Painting of a tennis champiohship
Painting of a tennis champiohship
Originally uploaded by .koltregaskes
Shot from 2007’s Wimbledon tennis championship. The original has been used on a home page for a outside television broadcasting company. What I’ve done here is converted it into a painting-style piece. I wasn’t too happy with the original - it was basically a reflex shot and not particularly in focus. So I thought the composition was pretty good and took the option to play around with the look. I’ve tried many variations but thought this one came out best.
The player is Klara Zakopalova from the Czech Republic in her game with Hana Sromova against Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Tatjana Malek of Germany where she and Hana eventually lost. The part of the match we saw was great, even with a small rain break in the middle but this is Wimbledon so you wouldn’t expect anything else. 
I went with my brother and it was our first time at the tournament. It was a superb experience and we’re hoping to go back in 2008. My brother has this idea of tenting outside the grounds overnight to get centre court tickets the next day, but will just have to see about that. 
For a more detailed report on our day, head over to here where you’ll find the better pictures of the day as well. And it’s well worth looking at a larger version of the picture to see the painting style.