AMAZING ACTION SHOTS FROM THE RED BULL ILLUME PHOTO COMPETITION
01 MONKEY BUMPS BY RICHARD BAYBUTT CATEGORY: CREATIVE, TOP 250
“This was a classic evening down at the Monkey Bumps trails in Sheffield. A great crew, loads of laps, playing about with my camera with absolutely zero agenda in terms of work, commissions or photo competitions. Loving seeing my friends get the session firing. Joe Camus was warming up with his 360s – this might have been the first of the evening for him. Luckily I was in the right place on the right jump; or maybe he saw me and had a burst of courage. Either way it worked out!”
Lens Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye
Exposure 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO25,600
Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2023
All of the images in this month’s gallery are from the 2023 Red Bull Illume Image Quest, and we’ve picked our favourite action shots from the top 250 shortlisted images taken on Canon EOS cameras. Details for the Red Bull Illume 2024 contest are yet to be announced, but stay up to date and check their website for more information on when you can enter your best action shots at: www.redbullillume.com
02 SWIRLS BY DMITRY BULIN CATEGORY: CREATIVE, TOP 50
“My friend Anton Evstifeev is a professional BMX athlete. He suggested that I shoot something for the competition. But I’m not a sports photographer, so I thought I might try the creative category. We took the picture in my home studio. And we used a lighting device, that I made myself, to create a light tunnel.”
Lens Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 II USM
Exposure 1/160 sec, f/11, ISO100
03 BUBBLES BY DAN KRAUSS CATEGORY: CREATIVE, TOP 250
“I had been burned out on the photos I had been taking for the majority of the past 10 years and I wanted to bring something new. So I built this wet stage, covered it in plastic and dumped 10 gallons of water on it, and used gel lighting. Skateboarder Bryan Gennaro crushed it on set, especially considering how slippery it was.”
Lens Canon RF 24-105mm F4L IS USM
Exposure 1/500 sec, f/5, ISO640
04 AUSTRIA BY LUCAS TIEFENTHALER CATEGORY: CREATIVE, TOP 50
“I’ve invested hours, miles and nerves to create this photo, it’s a miracle that it even exists! I asked the rider Thomas Göschlberger, if he would be down for it and said yes immediately. When the winter arrived I felt like everything was against us, the weather was too windy, too warm, too snowy, the list goes on! But then there was this day: fresh snow and low avalanche danger. We set everything up and had one chance. I couldn’t fire a continuous burst because of the flashes. So I only had one chance to catch Thomas at the perfect moment.”
Lens Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM
Exposure 1/1600 sec, f/4, ISO2500
05 UNDERWATER BY NICK CHRISTY CATEGORY:
