuff, was purposefully breaking the 'center' rule, worked for me. Ya, sensor is dirty as heck, but I do not retouch stuff when going on web, just throw it up. These were just jerking around with some new stuff, so nothing serious.

FastLane wrote:
Ha my mate Brian...
You mean Flying Brian Lopes..
Wow hes an awesome world class rider and a nice bloke to.
I love the exposure and colour in all the shots with number 3 being my fav.
Excellent stuff.
Thanks for posting

Ya, hes a good guy, thanks for posting.

Me again...And now I have gone of you..

I have just had a good look at your site ..

and your work is brilliant..

then as I flick throw I find out your married to the lovely Leigh Donavon.

Shucks dude you managed to tick some good life choice boxes

a world class athelete in her own right is your lovely wife.

I've been into bikes all my life so a big fan,

Thanks again and maybe I'll get to say hi if you go to any world cups this year.

Your work is Inspiring stuff

Fastlane, thanks much for the kind words!
And ya, I consider myself lucky in life.

Cheers

Great work. The last photo is BIKE mag quality. I'm an old school mountainbiker and followed your wife's career. She is an incredible mountain biker.

Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful shots Stiks - and your website is awesome. And I was always wondering about what happened to Leigh - she was always one of my favorites when I was into all the racing and buying the mags on a monthly basis.

Congrats on a wonderful family

^ Alan, thanks much for the real nice words.

Hey Stiks, Nice shots of Lopes. Good to see teh new rig is working under him...like it would matter. That guy could ride a rigid and kill it.

I like #3, little too center punched for me, but it works.

Tell Bri I like his golfing cap ! He get that from Peaty?

Hay Stiks I hope you don't mind me posting these up in your thred but its just a

couple more shots of brian racing at Vigo,

And its always good to see bike shots on here.

these of course are not on par with your shots above and yer only if the front wheel

was in..

but all the same more of a champ

Love these shots!!! No1 is my favourite.

You say you knocked the sky down about 2 stops..... Does this mean you blended your images? If so how? My exposure blending technique sucks big time!!!

Thanks

Colin

No he did not PS these, it says that in the description

it means that he used his flash off camera to light the subject 2 stops brighter than the background

so basically he directed his lighting directly onto the rider...not the background

Well if we're going to post pictures of Lopes...Right guy, wrong bike though...