thanks Walter Yi for the photos!
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Apr 29, 2011
Selected by Sterling Lorence - Does this make you wanna be there? One of the key questions in the worthiness of a good action photo. For me, the answer is "damn right". Trying to incorporate two riders is a tough one and can boost the power in an image if done well, like here. Timing and scale are good with the two, only thing better could have been to let the rear rider have motion blur so an added sense of speed and motion could occur. Nice combination of foreground contrast and the draw towards the lead rider, with the bonus of the back rider being a good addition to the story and stoke of two friends shredding without being too overbearing that the lead shredder isn't getting the majority of the attention. I also like keeping the riders low in the composition which helps tell the story of the tall treed forest and adds to the sense of the place. The fact that the front rider is framed in a nice window of green foliage without any tree trunks or branches cutting through is noted too. Nice work!
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- DuthiE-Hill
- Category
- All Mountain/Enduro
- Date Posted
- Apr 24, 2011 at 15:05Apr 24, 2011
- Location
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Sammamish, Washington, United States
- Trail
- Duthie Hill
- Riders
- Jon Steinbis
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davinpena
(Apr 29, 2011 at 0:06)
those trees help you get extra air,
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Agreed^ its is a sick photo and a hard one to do! props but idk if its just me and being colorblind but the colors are kinda funky hah :-P
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To Sterling Lorence with respect: I'm very interested in photography and I am asking myself how that it would be possible for the rear rider to be in motion blur while the one up front would still be clear. Can it be possible without editing one of the riders in? If yes and if not too much asked: how?
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It would be possible by just lowering the shutter speed, since the rider nearer the camera is moving across the frame faster than the one in the distance.
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It looks more like depth of field blur to me. I reckon the photographer used a wide aperture to get a high shutter speed and focused on the front rider - explaining why he is sharp. The side effect is that things towards the front of the frame become out of focus - you can see it in the leaves and northshore in the bottom left corner. If it was motion blur I'd expect to see trails of blur behind the back rider - from experience it looks like he is sharp in terms of shutter but not DoF.
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The comment wasn't with respect to what's in the photo, patate was questioning Sterling Lorence's comment in the photo selection text.
I agree with you that what you see in this photo is a narrow DoF giving the blur to the rider nearest the camera.
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Ace photo mate, i am also interested in photography and this photo really stands out to me, Awsome job, Keep it up 
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It's not motion blur, the closest rider is out of focus... full frame power i suppose!
Great shot, great place to ride!
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the focus point or F-stop (Depth of Field) in the frame is set for the farther distance rider, so the closer rider is out of focus. Typically people only see "blur" in a portrait shot to bring the subject into the foreground. All about FStops and shutter speed. Guess it all depends if your intentions are to get motion blur or just a shift in focus.
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I ride here alot, and yes this photo makes me want to leave work right now, go home, get my bike and get out there! Just wish I could table like that. Great little park, a ton of trails just like this and they are all approved by the county. Props to Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance for making it happen!