A beach Bum and a few surfers

mushy

Took these on saturday and was quite pleased with the results.
Comments and critque is always welcomed











Thanks for looking hopefully more to follow if the surf stays good.

W.W. Webster

mushy wrote:

Comments and critque is always welcomed

Great shots, all. I especially like number five - the way you have caught and then cropped the action is excellent.

xtnomad

Love The Shots
Great shots , # 5 is right on.

Steve Cavigliano

Cow-a-bunga Dude!!


Excellent Mushy

Crisp, great color and really nice action. I even liked the easier to shoot beach bum shot.... Number 5 floats my boat too

A very good days work

Steve

Pezpix

Sigh, seeing that beautiful blue sky and clear water sure makes it even more torture for me since we are stuck in "June Gloom" down here in SoCal right now. The damned fog always ruins the photography in the morning sessions right now here.

Thanks for sharing the killer shots and making me long for clear days and tasty waves

Chase

Pezpix wrote:

Sigh, seeing that beautiful blue sky and clear water sure makes it even more torture for me since we are stuck in "June Gloom" down here in SoCal right now. The damned fog always ruins the photography in the morning sessions right now here.

Thanks for sharing the killer shots and making me long for clear days and tasty waves

I love shooting in the fog......maybe not surfing and such, but portraits and most other sports are great.....its like everything is lit by a softbox.....

mushy

Thanks all for the positive comments, I went back on sunday for more but had 3 flat batteries due to a faulty charger:cry. oh well maybe next time.

ian408

Pezpix wrote:

Thanks for sharing the killer shots and making me long for clear days and tasty waves

First of all, those last two shots are good surf shots. The beach bum is rather
attractive too

Thinking today would be like yesterday, I headed over to The Lane today only
to be greeted by rain (which it's been doing all day) and flat surf

Pezpix

Funny thing about SoCal, where it can be pouring rain within 20 miles of you and you'd never even know it. I've been stuck in the Inland Empire all day today and all we had was some clouds so far. But at least the fog wasnt around all day I guess heh.

As for shooting surf in cloudy weather, unfortunately for me, it makes for a tough shoot since I prefer a fast shutter speed (1/1000th of a second at minimum) and low light/fog makes for a tough go at my ideal f9-13 stops. However, if I just got off my butt and buy a 400 f/2.8L, then light wouldnt be as much of an issue if I opened up that apeture. Anyone wanna donate $6500 to a beach rat like me so that I may buy that holy grail of sports photography that is the 400f/2.8L?

ian408

Pezpix wrote:

However, if I just got off my butt and buy a 400 f/2.8L, then light wouldnt be as much of an issue if I opened up that apeture. Anyone wanna donate $6500 to a beach rat like me so that I may buy that holy grail of sports photography that is the 400f/2.8L?

hahaha! But the 400 might be too short

Nimai

Haha- Beach Bum not at all what I expected.

Love the colors in that second shot - widescreen crop looks cool too.
Thanks!