No Fear
by stephan

Comment by stephan:
Wow, never had such varying comments :-)
I knew it was too dark outside when I shot this photo. Aperture already was as wide as possible. Also couldn't increase shutter speed without making it even darker. I wanted to reshoot this one another day but hadn't the time for it (neither my "subject"). I still thought it was better than my spider shot ;-)
In post editing I could have made it lighter but it looked ok on my monitor (night, dimly lit room). When I got to work next day, I was shocked to see how dark it was. Well... learnt another thing this week ;-)
We tried a lot and I experienced it being extremly difficult to shoot at the right moment and move the camera with the right speed to have the subject in focus.
Anyway, thanks to everybody who broaded their mind and didn't rate it low just because "No Fear" is not "Fear". Why do you know that this kid really has no fear? Just because of the title? It's just my interpretation.
Also thanks to everybody who despite of the technical flaws recognized the idea.

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by dreamstate:
Nice shot. Great action, color, composition.

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by Jenguin:
Nice colors and movement :)

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by Sonifo:
creative 6 interesting 7 focus 7 framing 7 =7

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by anitra:
background in focus - panning the subject might have been more effective. "fear" interpretation lost - kids don't fear jumping in the air -

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by eddy:
A bit on the dark side. I like the blurred effect but the black line takes absorbs the skaters head.

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by tooskild:
what's happening??

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by fsearles:
Sorry! I can't make out what's going on here.

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by FranziskaLang:
no fear was not the challenge topic! as for the photo, motion blur is great, and would work well, but then the subject should be in focus and the background blurred or vice versa. not both. photo's also too dark. -- gr8photos (2)

No Fear
by stephan

Comment by daysez:
Too dark and so much motion blur I can't tell what is going on.