Snow, skis and sunsets
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The key to capturing the beauty of freestyle skiing is about getting the images of competitors flipping and twisting their way through the evening sky. The amount of time the competitors spend in the air is impressive.
The photo of China's Qi Guangpu performing an aerial during the men's aerial training was taken as the sun was setting over the mountains. But capturing the aerial as well as the fading sunset was difficult as there was no vantage point to get the two elements in the same frame. Cables blocked the view to the jumps and my position was too low to capture very high jumps.
A small scaffolding tower holding a few cables up became my best bet.
Dmitry Lim of Kazakhstan trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Stanislau Hladchenko trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Olivier Rochon of Canada trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Silver medalist Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland competes during the final at Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Laura Peel of Australia competes during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Bronze medalist Xu Mengtao of China competes during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Mischa Gasser of Switzerland trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Stanislav Nikitin of Russia trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Wang Xindi of China trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
Freestyle Skiing - FIS Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships - Men's Aerials training - Sierra Nevada, Spain - 9/3/17 - Alex Bowen of the U.S. trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships.
