Windsurfing Action

[Stan]

Wind and waves brought around 20 or so windsurfers out at Avon Beach yesterday

A 3 frame burst , 1/800, f8, ISO 400, 420mm

[Tigger]

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great shots Stan

I've been going to the beach most days since getting my new lens and its been flat as a pancake!! with guys paddling around with oars, not quite the photo I was after ....sods law!

[planetc]

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Excellent timing, this is the kind of subject I find most interesting. We have a kite surfing beach not far from here which I might have to visit one day.

[paul linton]

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Nice to see something different Stan nice set
Though i would like to see the action fill the frame a lot more , (420mm lens is a wide angle in the surfing world lol)

Paul

[Tigger]

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420mm lens is a wide angle in the surfing world lol

Paul

lol...

[tesarver]

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Nicely done Stan

Tom

[jimsphotography]

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Nicely done Stan

Tom

I agree with that
James

[Stan]

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thanks for looking guys

Excellent timing, this is the kind of subject I find most interesting. We have a kite surfing beach not far from here which I might have to visit one day.

this is a good kitesurfing beach but I had thought they had packed up at the end of October and yesterday we had gone down there mainly to shoot wildlife and was quite surprised to find the surfers down there as instead of wildlife we spent a couple of hours doing something different

Though i would like to see the action fill the frame a lot more

the big waves for this sort of action were quite a way out, so even with the 300 and converter cropping was needed and this was about the limit. I have got full frame shots of the nearer action but not quite as exciting but will post those later, In the meantime a couple form Dee. Same settings and crop

stan

[Tigger]

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way to go Dee

[Stan]

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Cheers Ian

We both got this burst but Dee nailed it better than I

I find it amazing they don't hurt themselves

Stan

[Parsen66]

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Stan you'll start to hate me but Dee's are excellent. The spray that she picked up really makes the shot and has so much energy.

You set was good honest mate.

[Stan]

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Cheers Alan

Stan you'll start to hate me but Dee's are excellent. The spray that she picked up really makes the shot and has so much energy.

no problem, I did say she got the better shots on that burst

Stan

[Nathaniel]

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I can only say "wow"! You have been out in this sort of weather. Well done. Nice action shots. So you are not a "one trick pony" with only nature pics!

[Stan]

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Thanks Nat

It was quite warm the problem was the wind and trying to keep the camera/lens still. Very tiring too as you need to pick up the surfer as he starts out and pan and follow him hoping a wave will send him in the air for a good pose and when it doesn't you do the same again with another and another.....

Stan

[Colin]

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I've been going to the beach most days since getting my new lens and its been flat as a pancake!! with guys paddling around with oars, not quite the photo I was after ....sods law!

Get over to Moraira Ian, Roger Scholte and his mates have been posting some great shots in the last week from there. Check him out on FB he is a good photographer.