and... FREEZE! (Original photos)

I always wanted and loved to freeze an action moment, to seize a moment that mostly we are not aware of it's existence. But taking such a photo is not easy. my first attempt was barely good:

anyway i uploaded it on my instagram and the feedback made me think of recreating the shot and improve it. in this shot (photo with brick BG) i did every thing by my self. i set the cans and loaded my air gun. Camera was ready on a tripod and air gun loaded in my hand. One of my finger was on the remote control of camera and another one on the gun's trigger and... FIRE! I was satisfied by the result, but after uploading the photo i knew i could do it better. So next time i asked for help. I asked my brother to be the shooter and my sister to hold a black cloth as a background and i had the camera in my hand, ready to take the shot. It didn't take much more time than the previous one but the result was much better. Photo was taken under sunlight in the yard.

After taking the shot, it wasn't over. First I opened the photo in camera raw and lowered the black and shadow to reach a deep black on background, also some other tweaks like giving more contrast and clarity to make the photo shine a little bit.

Then i used the photo shop to remove the unnecessary parts of background. And then i told my self: "well... that's what i want." (the first shot)

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First shot is entry for action photo challenge by @photogames

Category	Action photography
Camera	Canon EOS 60D
Lens	Canon 55-250 IS
Settings	ISO-800 | 1/8000 s | f/5 | 131mm
Location	Iran