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SoonerShawn

These are my 1st wakeboarding shots. All critiques are greatly appreciated.

KMCC

Nice shots!

Welcome to DGrin. Make yourself at home.

Cayuse

Great shots. Makes me long for getting out on the water.

MDalby

really nice shots!

tom_o

These are great. Looks like you caught the rider at the top of the action. If we could see the sea/lake to see how much height he's getting, I'd like them even more, personally.

donek

You did a good job of capturing the peak action. In boards sports, I think it's important to break the rules on the non distracting backgrounds. Try to get some scenery while keeping it out of focus. One thing you might try on shots like these is to use a polarizer to make the sky more blue. You appear to have a nice dramatic sky. A polarizer would bring that out more.

I don't want to hijack your thread, but here's an example of what I mean.

SoonerShawn

donek wrote:

You did a good job of capturing the peak action. In boards sports, I think it's important to break the rules on the non distracting backgrounds. Try to get some scenery while keeping it out of focus. One thing you might try on shots like these is to use a polarizer to make the sky more blue. You appear to have a nice dramatic sky. A polarizer would bring that out more.

I don't want to hijack your thread, but here's an example of what I mean.

Thanks, thats a good tip!

clemensphoto's

Welcome, awesome shots.

WCW

Good start but get out of the tow boat. Shoot wider so you get some perspective of how high the rider is.

du8die

One quick suggestion - watch your horizons. This will help them not be a distraction, and show just how much the wakeboarder is actually doing.

polyya

Nice shots love shooting wake too, congratulations

RBrogen

Agree with the others here as well. Some great captures. I also think that making some adjustment to the sky background if that is what you wind up with in the shot would go a long way as well.