Jump #1

I spent ages messing with this in Photoshop and couldn't get the colouring quite how I wanted. then, just before I went to save it I thought I'd quickly see what it looked like in black and white.

One contrast-increasing S-curve later and it was done. Sometimes it's best to keep it simple.

Comments

Jon, Wed 31st May, 2006, 3:41pm
The only thing that bothers me about this shot is the bikers head being so dark. Other than that I like it. It's great how the shadow appears much sharper than the bmx dude.

Jonathan, Wed 31st May, 2006, 5:06pm
Looks great in B&W, the shadows are spot on.

Jide Alakija, Wed 31st May, 2006, 5:58pm
I think this is a great piece on it's own. I'm not sure there are rules for images like this. Nice one Jamey.

Jim, Wed 31st May, 2006, 8:08pm
Ooh purdy. Looks fitting for a bmx mag. Send it in :)

milou, Wed 31st May, 2006, 9:07pm
I quite like the "anonymous" face. Kids all look the same anyway nowadays. Why in my day... Great shadow.

Sysagent, Wed 31st May, 2006, 9:19pm
Perhaps the shadow just on its own as an imagemight have worked as well Jamey? Good image though and glad to see the use of black n white as opposed to brown hues... ;-)

Jamey, Wed 31st May, 2006, 9:22pm
The shadow might work on its own but I already cropped a fair amount to get down to this dhot. If I did the shadow on its own, the hi-res would hardly be any bigger than the version I'd be posting up here.

JD, Thu 1st Jun, 2006, 11:17am
really like it, can't imagine this sort of grit working in colour ;) and I love the shadow (like others have said

spl@t, Wed 7th Jun, 2006, 8:42am
wow! very nice capture, the light is great casting that shadow on the wall behind.

Luisa, Thu 22nd Jun, 2006, 1:14am
Difficult choice, I like both, a lot. Perhaps this one is more symmetric, more accomplished.

Jesper, Fri 30th Jun, 2006, 12:47pm
Great action shot! I like the way you process your colour shots, but I think you're right this one works really well in black/white. Great composition too.

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