Big Air

Time for a little action photography. The kids at this skate board park have some impressive skills!

What I learned in taking this photo: Shutter priority is a must for stop action and a lens speed of no less than 1/1000 is required to freeze the subject. And continuous autofocus is pretty much mandatory too.

What I also learned: I could never and have never had the athleticism to pull off such a move.

[Joy's Focus]

Fabulous action shot!

[Lou Ann]

So, Tony Hawk, you're not?! This is a great shot, nice to read your technical comments, too!

[Sally Ings]

Great action. Skateboarders etc seem fearless. No way I could do what they do.

[Louise & Ken]

Michael Jackson is alive and well and is as athletic as ever! That's impressive enough, but I'm super super impressed with your photo skills and sharing the information! *I* have found that upping the ISO for an action shot in the shade doesn't make for a very crisp photo...bright sun seems to help greatly!

[Poppo Livy]

Great action shot Ron. Must have really hurt to crank up the ISO just a tad.

[Ron]

@terryliv I'm still seething. Grrrrrrr.

[Elizabeth]

Great timing and focus!

[Rookynook]

Fantastic capture.

[Jorlam]

Wow, Ron you have excelled yourself with this one.. Superb!! love everything about it..

[Sarah Munnings]

Oh wow, what a great action shot!

[Diane]

Great shot! I love sports photography! So much fun trying to freeze the action!

[Babs]

great action shot. He must be mad.

[bkb in the city]

Amazing action shot

[Kerri Michaels]

very cool..fav

[Taffy]

I liked reading your lessons -- very useful. And a great action capture!!

[Peter]

Superb action shot crystal clear detail from foreground through to background, conveying a wonderful sense of movement with lovely timing Ron:)

[Louis A. Sousa]

Great image. My back aches watching him!

[Denise (lyndemc)]

What a catch!! I'd love the opportunity to try such photography, especially since you've shared the secrets to your success.

[Ron]

@joysfocus @louannwarren @salza @Weezilou @terryliv @redy4et @rookynook @jorlam @pixiemac @dianen @onewing @bkbinthecity @moviegal1 @taffy @pcoulson @pickerandagrinner @lyndemc My sincere gratitude to all of you for the comments favs and nice words. Also good to see that people are paying attention to my ISO settings. Yes, I'm slowly learning that it's OK to come off of ISO 100. Action shots use to be all that I did, shooting sports for the most part. Taking this made me realize how much I "missed the action." ;-)

[Wendy]

A great action shot! You stopped it at the right spot to catch the concentration on his face.