Gray sky and slips
April 1st, 2008
Some pictures of "tourist" made during my vacation slides on the snowpark Valtorens, I'm not very sports photo far more by lack of opportunity than lack of interest of the genre.
I mean photo of a tourist show up on site for a relatively short period of time, no sightings, with two goals not super responsive and light not good to bring some pictures.
During the first wide-angle images I have benefited from a cloudy sky (image google told me Altocumulus) with spikes of blue sky to blow a stronger polarizing filter the most beautiful effect. Time has changed very quickly to offer me a gray sky blending with the snow, time for me that is conducive to portrait (with very few shadows), but unlike the blue skies pétants to highlight the "jumper". At the opening images in Capture One the photos were very low contrast with a choice of a subject from former and a gray background, a subject well exposed and a white background.
Open Photoshop to create masks, adjustment layers, mergers of different temperatures, gradients, these pictures did not seem a good investment, so I decided to use Lightroom (the great software that not give me satisfaction for the warm tones ) and push the gray side of a large reinforcement vignetting (to get a little wrong on the sky, yes I know ... it's easy) and low saturation.
Ray lens, nikon 85 1.4 fixed me realize the catch by far the 12/24 pictures in wide angle. The 85 was too long on my APSC, AF for the picture "sport" has clearly picked up, I really regretted not having brought my Nikon 17/55.
FYI, as announced in the previous article Laurent has posted a guide on wedding photo is available in the tutorials section
April 1st, 2008 at 6:19
beautiful, I who love the snow and valtho!
April 1st, 2008 at 6:20
Just for info, you left the copyright "Lenny Kravitz" at the end
Otherwise, the rendering is quite dark, but I find I rather like it lacks a little variety (though you explain the lack of 17-55)
No portraits of riders?
April 1st, 2008 at 6:27
Hi Ben,
I guess it should not be an easy task to gather all the necessary parameters to get good sports photos (and even more snow ...), fast speed, good light, following AF etc ...
The rendering is quite surprising I think, as you signal that the little bit with photoshop and still have well arranged
I like to know if you could up a NEF to see the before and after I find it interesting that you said how did the "post-devellopement" in Photoshop ...
Small question your vignetting is made by Adobe? Because it does not resemble that of LR.
In any case in less saturated fat and is helping sharpen the series, once again, a very good unit, you who have not used the photo of "tourist" as you say
On this good evening and see you soon
Roman
April 1st, 2008 at 6:29
The penultimate is superb!
April 1st, 2008 at 6:34
nix: thank you!
oneup: corrected the copy
I'll meet you like this lack of diversity, not portraits, not had much time to feel the atmosphere and the people and it's pretty bad.
ksh: as explained in the article, I have not opened photoshop, too long for very little, I used LR for touch and recreate a little material, sharpen the dose is the same as usual, I run a script just before publishing my pictures
A screen before - after sub lightroom
simon: thank you!
April 1st, 2008 at 8:28
Hi there,
and although I find the last 2 as the most interesting.
For cons I must say that worry you're not too bad for a first shot.
In fact, little choice framing with only 2 objos and moreover with the 85mm that would not be super simple to manage between the AF and zoom in on APS-C.
Frankly very good development in Lightroom to give a little pep in the images.
@ +
Adrien
April 1st, 2008 at 8:36
Wow! Beautiful series! Even seeing the "before / after" of your comment, post-processing gives pride of place in heaven for snowboarders! I take note of the different tricks for each LR.
Good evening
PS: a little while going on your site, I discovered that we have the same age ... but you already have an eye for expert / pro photo. Congratulations!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:17
Hi Benjamin,
thank you for the link to my tutorial wedding
for your photos of snowboarding, and for sports photo in general, I really like the rendering of your images, but at framing and expressions I regret that the majority of shots are taken back.
I appreciate more likely to see athletes face, and BP series frustrates me a little of that side.
A +
April 1st, 2008 at 11:24
Ben and my liver! Nice series of "tourist"!
It makes it very very well!!
If I permetre for photos 7 and 8, the tricks are not very stylish ... and it spoils the picture, they look like beginners. Bon said this beginners also have the right to be photographed
9 on the picture, the rider's face is yellow ... not that it bothers me either.
I love the first 2 in wide angle!
Ahh this snow makes me feel!
Good job once again!
April 1st, 2008 at 11:27
Oh yeah ... There's way that you share how you sharpen with LR? (Values). I can not touver a satisfactory result and it frustrates me because I do not want to open photoshop just for sharpening
thank you!
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:21
My favorite is the second in wide angle.
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The right half of snowboard resort though, as if she went out of the picture it gives of life in the surf trick!
I also find that the alignment of the board with the rise of the chairlift added qqchose calculated image. Es that are wanted or that the hazard
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:42
Well I say that these little guys (amateur or not) have been very fortunate to come across this tourist so badly equipped
. Yeah, they should not have many pictures as beautiful in their album. Superb! 
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:24
Excellent series. How fast were you mean? I like the bcp or the guy looks to you, the color of the mask match the look of the scorpion's board. Although I am not a fan of vignetting in post, I must admit that it makes its effect ... at the same time, we see immediately that it's post ...
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:28
Beautiful series. The image before / after, there are ways to see in detail the adjustments made in LR? The multitude of sliders that you can not necessarily a convincing result if the right does not operate
Thank you!
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:12
Another great series! Congratulations! As snowboarder myself, I would still one caveat: Be careful trigger for the "grab" and not just before ... A little mistake that many practitioners do not jump in the photo.
I still enjoy to have a look at your site. The class your work!
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:07
Adrian: I'm not a fan of RS but actually it is good démerder
BZH Math: Thank you! Well for this age really has nothing to see, I met many younger photographers and talented
Lawrence: Yep, I agree with you, my approach to tourist and the short time available did not allow me to do better
Delphine: It does not look like the beginning, have for most beginners, an airbag made sure the reception of bone snowboarders
I always use to sharpen IrfanView
Oli: The alignment and the fruit of chance and I prefer also taken at wide angle, it makes better beaucop space and jumping
Betrand: I am not a photographer of the station was there and I want these images on the net to get an idea!
pixel: The speed was enormous, f2 and 1 / 4000
JF-DigitLife: The settings different from image to image it would be difficult to give you an accurate value
Oli: Absolutely agree with you, hence my warning of the approach tourists
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:45
If any tourist could make such photos ...
Edits are perfect for me. Well done, Ben!
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:59
I can only confirm what has already been said, nice session. Me part of the photographers tourists: no preparation, no identification, no gear: p (but it will come) -> I find your report more than adequate.
And your use of LR is breathtaking as well (my new bike strongly that I can use it)
April 4th, 2008 at 4:19
Hi Benjamin,
Congratulations for your shots. FYI a beta version of LR 2.0 released and allows for localized alterations that will have you may be used for photos of skiing. The link to download is: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom/
April 4th, 2008 at 4:34
Fred: Thank you!
MickymX: Thank you for LR I'm really not a fan of this application, mainly for his "problem" for the return of warm tones, something of LR since its generalization I see more and more systematic vignetting on all images.
Which is pretty bad for our friends who play goals builders to correct vignetting mieu to each objective
Patrice: Thank you, I knew, I tested this version and it still relies on ACR which always gives me problems in shades of hot, so I stay on Capture One!
November 4th, 2008 at 3:50
hello!
Great shot! I love it!
Quick question? What type of measurement you Played?
On the ground so there is EXIF Multizone?
Yoshi friendly