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Swell was fairly interesting on sat morning, hence there were quite a few keen surfers hitting the beach, it was great to see a mix of young, old and a woman on the boards.

The kid was ripping it up, damn youth and their energy



if his hair looks this good in the surf, i can only imagine how good it looks outta teh water.

Hi Gerry - I like that last best and then probably the first. Strangely though for both of them for me it's like their faces are oof (but essentially the rest of their bodies and the water (behind and somewhat in front? are quite sharp)

First and the last for me.

Curiously, with the third one I thought he was holding up a phone to take a picture then realised he was holding onto his board

I like the 3rd shot. Good, tight catch on the face and spray.

It's about time you blokes did some sports action shots.

#1 Neat stuff with his tongue hanging...! Nice light as well.
#2 LOL@hair. Nice decisive moment there. I think I got a very similar shot but it was at 1/400 so slightly blurry!
#3 could be part of a series but not strong on it's own.

Remorhaz wrote:Hi Gerry - I like that last best and then probably the first. Strangely though for both of them for me it's like their faces are oof (but essentially the rest of their bodies and the water (behind and somewhat in front? are quite sharp)

I can only assume this is a downsize issue, the waves and water droplets do come out very sharp which may contribute, i will have a look at the original focus point on the raw file.

PiroStitch wrote:Curiously, with the third one I thought he was holding up a phone to take a picture then realised he was holding onto his board

lol, i see that now...would have been a good view.

norwest wrote:I like the 3rd shot. Good, tight catch on the face and spray.
It's about time you blokes did some sports action shots.

just you wait until the union season starts again, i may trundle off and try that again

surenj wrote:#1 Neat stuff with his tongue hanging...! Nice light as well.
#2 LOL@hair. Nice decisive moment there. I think I got a very similar shot but it was at 1/400 so slightly blurry!
#3 could be part of a series but not strong on it's own.

Regarding teh lighting, you probably noted it as well, you had to get them at the right moment or else they were in the shadow of teh wave which made for a crappy image imo.

just you wait until the union season starts again, i may trundle off and try that again

I'm doing the home and a few away RU team games this year for team in that place you visit. Bring your gear with you and shoot a Boar.