Lake Cunningham Skatepark

Jacobovs

Lake Cunningham Skatepark is the largest skatepark in the area. I stopped by to take some shots.

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Any CC is always welcome.

Gringriff

I am not a big fan of skateboarding and usually not too interested but I really like some of these. I like 1, 2, 3, 7 and 9 because I see their faces AND they fill up a large part of the frame. I also like those angles.

All of the photos look sharp and capture some good action but I really like the ones listed above.

Andy

Jacobovs

Gringriff wrote:

I am not a big fan of skateboarding and usually not too interested but I really like some of these. I like 1, 2, 3, 7 and 9 because I see their faces AND they fill up a large part of the frame. I also like those angles.

All of the photos look sharp and capture some good action but I really like the ones listed above.

Andy

Thanks, I am still trying to figure out why my DOF is so deep. I had the aperture wide open for all of these shots. At f2.8 I didn't think the spectators would be in focus

donek

All older guys. Was it the time of day? It looks like you have a fairly short focal length. The shorter your focal length the greater your depth of field. f2.8 at 14mm puts quite a bit in pretty good focus.

torags

Jacobovs wrote:

Thanks, I am still trying to figure out why my DOF is so deep. I had the aperture wide open for all of these shots. At f2.8 I didn't think the spectators would be in focus

Yeah you would think?? Can't get much wider than that in sunlight without getting five figure SS... . Maybe trying a different angle with a panning technique??


Nice shots. Pretty agile stuff for those "dudes"...

BTW how has your experience been with the 135?

Jacobovs

donek wrote:

All older guys. Was it the time of day? It looks like you have a fairly short focal length. The shorter your focal length the greater your depth of field. f2.8 at 14mm puts quite a bit in pretty good focus.

It was around 4:30 - 6:15 pm. These guys were seriously good. The guy with the blue helmet and the orange bottom board is a legend ( Steve Caballero ), you can even see his name on the bottom of the board. I assume he designed it. You can google his name to get more info. The dude with the brown helmet and blue bottom board ( it says Josh on it) got some astounding air! These "old " guys were better than anyone else in the park by a long shot.

Thanks for the answer on the focal length. I shoot with long lenses so often that I totally forgot.:D

Jacobovs

torags wrote:

Yeah you would think?? Can't get much wider than that in sunlight without getting five figure SS... . Maybe trying a different angle with a panning technique??


Nice shots. Pretty agile stuff for those "dudes"...

BTW how has your experience been with the 135?

Those old dudes were seriously good! Steve Caballero is a legend in the skateboarding world.

Did you read the other thread?I LOVE that lens , it's hands down the best portrait lens ever!! But, for sports, in a pinch maybe but not a very quick AF and not flexible enough for most sports.:D Mine is a DC so the brokeh is like cream cheese when properly used.

Looks like the wind is back this week for Kitesurfing Hope the waves are nice, too bad i
I have to fly out to NYC on Wed, otherwise I'd be out there in Waddell( if the waves are good) or on 3rd if it's just wind.

donek

Jacobovs wrote:

It was around 4:30 - 6:15 pm. These guys were seriously good. The guy with the blue helmet and the orange bottom board is a legend ( Steve Caballero ), you can even see his name on the bottom of the board. I assume he designed it. You can google his name to get more info. The dude with the brown helmet and blue bottom board ( it says Josh on it) got some astounding air! These "old " guys were better than anyone else in the park by a long shot.

Thanks for the answer on the focal length. I shoot with long lenses so often that I totally forgot.:D

I'm an old guy snowboarder. I know who Caballero is. The one time I shot our local pool, the old guys were totally killing the young ones too. It's really cool when that happens!

If you have the ability to get a larger aperture, dial your f-stop as low as possible and use a ND filter or polarizer (if it will go over your wide lens). You can also try some panning. Stop down to f16 to f18 and add some fill flash. If you can get even one stop below ambient on your exposure and use your flash, it can generate some pretty cool effects. I tried this once at a track meet and it worked pretty well. This was on camera, but a couple off camera might really make a difference.

torags

Yup on the CP.

I haven't tried this yet but lowering the iso (Low 1) can also help in high dynamic range situations (can lose some IQ however)

But those folks in focus are really far back... hmmmm

have a good trip Jacobovs, I won't be at Waddell either. I'm using up my Get out of jail card, shooting motorcycle sidecar racing in Socal.

Rags

wadesworld

Great shots! Looked like #6 was not going to end well.

Jacobovs

wadesworld wrote:

Great shots! Looked like #6 was not going to end well.

It did not, there were many of those that day.:D

Paintguy

I love the shadow on #7. Wow.. I thought that orange board had a bit of an old school shape to it.. didn't really look at the guru. lol

Jacobovs

Paintguy wrote:

I love the shadow on #7. Wow.. I thought that orange board had a bit of an old school shape to it.. didn't really look at the guru. lol

Thanks, Steve plays it low key except for the jumps.:D