Paraglider

[BigPixel]

kualoa Beach Park, Oahu. These guys work hard to get up. Shot intentionally as B&W digital. Comments??

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[Chris101]

The barely vis strings are too cool Mike.

 

[BigPixel]

Thanks Brah. I knew you'd see it.

 

[Panos Kazanelis]

Cool shot Mike, however, I'd love to see some Hawaiian blue sky and green grass :wink:

 

[Chris101]

It's there Panos!

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[Panos Kazanelis]

It's there Panos!

Hehe... a little too spongee for my taste Chris, but I take it :biggrin:

 

[LupineGrace]

Nice picture, but the horizon is crooked. I'm diggin the pose of the guy, though. Very cool.

 

[BigPixel]

in this situation a level horizon doesn't matter. Its a stronger image this way. Thanks for the comment.

 

[BigPixel]

btw, I edited the pic to remove an inecessary gear bag by the shadow. Think its much stronger now, the paraglider shape is better reinforced. Comments??

 

[Beezle]

He looks like a visitor from a much smaller planet, not used to Earth's crushing gravity. He has an elaborate support system of two large balloons, and it always seems to him that he is walking uphill.

 

[davidwcramer]

Impressive image. I like it. Lots of room to project into that body posture with strings. I'd like more contrast in the clouds, but I'm also using a crummy monitor at the moment, so it may be there but I can't see it.

 

[frede]

Nice image Mike. I also like the sky - your conversion is awesome!

 

[BigPixel]

Panos, sorry I didn't reply sooner. Like every photog in Hawaii, I shoot lots and lots of color but there are times you just want to go after elemental shape and contrast in a shot.

Beeze, great scenerio Brah!

David, thanks for the comments as well. There is quite a lot of contrast in the clouds actually. Maybe just a monitor thing.

Fred, glad you liked the 'conversion' but I was thinking and shooting intentional B&W this day. I believe you visualize differently when shooting B&W. I was shooting my 12-24DX with a polorizer. That combo creates pretty contrasty images that scream out B&W especially for cloud formations. I also had the S2 set up to preview in B&W and so never really looked at the color versions in the camera or converter.