Surf's Up!!!

chuckinsocal

Well, we had a pretty good surf this week end along with clear blue skies. Ideal conditions for surfing photos and I just couldn't resist. I just wanted to share a few with you.

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The rest can be seen here if anyone's interested.

Comments always welcome. Thanks for looking.

Dee

Always fun watching and photographing surfers!

David Evertsen

Very Nice pictures, how did you get those?? Long lense, in the water, in a boat??

chuckinsocal

Thanks for the comments. I took those from my private helicopter. It's really hard flying a helicopter and snapping pictures at the same time. Damn near crashed a couple of times.

If you believe that I'll sell you the helicopter for real cheap .

Actually, I was on the Oceanside Pier so I was above and to the side of and sometimes behind the surfers. It's a great vantage point when the surf is up and the tide is right. Used a Nikon 70-300 VR lens on my D80.

ASkip

chuckinsocal wrote:

Thanks for the comments. I took those from my private helicopter. It's really hard flying a helicopter and snapping pictures at the same time. Damn near crashed a couple of times.

If you believe that I'll sell you the helicopter for real cheap .

Actually, I was on the Oceanside Pier so I was above and to the side of and sometimes behind the surfers. It's a great vantage point when the surf is up and the tide is right. Used a Nikon 70-300 VR lens on my D80.

Dude! I was on the north jetty at Oside this weekend. Superfun surf. The jettys are great vantage points, imho.

chuckinsocal

Looks good!!! I'll have to check it out next time.

ian408

It's winter time! Time for the big waves.