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Kite Surfing Up Close

Postby Bob G on Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:13 pm

Driving back from Brisbane this afternoon and decided to go via Caloundra.
One loan Kite Surfer at Happy Valley so I set up and cranked a few frames off.
Won't bore you with too many

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Re: Kite Surfing Up Close

Postby jethro on Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:02 pm

Exposure is great Bob and also the crop
well done mate
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Re: Kite Surfing Up Close

Postby phoenix on Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:43 pm

Yeah nice shot. What lens were you using for this? Also how close and how much cropping was done?
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Re: Kite Surfing Up Close

Postby Bob G on Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:21 pm

300mm +1.7 T/C on FF Nikon D3

Cropped 40% off
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Re: Kite Surfing Up Close

Postby Pehpsi on Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:28 am

Not bad at all, nice bit of action captured. This guy looks pretty relaxed too.
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Re: Kite Surfing Up Close

Postby Justin on Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:18 am

The bokeh in the water looks like grain - what ISO was it at? btw beautiful image for such long range!
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Re: Kite Surfing Up Close

Postby Bob G on Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:22 am

Justin said:
The bokeh in the water looks like grain - what ISO was it at? btw beautiful image for such long range!


ISO was 2800 and no noise reduction applied.
Aperture f11
Shutter Speed 1/2000s

Thanks for the comments - the 300 VR is crackingly sharp - the light was less than desirable in this instance
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Re: Kite Surfing Up Close

Postby surenj on Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:50 am

Nice capture esp in low light ... could see this one the cover of a Surf type of magazine...
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