idiotekniQues
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I was in St. Louis for work about 2 weeks ago - I travel with a photo workshop that we run in close to 20 cities per year. I had my Friday afternoon off so I walked down to the arch to check out the scenery and dip my hand in the mighty waters of the Mississippi for the first time.
I took about 20 shots of the arch from various angles. I have to process the rest of them still, but I did do this one last night.
As I was returning to the lawn side of the arch I decided to get your basic entire arch shot from the grass - so I started laying on my stomach, down on the lawn on the slope of the hill there for the better angle I wanted, and to find that point where i got just the whole arch in the frame.
I had almost reached that point when I took a test shot. I was lookin at my shots and realizing I had to go just a couple meters further down, and heard laughing above me. I looked up and saw two girls landing from a jump. They had their friends below trying to capture them with their P&S cameras. So i framed it just the same as i had just shot and popped off a shot right after they lept up.
Here is my shot. So far everyone that has seen it thinks it is photoshopped - except for one of the instructors I showed in St. Louis, since I handed her the memory card right out of the camera to look at my excursion. She now has it in the presentation under the composition part about capturing that decisive moment. be aware of your surroundings.
I can tell you, this was a lucky moment shot. The girls returned to their friends after that leap and I left, content that I had gotten the shot I was meant to.
I was in St. Louis for work about 2 weeks ago - I travel with a photo workshop that we run in close to 20 cities per year. I had my Friday afternoon off so I walked down to the arch to check out the scenery and dip my hand in the mighty waters of the Mississippi for the first time.
I took about 20 shots of the arch from various angles. I have to process the rest of them still, but I did do this one last night.
As I was returning to the lawn side of the arch I decided to get your basic entire arch shot from the grass - so I started laying on my stomach, down on the lawn on the slope of the hill there for the better angle I wanted, and to find that point where i got just the whole arch in the frame.
I had almost reached that point when I took a test shot. I was lookin at my shots and realizing I had to go just a couple meters further down, and heard laughing above me. I looked up and saw two girls landing from a jump. They had their friends below trying to capture them with their P&S cameras. So i framed it just the same as i had just shot and popped off a shot right after they lept up.
Here is my shot. So far everyone that has seen it thinks it is photoshopped - except for one of the instructors I showed in St. Louis, since I handed her the memory card right out of the camera to look at my excursion. She now has it in the presentation under the composition part about capturing that decisive moment. be aware of your surroundings.
I can tell you, this was a lucky moment shot. The girls returned to their friends after that leap and I left, content that I had gotten the shot I was meant to.
