Burleigh Longboard Club

[mark]

Club round 13 April 2008

[Bindii]

Lovely colour! The first one is a cracker!

[surenj]

Cracking first. Bit more cropping may be better.

[gstark]

Mark,

Put me down for the first of these as well. It's just "there".

[mark]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Bindii - Colours courtesy of RAW and Lightroom.

Surenj - Yeah, perhaps there's a bit much at the bottom, but this gives space for copy if required or can always be cropped pre-press. To me surf shots are more than just the surfer, there's also the wave, ripples, spay, foam, height changes in the ocean and the listy goes on.... But for display on the web at 800px, perhaps you are right, I could have cropped.

Gary - Thanks, lucky timing really, getting the shot with almost all 9ft of the board in the air and isolated from the wave plus the spray from the turn he just completed is what I think gives this pic an edge, if you look just below the surfers back foot you'll see the side fin of the board and that's less than a foot from the tail.

And for those that like spray check this pic out, this guy is riding a SUP (Stand-up Paddleboard)

[colin_12]

The dude in #1 is definately living on the edge
Nice shots.
Regards Colin

[gstark]

Gary - Thanks, lucky timing really, getting the shot with almost all 9ft of the board in the air and isolated from the wave plus the spray from the turn he just completed is what I think gives this pic an edge, if you look just below the surfers back foot you'll see the side fin of the board and that's less than a foot from the tail.

Mark,

Yes absolutely, all of that, but there's more. Look at the shape of the wave as you've captured this: magic. You have the shape, where he's been, where he's going ... This isn't just lucky timing. Perhaps it's not a whole lot more , but it's still bloody good.

[Oscar]

These wouldn't be out of place in Longboarder.

Great shots Mark.

Mick