Dune Jumping

Met photo friend and her family at Donegal Bay Dunes for sunset photos which were a total bust. But her son was a most cooperative dune jumper letting us practice action captures and, I hope someday soon, layering in PS so I can show the series of jumps in one photo. This was one of my favorites.
P3 has posted in my extras album -- his adventure in relaxation:
http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2015-08-13

[Pam Knowler]

Wonderful action shot! I have always wanted to do an image showing a series of shots of a bird in flight. I must check out how to do it.

[Barb Newcomb]

This is a great action shot. I too hope to one day become better at PS so I can do more with it.

[Islandgirl]

Cool action shot Taffy!

[Susan]

I just love shots like this! Great action!

[Janiskay]

Neat! Don't you like it when you get helpful volunteers?

[Lin]

So awesome - great action!

[ShazzyM]

Brilliant action shot, looks like a beautiful location as well.

[Leigh Anne Sanderson]

Amazing shot! Great focus!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I think "whoosh" when I see this- great stop action shot!

[Jane Pittenger]

He's so perfect t he almost looks pasted in. Nice job

[Joy's Focus]

So perfectly clear! Nice action shot Taffy!

[Rosie Kerr]

Lovely action shot is a beautiful setting. He has some jump in him, too! :)

[Julia]

Fabulous!

[Debbie]

excellent timing!

[Louise & Ken]

That's some impressive jumping! Well timed!

[gloria jones]

Super action shot, comp

[Ute Reckhorn]

Great shot!

[eDorre]

So playful and well captured!

[Eric di Bosco]

Very interesting - well above the horizon.

[Sally Ings]

Great action capture. He looks like he's using the base of the clouds to bounce off.

[Issi Bannerman]

Super! Love it.

[The Intermittent Photographer aka Blue Rose]

Great action shot - very athletic

[Donna]

Thats cool, looks like hes standing on the horizon

[Joyce]

Fantastic action shot Taffy. What an obliging young man to jump so you could practice. He probably liked the excuse to jump anyway! Fav

[Christina Helliwell]

Fantastic action capture. Wonderful to have a willing model.

[Nick]

Really great.

[Dianne]

Brilliant image.

[Rachel]

Excellent action shot, I love those muted colours.

[sally agnew]

Terrific action shot :)

[Dione Giorgio]

Fantastic action capture.

[Danny G.]

He's a good jumper. Very clever, fav

[Molly]

A great action shot and wonderful background too.

[Leon Buijs]

Great frozen momentum, nice action shot in a lovely scene

[Corrie]

Great action shot!

[Yeshanghai]

Amazing action shot

[Harry J Benson]

great action capture

[Paula W]

Great shot, perfect focus, looks almost surreal.

[Anja]

Great action shot!

[Al Bailey]

Fabulous action shot :)

[Maggiemae]

These are big guys and would have a lot of power with their jumping! I wish I could jump again - love the sand to land on. Great view beyond too!

[Kat]

Great action shot.

[Myrna O'Hara]

can't wait to see the finished product of all the jumps. well done on this one

[pam]

fantastic processing-fav

[Junan Heath]

Fun action shot!

[Richard Hickey]

Incredible picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page and the PP. Well deserved.

[Taffy]

@sailingmusic Me too...I just have to learn to use PS and layers!! Thanks as always for your visit and comment!

[Lisa Poland]

Fabulous shot!

[Darlene]

What a great action shot, Taffy. Will be cool to see a series of photos. FAV

[Taffy]

@darsphotos I'm running out of time to learn PS before we go back to Chicago and move in, but my goal is to figure it out as soon as things settle down and my celebration will be to post the sequence in a single shot! Thanks for your continued support!

[Teresa]

Wow, how did you do that? Amazing action shot. FAV!

[Taffy]

@wordsmith Thanks Teresa! I had a very cooperative model for the jumping part, a nice sky and dune area, so I kneeled down (using higher ISO and fast shutter speed), with my shutter release on multiples so it would shoot several in a row, and clicked away. About half turned out -- great fun!

[Junko Y]

He's frozen in mid-air -- and such height in that jump! Great capture!

[Gena Pegg]

Awesome action shot...Great timing and the whole comp is perfect. Love that sky in the background also.

[Nicole]

awesome shot!! Love his pose!

[Joan Robillard]

Would be a great add to your project to have a layered series.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Fantastically well timed shot xx

[Irene]

Great shot . I am impressed that you're going to attempt a series of shots in one. Look forward to seeing it

[Denise Wood]

Great action shot :)

[Chris Johnson]

I always have the hardest time capturing someone in the air at this time of the day. You did it so well!! Awesome action capture!

[Osia Strasner]

....and, who says "white guys can't jump"?!! I can just visualize this as a series of jumps layered on top of one another....if you had your camera on a tripod and did not change your vantage point while he jumped should be very easy to do! You might want to look at one of the Levitation/multiplicity tutorial/challenges here!