Combininga
se quenceof shots
suggestsaction.22 PRACTICALPHOTOGRAPHY
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FREEZINGMOTIONIS A GREAT
way of emphasisingdetailsthat
ar e otherwisedifficultto spot.
Showcasing the sequence of that
motion can also result in some
pretty impressive imagery.
Stock photo photographer
Min Chiu (500px.com/cmjjack)
found that combining a few
ordinary snaps could produce
this impressive photograph.
“I took the shots for this
composite while snowboarding
in the Sierra-at-Tahoe resort in
California. I’d noticed a busy slope
that was some distance away,soI attacheda 200mmlensto
mycameraandstartedsnapping.
Ev enat thisfocallength,theskiers
weretiny,makingit difficultto pick
outanynotableshots.Scrolling
throughafterwards,I noticed
a si milareffectto thatcreatedby
EadweardMuybridge’sTheHorse
in Motionimage– theseriesof
a gallopinghorse.At thatmoment,
I kn ewwhatI wantedto achieve.
“Itwasan overcastdaymeaning
th at skiersdidn’tcastanyshadows
onthefrozengroundbelowthem.
This meantthatconditionswere
perfectfortryinga Photoshopcompositing
technique.
I tookmultiple
imagesof the
sk iersandloaded
th emontomy laptop.
Compositingwasmore difficult
becauseI hadn’tuseda tripod
orthecontinuousshooting
mode,meaningthatclearaction
se quenceswerehardto spot.I cut
out themoredetailedskiers,twisting
an d flippingthemto makethem
lo okliketheywereskiingin different
di rections.Theprocessresultedin
th is beautifullychaoticimage.”TIP
KEEPYOUR
SHOTSTEADY
If you’reattemptingto
sh ootanykindof action
se quence,it’salways
a goodideato use
a tripod.# 2 Look for sequences