No-one said it was going to be easy.

[Garry Lee]

AN9J1232 by gearoidmuar, on Flickr

 

[Hamish Gill]

This is the third or forth time I've looked at this now..
It's a great photo with the sign in the background!
But it looks like shes superimposed somehow ... Is it just me??
Is it a real photo?
I might just be being daft??

 

[Garry Lee]

It's real. It does have the look you say because of very diffused light. Almost no shadow. This series looks unnatural to me too

 

[Kev Pugh]

I think that's what adds to its appeal.............that question of is it or is it not?

The backdrop is superb, obviously well thought out and would have been a total peach if you had been more to the right in front of the poster and got the same shot, but then you would not have got the expression on the runner.

there's always a pay off isn't there?

 

[Garry Lee]

it wasn't planned as such but the poster was spotted. This is an all out gutsy runner whom I know.

 

[Dave Moss]

What also makes it look superimposed is the fact it looks as if she is in the air Great shot

 

[Garry Lee]

Runners running fast are often in the air! That's what differentiates running from race-walking. In race-walking they are supposed to have a foot on the ground. I've shot 10fps sequences of Ireland's two top racewalkers flat-out, Kate Veale (World junior champion) and Robert Heffernan ( an Olympian) and I could not catch them with both feet off the ground. So, there's a great art in that.