Photographer's Note
Somersault at the beach
Salto ΰ la plage
"Somersault" is one of those English words that has a French origin and is no longer used in French (obsolete French word sombresault, Provencal sobresaut, and Latin - supra, over, and saltus, jump). The terms currently used in French are "saut pιrilleux" or "salto" (a short form from Italian "salto mortale").
I’m afraid you won’t learn much about the world from this photo. Personally I like it simply because it’s a type of photo that I very rarely take and I find the result rather pleasing. The context: Quiet Sunday morning at the wharf at the end of the beach in Negril. Bells are ringing, a few people are fishing, a boy dives from the wharf, over and over. I take a few shots with the beach as background, a couple more with the greenish blue sea as background.
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williewhistler
(16606) 2011-09-21 10:50
Hello Claude,perfect timing!You have got the exposure and focus spot on,not an easy thing to do.
Original and quirky.
Regards Les.
limielski
(0) 2011-09-21 11:34
Hello Claude!
Fantastic shot - it's incredible. And a super composition. An excellent DoF and POV. I agree with williewhistler - It is not an easy thing to do!
Best regards, Leszek
casperduppy
(1794) 2011-09-22 17:41
This looks like a perfect 10. You cannot get higher points for such a stunt! Perfectly perpendicular. Just the wrong way up!
Land on his feet? I have no doubt.....
Absolutely amazing - an athelete through and through.....
Brilliant feat; brilliant stance; and brilliantly shot.
Bravo!!
Casper
Nard
(6972) 2011-09-24 12:56
Bonsoir Claude
Une belle photo et un beau cours de franηais.. Je ne sais pas si tu es restι longtemps ΰ le regarder pour shooter au bon moment ou si tu as eu la bonne occasion mais bravo pour le rιsultat. Un bon choix de vitesse avec ces grains de sable qui vole et un dιclenchement au bon moment avec la tκte en bas. trθs bonne qualitι de prise de vue. Juste une remarque, j'aurai prιfιrι un bokeh plus prononcι pour faire encore mieux ressortir le personnage mais je chipote...
Bon WE
Bernard
shevchenko
(20560) 2011-10-04 2:17
Hi Claude,
You are at the right time to capture this,
nice posture of a man in jumping,
distinct image, well done.
Ally
Photo Information
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Copyright: Claude Belanger (cebe)
(1491)
- Genre: Άνθρωποι
- Medium: Έγχρωμο
- Date Taken: 2011-04-03
- Categories: Καθημερινότητα, Αποφασιστική στιγμή
- Camera: Canon EOS 450D, EF100-300 f4.5-5.6 USM, Circular Polarizer
- Έκθεση: f/5.6, 1/800 δευτερόλεπτα
- More Photo Info: view
- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
- Date Submitted: 2011-09-21 7:38
- Αγαπημένα: 1 [view]