Magic Carpet Ride by northy

Magic Carpet Ride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtkP5gTX6Hc

We're into"fun with exposure" week in the flash-o-red theme set by @olivetreeann - a month of black and white with a spot of red on the 14th...
http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/16115/flash-of-red-february

It occurs to me that i am almost always playing with exposure which leaves me not quite sure what I should be doing different this week...

This is the magic carpet lift at the local slope... my two boys are the two small fry chatting to one another about 2/3 up on the left... i started by overexposing this shot in the camera (shutterspeed was 1/160 - if i let the camera metre choose it would have been around 1/1000)... but once i got into lightroom i started playing with the sliders, and then played some more in nik silver efex - and ended up here... not sure if this qualifies as over-exposed or not... but whatevs!

an alternate shot of one of my boys catching air in my other album...
http://365project.org/northy/just-because/2013-02-18

Thanks for all the lovely comments on my dark shot from yesterday... as you can see, i can do light too :)
Great fun capture... I miss the snow
February 19th, 2013  
Love this. fave. Like a crazy line-up shot. Everyone is doing their own thing. Excellent over-exposure/ contrast.
February 19th, 2013  
Unexpected but super cool!
February 19th, 2013  
Well, you're getting there. The problem is I can still identify shapes. If you're going to over-expose, try shooting for solid white. Now THAT would be something.
February 19th, 2013  
Great b&w
February 19th, 2013  
@thethree i DID! but i messed up and got my thumb in the lens and so i deleted it ;p
February 19th, 2013  
what a cute capture, and great contrasts!
February 19th, 2013  
FUNtatsic !!
February 19th, 2013  
Cool. I did a magic carpet ride shot today too. Ours has a roof around it though! I love the overexposed look of this!!
February 19th, 2013  
Neat...never heard of this kind of lift! I like this.
February 19th, 2013  
@lynnb tx Lynn... i hadn't heard of it either... i actually googled it just to be sure it was a real term and not one my kids made up!
February 19th, 2013  
The over-exposed effect again. As I said before others like it, @kwind in particular whose shots I consistently like, but I find it a little tiresome. But that's just old grumpy me! :)
February 19th, 2013  
Great processing. How the hell do you get off that thing?
February 19th, 2013  
@fueast no clue - as i don't ski or snow board, i don't get to ride it ;p but really, it's like the moving sidewalk things at airports, or an escalator... i assume one just steps off ;p

@frankhymus yeah - i know you're not a fan of the over-exposed thing... guess i just kinda like extremes on occasion ;p
February 19th, 2013  
What is this thing you call "snow".....LoL
Kinda odd looking for someone that doesn't see things like this. Guess as long as it gets ya back up the hill it doesn't matter how ya get there. Nice shot from your neck of the woods.
February 19th, 2013  
An alternative take on this shot could be keeping contrasts toned down so the people have more visible details. The snowy bit would also have some details showing, but you could paint them over with the "main snow tone". I'm thinking a more "hazy" looking image with not too strong shadows and highlights... You can paint shadows, so why not paint light too :)
February 19th, 2013  
Aw, they're so cute... your little guys :) The magic carpet sounds cool! I've never seen one before.
February 19th, 2013  
What a cool shot! Your "small fry" look cute there :)
February 19th, 2013  
Love the high contrast! Sounds like a great day.
February 19th, 2013  
What an awesome capture :) Love the high key shot :) And what a fun way to get back up the slope!
February 19th, 2013  
I can't believe these Magic Carpet Rides you guys have!! The only one we have is in the toddler lesson area:)
February 19th, 2013  
I'm so enjoying watching you play with exposure :-)
February 19th, 2013  
I've never seen a Magic Carpet ride before. Very cool. Love the strong contrasts.
February 19th, 2013  
heheh this is superb!!! never seen this type of magic carpet in action either!
February 19th, 2013  
gosh i miss going skiing... :/ neat shot! :)
February 19th, 2013  
Make em wait
February 20th, 2013  
Brill!
February 20th, 2013  
This is really cool! Love the exposure.
February 20th, 2013  
Very cool, never saw one of this in the alps. Funny shot.
February 21st, 2013  
I like this shot. I like the slash of dark across the middle and the details in the people.
February 21st, 2013  
Definitely the overexposed thing for sure. It kind of looks a bit like a poster. I like the line of skiiers going up the hill. Alas it has been so long since I skied, I have never even seen this magic carpet ride thingy before.
February 21st, 2013  
@janim i'm still mulling this over... i do want to try this type of edit just to see if i can do it :)
February 22nd, 2013  
Lyn
love this!
February 22nd, 2013  
@northy sure you can :)
February 22nd, 2013  
Fav. This is great.
February 22nd, 2013  
nicely captured...
February 25th, 2013  
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