Surfin' with the Alien

Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
edited December 20, 2005 in Sports
OK, so I wasn't surfing and the only alien was our friend from da Big Apple, Andy Williams :rofl

Andy and I had planned to shoot around the beach Friday afternoon before he boarded his flight back to NY. The morning weather looked bad :huh Overcast and flat light. But we decided to see how the afternoon looked before we decided to go or not. The afternoon weather cleared nicely so we were off to Santa Cruz. After stopping on the wharf so Andy could get a sourdough breadbowl full of clam chowdah :lol3 we went to shoot the surfers. Andy had his 5D so I let his use my new 400mm F5.6 and I used the Bigma. There were blasts of cold wind freezing our hands, tough side lighting and we had left our bags in the rentacar with the top down....lol So we only shot for about 15 minutes. Still, I was I able to get a few kewl shots :thumb

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Well we wound up going down by the boardwalk from Steamer Lane and got some decent shots there too. Plus we got to eat dinner out on the wharf ....ummmmm

An all around fine day of eating and shooting with Andy :clap One of the best days I've had in a long time :):


Thanks for looking and comments or criticism is encouraged :thumb


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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited December 17, 2005
    Well now there you are headscratch.gif What it takes Andy to drag you out and do some shootin, sure shouldn't be that way rolleyes1.gif:D

    Well whatever the reason glad to see a fine post from ya thumb.gif
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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited December 17, 2005
    Wow, love #1 and #2. We don't get much of that in Nantucket, and certainly there is no way to get that angle. Great light and great action.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,953 moderator
    edited December 17, 2005
    Nice Steve! Sorry to have missed the call. Work(sux) to borrow from across
    the hall.

    That new lens would appear to be treating you right thumb.gif

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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited December 17, 2005
    Cool shots Steve
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    This one makes me laugh for some reason. Looks like he's riding a "frog" board!

    It's been rather on the chilly side these past two weeks, except for last weekend which was nice. And today it's rain, rain, rain. Ugh!
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 17, 2005
    I'm not much of a tele shooter lol3.gif but that 400 f/5.6 sure is fun to use! I had fun wit ya, Steve :eat

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    What great shots ...really good stuff !!! I love that lens.

    Hang on the pennys just dropped ...steve did you sell the bigma & get a 400 f/5.6 ?
  • gsgarygsgary Registered Users Posts: 1,350 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    Great shots thumb.gif i'm looking to do some surf shot at christmas and new year here in the Uk Christmas up the North east coast and new year down in Cornwall hope they are as good as these
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    Ok ok ok...so you all now know that i only look at the pictures.
  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    Ok ok ok...so you all now know that i only look at the pictures.

    rolleyes1.gif , another convert to the 400 5.6, great shots steve & andy.
  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    Surf in Santa Cruz???
    Hey Steve, we were in Santa Cruz for a surf contest a couple of weeks ago. I live in UK, and this was my first sight of the pacific. We sure did not have waves like you had. Are we talking about the same Santa Cruz?
    It was extremely foggy the day we were there, and no waves...
    I wondered why the exitement was there... after seeing your pics, I see that we had bad luck... (fog!). And of course, my photography is not near yours... But I try to learn. rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,953 moderator
    edited December 18, 2005
    photocat wrote:
    Hey Steve, we were in Santa Cruz for a surf contest a couple of weeks ago. I live in UK, and this was my first sight of the pacific. We sure did not have waves like you had. Are we talking about the same Santa Cruz?
    It was extremely foggy the day we were there, and no waves...
    I wondered why the exitement was there... after seeing your pics, I see that we had bad luck... (fog!). And of course, my photography is not near yours... But I try to learn. rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif

    Hard to tell from the surf shots. But it kinda looks like Steamers or maybe
    41st Avenue.

    Did you see this? If so, it's the same place.

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  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Hard to tell from the surf shots. But it kinda looks like Steamers or maybe
    41st Avenue.

    Did you see this? If so, it's the same place.

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    Nope, but then we did not go into Santa Cruz. They had a pear, with a fish restaurant, and we were very close to Half Moon bay.
    My California pics are in this gallery.
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    I did love California. I am now back in UK, and longing for the next trip coming up in january. (Florida, Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona).
    I was close to San Jose for fourteen days, and also had the pleasure of getting an inside tour of apple headquarters. Smashing!

    Thanks for enlightning me on the Santa Cruz mission...
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,953 moderator
    edited December 18, 2005
    photocat wrote:
    Nope, but then we did not go into Santa Cruz. They had a pear, with a fish restaurant, and we were very close to Half Moon bay.
    My California pics are in this gallery.
    http://photocat.smugmug.com/gallery/1013470

    I did love California. I am now back in UK, and longing for the next trip coming up in january. (Florida, Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona).
    I was close to San Jose for fourteen days, and also had the pleasure of getting an inside tour of apple headquarters. Smashing!

    Thanks for enlightning me on the Santa Cruz mission...

    How's about this place?

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    It's the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. It's shot from this pier.

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    On thie subject of califonia guys...why are so many of the cali hills so bare ? Are they naturally like this or have they been hit hard by man ?
  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    I might have seen that if there would not have been that much fog...
    All I saw was grey... I did see a rollercoaster though...
    Thanks for trying to help me out. It is appreciated. I hope to return one day
    and seen the pacific with a blue sky...

    Thanks Ian


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    edited December 18, 2005
    ...and I live just around the corner from here!! clap.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    Nice shooting, Steve!
    I'm very glad to see that ole gud 20D holds its bar vs 5D:-)

    BTW, I noticed you have Timeline on your home page. I looked all over my SM control panel but could not find a way to turn it on.ne_nau.gif Any hints?

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    photocat wrote:
    I might have seen that if there would not have been that much fog...
    All I saw was grey... I did see a rollercoaster though...
    Thanks for trying to help me out. It is appreciated. I hope to return one day
    and seen the pacific with a blue sky...

    Thanks Ian


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    'cat - here's a pic taken tableside at Andy's restaurant there in your photograph lol3.gif

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  • photocatphotocat Registered Users Posts: 1,334 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    Andy wrote:
    'cat - here's a pic taken tableside at Andy's restaurant there in your photograph lol3.gif

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    Big smile here on my side... How neat Andy. Thanks for sharing that pic with me.
    The restaurant was still closed when we arrived.
    The world has become such a small place. It is so s wonderful to see that other people were in the same locations. I always find it very interesting to see other pics s from the same location.
    You made my day with your pic...
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    photocat wrote:
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    Big smile here on my side... How neat Andy. Thanks for sharing that pic with me.
    The restaurant was still closed when we arrived.
    The world has become such a small place. It is so s wonderful to see that other people were in the same locations. I always find it very interesting to see other pics s from the same location.
    You made my day with your pic...

    Thanks 'cat :D here's one more for you, same spot:

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  • ed_hed_h Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited December 18, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    On thie subject of califonia guys...why are so many of the cali hills so bare ? Are they naturally like this or have they been hit hard by man ?

    If you went to S/California you would think that were back in WA
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Well now there you are headscratch.gif What it takes Andy to drag you out and do some shootin, sure shouldn't be that way rolleyes1.gif:D

    Well whatever the reason glad to see a fine post from ya thumb.gif

    Thanks Ben :D

    Sorry, that I haven't been around much. Lots of stuff happening :uhoh This was the first time I spent more than 15 minutes shooting in months. It was really fun, as it always is shooting with Andy.

    Thanks for your comments and I'll be around much more often now thumb.gif


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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    rutt wrote:
    Wow, love #1 and #2. We don't get much of that in Nantucket, and certainly there is no way to get that angle. Great light and great action.

    Thanks Rutt,

    Yeah, we had Nantucket weather though....lol Andy was saying that we should have worn shooting gloves rolleyes1.gif With the wind chill it must have been like 45 degrees...Laughing.gif Just a Brisk Summer day for you New Englanders :D

    Thanks for looking and for your comments,

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Nice Steve! Sorry to have missed the call. Work(sux) to borrow from across
    the hall.

    That new lens would appear to be treating you right thumb.gif

    Ian

    We missed ya Ian. We knew Friday afternoons are tough for you to get away. But we were thinking of you. To be honest, we really didn't think we were going to get any good pics at all. As I mentioned in the thread over in the People Forum, we were upset that we didn't get much and vowed to do a better job of planning for our next shoot. San Francisco in Feb? I was pretty happy with these surf shots and I got a few other beach shots that turned out well too. So not only did we tank up with fine seafood on the wharf, we got some nice keepers to take home :D

    Thanks for your comments and we'll try to make sure you can go with us next time :):

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    Dee wrote:
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    This one makes me laugh for some reason. Looks like he's riding a "frog" board!

    It's been rather on the chilly side these past two weeks, except for last weekend which was nice. And today it's rain, rain, rain. Ugh!

    Thanks Dee :D

    Yeah, that one is funny with all the fins/skegs sticking out of the water rolleyes1.gif It was chilly Friday too. Our fingers were getting numb from the cold wind :uhoh Good thing we were able to get some nice hot chowdah to warn them up....lol


    Judging by how ugly the weekend was, we were lucky to get any shooting in at all :D


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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    Andy wrote:
    I'm not much of a tele shooter lol3.gif but that 400 f/5.6 sure is fun to use! I had fun wit ya, Steve :eat

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    Andy,
    Yep we always have fun. Sometimes we even come back with a decent pic or two rolleyes1.gif Your surf pic looks good. It does look like that lens is a bit long for shooting surfers with if using a 20D. But boy oh boy is it sharp iloveyou.gif

    Also coulda done without the pic of the squinting homeless dewd......Laughing.gif


    Hey, this was so much fun, let's do it again?.....lol


    Thanks for the companionship and for your comments,

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    What great shots ...really good stuff !!! I love that lens.

    Hang on the pennys just dropped ...steve did you sell the bigma & get a 400 f/5.6 ?

    Hiya Gus and Thanks :D

    Nope, haven't sold the Bigma (yet). I got tired of seeing how sharp Daniella's shots with the 400mm + 1.4X TC wide open were, so I had Santa pick me up one....lol I'd love to be able to keep the Bigma too. It works so nicely at surf focal lengths (250-350mms). Oh well, we will see what happens rolleyes1.gif

    Thanks for your comments,
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  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited December 19, 2005
    I hate you guys...


    (Jealousy rears its big ugly head):boid <---- joking .
    As always it is good... nay...great, to see the both of your stuff.

    I have but one regret in life so far and that is I have never surfed.
    I have skied and skied hard and have knocked off many a ski hill.
    I have ate and ate hard and continue to do so :D .


    But alas I have never surfed. Thanks for posting these excellent shots.<img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif" border="0" alt="" >

    Cheers
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    Shakey wrote:
    But alas I have never surfed. Thanks for posting these excellent shots.thumb.gif

    Cheers
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    Never say never.

    The breaks at Waikiki beach are smooth, predictable, and looooong. Falling in the water at a small break don't hurt so bad at all. You canadians can swim, can't you?

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  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
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    DoctorIt wrote:
    Never say never.

    The breaks at Waikiki beach are smooth, predictable, and looooong. Falling in the water at a small break don't hurt so bad at all. You canadians can swim, can't you?

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    Yes but the years have been very kind to me and my midriff and I am afraid a wipe out might constitute a save the beached whale campaign.rolleyes1.gif

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