Photographer's Note
After a early morning start to view the sunrise over Ankor Watt and hours walking thru the amazing temples, we finished the day with a boat tour around the floating villages on the north-west corner of Tonle Sap. Once we reached the dry-season edge of the lake, about 20 minutes from into the boat joourney, the tour guide said we could go for a swim now if we wanted. Not knowing this was normal we weren't prepared to do so. When we told him we weren't going to swim, he said, well, I am going to anyway. He started to dive and backflip off the front end of the boat and I managed to get a well centered shot of him mid-flip.
P/P: Sky was quite overexposed and almost completely washed out to white, so I threw a curves adjustment layer over the sky to bring back the nice blues.
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tootsie
(400) 2006-01-03 22:23
Hi Craig - this is such a cool photo! you have indeed captured him completely frozen - amazing there is no blur or anything, and he is perfectly placed in the shot. he looks almost fake - like a dummy being thrown or something. very nice job!
tola_ch2004
(549) 2006-01-07 22:06 [Comment]
saamb
(1008) 2006-04-01 6:55
Craig,
very nice moment. you have had a excellent capture. i like to see more photos of Cambodian boys from you.
SAAM
Photo Information
- Copyright: Craig Mead (ogtool) (26)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2005-10-03
- Categories: Daily Life
- Camera: Canon 350d, Canon 18-55EF-S
- Exposure: f/11, 1/500 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
- Theme(s): Flying children / les enfants volant, Children jumping [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2006-01-03 17:09
- Favorites: 1 [view]