Thread: Flickr: Discussing Check this - Redbull illume - sports action photos in Jamaica, West Indies (Post 1 comment on 1,...

Yeah I know "Cool Runnings" but Bobsledding is mostly momentum than anything else if you have good timing thats an up or if you took the "Cool Runnings" approach and used Track Atheletes to give your Bobsled that extra boost at the starting that should be to ones benefit also. If you live in Jamaica you are NOT International....Ridiculous...It's merely that some people (Jamaicans included) are more...

I really don’t like when people say things like that. To me that's discrediting our photographers and undermining their talent. Like nothing from yard cyah betta that the foreign one. We may not be able to get snowboarding or some other sports but we can find a lot of action packed sports to shoot. Like the shots Greg had from that surfing competition could easily be submitted. surfing thread I know it may sound strong but not intended...

..read the sarcasm When you elude to "International" it sounded like just because you live in Jamaica you would not be considered "International"...or because other photog's live elsewhere in the world, they ARE International...

LOL @ Antilles and Setanubi, yeah international is relative, totally agree with GIO. I think you guys should take a trip to Billy Mystic's place in Bull Bay, he offered me a look through the photo archive of Jamaican surfing photos and trust me they are just as dramatic as the best you have seen from anywhere else in the world (i just saw some have to go back). Maybe we could arrange a group visit (CC u come in here lol). Also...with the...

Make a date and lets go to Jamnesia ! Since its just out at Bull Bay, thats easy to mobilise and go one afternoon for an afternoon shoot and watch the sunset Billy is one of those people who will ask you why are you taking his picture and will you be using it commercially etc

Great shots......shows off the artistry of photography. I expect to see you Greg in the winners circle next time.

Thats some very good extreme sports shots. Will go through the rest of them later.

Great images, lots of thought involved. As long as you have the interest in the sport you'll get the shots maybe even better. Getting clearance to shoot these images is another matter... security, personal safety, mounting your camera here, there, everywhere, etc.. But being involved in these new sports is hard if you arent satisfied with the situation (money, personal satisfaction, etc..). Anyway... good stuff

I generally agree with what's been said above about creative vision. Most shots can be replicated somewhere else, with a little creativity. Those that can't can serve as inspiration. I was at Mayfield Falls a little while back, and the guys doing flips into the stream from ~40 ft up in the trees was pretty extreme. (poor example: www.flickr.com/photos/abeand/4017776773/ ) Like one of the photogs from Greg's link wrote,...

Greg! Very interested ingoing out there.Let me know whenever your going again if we dont get a chance to arrange a group linkup.