Original - An airborne snowboarder in Tannheim, Austria. Considered an
extreme sport,
snowboarding was introduced in the 1960s and has grown to become a popular competitive sport worldwide, eventually becoming a
Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.
Reason
An attempt to boost our sports FPs. Seems to be one of the best snowboarding shots we have and gives some snow, scenery, and motion for context. Decent size, too.
Support as nominator —
Maedin\talk 20:44, 4 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support. Good panning is rare at FPC. A fine action shot. Durova408 21:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Weak support. Great shot. Looks oversharpened and oversaturated though.
Kaldari (
talk) 21:54, 4 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support per Durova. (I also added to the caption.) upstateNYer 00:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support. The tuft of snow on the left shows us where he has come from, and contextualises the shot.
Mostlyharmless (
talk)
Weak Support Nice action image, but I think the shutter speed wasn't fast enough. The background is a little bit more blurry than expected. Kangxi Emperor 康熙帝 (
talk) 08:17, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
The background blur is achieved by a photographic technique called
panning --
Muhammad(talk) 14:35, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Agreeing with Muhammad: panning is done for deliberate artistic effect in sports photography because it conveys a sense of motion. Durova408 17:46, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support Good frozen motion is so hard to find these days. :)
Staxringoldtalkcontribs 18:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support. Decent illustration. I've never been snowboarding, but that image captures what I imagine it feels like :)
J Milburn (
talk) 18:58, 6 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support per a number of the above --
Herbytalk thyme 13:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Original - An airborne snowboarder in Tannheim, Austria. Considered an
extreme sport,
snowboarding was introduced in the 1960s and has grown to become a popular competitive sport worldwide, eventually becoming a
Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.
Reason
An attempt to boost our sports FPs. Seems to be one of the best snowboarding shots we have and gives some snow, scenery, and motion for context. Decent size, too.
Support as nominator —
Maedin\talk 20:44, 4 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support. Good panning is rare at FPC. A fine action shot. Durova408 21:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Weak support. Great shot. Looks oversharpened and oversaturated though.
Kaldari (
talk) 21:54, 4 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support per Durova. (I also added to the caption.) upstateNYer 00:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support. The tuft of snow on the left shows us where he has come from, and contextualises the shot.
Mostlyharmless (
talk)
Weak Support Nice action image, but I think the shutter speed wasn't fast enough. The background is a little bit more blurry than expected. Kangxi Emperor 康熙帝 (
talk) 08:17, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
The background blur is achieved by a photographic technique called
panning --
Muhammad(talk) 14:35, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Agreeing with Muhammad: panning is done for deliberate artistic effect in sports photography because it conveys a sense of motion. Durova408 17:46, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support Good frozen motion is so hard to find these days. :)
Staxringoldtalkcontribs 18:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support. Decent illustration. I've never been snowboarding, but that image captures what I imagine it feels like :)
J Milburn (
talk) 18:58, 6 February 2010 (UTC)reply
Support per a number of the above --
Herbytalk thyme 13:18, 7 February 2010 (UTC)reply