Category Finalist 2007: lifestyle

Napoleon E. Gutierrez

On one of my trips to the outskirts of the city, with a group of skateboard buddies and my photo equipment, we got to know this talented young skateboarder in one of the cities we visited. While hanging out with our new friends in Las Tablas, they told me about a field with an abandoned, rusted-out tube lying in it. There, a local, Luis Armando, impressed us with this 360 flip. We all admired him, and I decided to take this picture from ground level. In this moment, I felt like a National Geographic correspondent doing a documentary on a wild animal in its natural environment.

Athletes: Luis Armando and skate crew, locals
Location: Las Tablas, Panama City, Panama

TECHNICAL INFO

• Camera: Nikon F5
• Lens: Lente 80–200 mm, 2.8 AF
• ISO: ISO 200
• F-stop: 3.5
• Shutter speed: 1/350