I have been doing a little “spring cleaning” on my photograph files—deleting some “not-up-to-current standards”, adding more metadata, etc. I ran across this photo that I took a couple years back near Moab, Utah. I was there with one of my life-long friends, Jeff. At a local restaurant we learned of this place where a lot of the rock climbers go to practice various moves and techniques. Our waitress told us “it’s a little climb” but you will get some good close-ups of the climbers. The “little climb” was about 400 feet along a very narrow trail with an incline of 88.75 degrees (OK, it might have been a little less, but not much!).
Jeff and I met some really cool people, got some good photos and a complete understanding as to why being a little crazy helps if you are a rock climber.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D200, 70-200mm f/2.8 at 200mm, shot at ISO 200, f/8 and 1/500th of a second.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—Set white and black points, added mid-tone contrast, clarity and vibrance.
Photoshop—used nik Color Efex Pro Tonal Contrast filter to add a little local contrast to highlights, mid-tones and shadows.
Moab!! One of my most favorite places that I have not been to yet! I love rocks. So much texture!! I really like the way you look like you are almost on top of him in this photo.
ReplyDeleteGood action shot. Like the colors and like the composition.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Like this one. You need to do more like this one. I just wish he was looking at the camera.
ReplyDeleteCharles M
Very nice shot. Like how the red jacket really make the guy stand out from the background.
ReplyDeleteTed