Longboards And Long Hair

saurora · November 16, 2007

It seems I spent most of the summer shooting in the worst possible llight and then trying to make flat light look good in ps! Everytime I hit the beach it was soooo gloomy. These shots were on one of the worst days. Not the greatest shots and I missed on exposures. But everytime I view them I think of a missed opportunity. I was standing on a bluff shooting down towards the water when this wonderful vision of an old vintage-looking longboard and a surfer to match appeared. The board was the color of the old '57 Chevy Belair we had when I was a kid!!! And the surfer with his long, wavy golden hair, well....I just would have loved to been close enough to approach him for some better shots! These
were shot with the 300mm f/4 and a 1.4 extender. It was a little difficult to frame as I had no where to back up but the parking lot. Hope they bring a little nostalgia to those of you old enough to remember the 60's!

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#4

#5

#6

#7

System · November 16, 2007

some neat shots susan-

I'd say the longhaired geezer (probably younger than me) would have loved to have you take photos of him-

'57 belair (the fins are starting to grow)-
http://www.familycar.com/Classics/Images/57ChevyBelAir.jpg

thanks for posting-

Richard · November 16, 2007

saurora wrote:

Hope they bring a little nostalgia to those of you old enough to remember the 60's!

It's axiomatic: If you were old enough to be there in the 60s, you don't remember them.

That's a nice series, Susan. The color of the surfboard makes up for the dull light. I especially like #6. Well done.

Cheers,

Queen · November 16, 2007

Really nice series, the last one is so evocative.

ShepsMom · November 16, 2007

Very nice Susan, love all the B&Ws, and the last one is very touching

System · November 16, 2007

rsinmadrid wrote:

It's axiomatic: If you were old enough to be there in the 60s, you don't remember them.

That's a nice series, Susan. The color of the surfboard makes up for the dull light. I especially like #6. Well done.

Cheers,

hah!-

good richard!-

saurora · November 16, 2007

gefillmore wrote:

some neat shots susan-

I'd say the longhaired geezer (probably younger than me) would have loved to have you take photos of him-

'57 belair (the fins are starting to grow)-
http://www.familycar.com/Classics/Images/57ChevyBelAir.jpg

thanks for posting-

Ha! Thanks George....the old '57 was my favorite 'family' car ever! Still love to see them, only now as collectibles, they are in much better shape! (Me............not so much!)

saurora · November 16, 2007

rsinmadrid wrote:

It's axiomatic: If you were old enough to be there in the 60s, you don't remember them.

That's a nice series, Susan. The color of the surfboard makes up for the dull light. I especially like #6. Well done.

Cheers,

Thanks Richard! You nailed that one!

saurora · November 19, 2007

Queen wrote:

Really nice series, the last one is so evocative.

Thank you Queen...I love shooting dogs, and probably shoot more of them than I do people! Of course, this is "Dog Beach".

Mitchell · November 19, 2007

#4 does it for me. Nice conversion and composition.

Mrs F · November 20, 2007

I really like your black and white conversion too.

gregneil · November 20, 2007

Mitchell wrote:

#4 does it for me. Nice conversion and composition.

This is my favorite too... did you selectively blur the background and foreground? My only nitpick with it is it seems that the sand right where they're walking appears out of focus, but their feet are tack sharp. Unless you didn't do that in post, in which case I have no idea why it looks like that. Still, a great conversion of a well composed shot. I like the angles, how the surfboards run almost parallel to the incoming surf.

saurora · November 20, 2007

gregneil wrote:

This is my favorite too... did you selectively blur the background and foreground? My only nitpick with it is it seems that the sand right where they're walking appears out of focus, but their feet are tack sharp. Unless you didn't do that in post, in which case I have no idea why it looks like that. Still, a great conversion of a well composed shot. I like the angles, how the surfboards run almost parallel to the incoming surf.

Yes, that's exactly what I did. I was playing around and didn't come up with what I planned, but it gave it kind of a surreal effect and I just left it.....really wasn't planning on posting it!

Thanks for the comments all!

leaforte · November 20, 2007

Very cool series and good eye to catch it. #4 has a lot of impact on me. I especially like it.

DavidS · November 22, 2007

What I wonderful series. I enjoyed viewing them.

Longboards And Long Hair

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