Great use of simple techniques
I came across some images that were taken at the Ski Jumping World Cup, there are a big collection of images of the event can be found on The Big Picture.
But there were a couple in the collection that caught my eye, the first being the image below taken by Kai Pfaffenbach for Reuters, he implements a different perspective than you would normally use for a view down the run. It is truly awesome.
The second was an image taken by Robert Michael for AFP/Getty Images. He is utilising the use of fill in flash. I have been working on my flash work recently and this really puts it to great use. Lighting a subject that would have otherwise been plunged into darkness. The flare from the sun adds great depth to the image too.
For the rest of the collection visit the page on The Big Picture – http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/ski_jumping_world_cup.html