Very nice Ron. .. actually I like the background. .. Like the little hint of the setting sun.
Maybe if she had a lighter colored body suit it wouldn't have clashed.
I like these, Ron. The first time I looked at #3 I thought "Did he do selective white balance or what?" But once I realized what I was seeing, I liked it and thought the "white skin" vs. "tan skin" was pretty cool.
If you wanted to increase the separation on #1 and #2, you could reduce the contrast of the background and warm the subject slightly.
The "doggie style" picnic tables are a little unfortunate but at least they're green and out-of-focus.
@Thanks, Jim! Same girl whole way through! That last picture really makes her look different.
@DTOB, thanks! I go back and forth about my crops with the jumps. I like it the way it is here as for me, it really gives the sensation that she's flying. But like you, I also like to see where she's taken off from.
@thorne99, thanks thorne! Backlighting worked pretty well in 3.
@bbourizk, thanks Bud! I actually had another shot in mind that her black skirt/top would have worked really well on, but that didn't work out. This was our backup location.
@benee, thanks Ben! Yeah, that one probably could be warmed up a little more.
@Eyeball, thanks! Yeah, they need those leotards. The first time I asked a dancer to not to wear the leggings, she mentioned that she felt naked. With the kind of moves they do, that's not a good thing, esp with a 14-year-old girl. I actually did some separation with the background, didn't like it, and left it as you see it here. I'm not sure what was up with those tables. I usually do a pretty good job assessing the background for things like that. Maybe this was really my only choice, due to other elements, not sure.
@ChiSutter, thanks Haseeb! It took some work to get her hair to all go on the opposite side of her head, worked out perfectly!
I wont complicate it. I think its pretty amazing. Like 2 and 3 most. 1 seems bit "color-less" if I take it as series. But as picture itself it would work nicely.
ChiShutter wrote:
Only one of them is obviously lit by strobe -- what about the rest?
Also, I think the backgrounds really help set these shots apart, rather than distract or detract.
Haseeb, one of the things I was wanting to do here was utilize my high-speed sync. I shoot with a D4 and was using my SB-910 -- but had my settings wrong, so had to settle for 1/250 shutter speed. So the two jumping shots have the SB-910 adding a little fill, and then I used the SB-910 for back lighting on the other pic.
But once I realized what I was seeing, I liked it and thought the "white skin" vs. "tan skin" was pretty cool.