Jet Ski?

[Dans_D60]

So I go to my favorite surfing spot on Saturday morning … and instead of surfing … there is a JetSki Contest. Got a superb position and shot away. Over 200 images. Hard to decide what ones to post. But here are a few:

http://www.pettusphoto.com/jet.htm

Dan
http://www.pettusphoto.com

[martcol]

Cool! Love this one - http://www.pettusphoto.com/images/CRW_7482.jpg - the blue jet ski with the guy standing upright. And the babe shot - do I detect a hint of camera shake? He, he, he, he....

[Dans_D60]

I didn’t expect this event so all handheld with long lenses. So many images it was difficult to select what ones to put up on the site. Here is another example of straight up … I have dozens of these ….(babe shot … ya just got to love living in Southern California!)
Dan
http://www.pettusphoto.com

http://www.pettusphoto.com/CRW_7480.jpg

http://www.pettusphoto.com/jet.htm

[justme_dc]

WOW Man! Great stuff! Was this with the 70-200 2.8?

[Dans_D60]

justme_dc wrote:
WOW Man! Great stuff! Was this with the 70-200 2.8?

You got it! Most are 70-200 2.8L. A few are 100-400 4.5 L. I used both 10D and D60.
Dan
http://www.pettusphoto.com

[PacAce]

Dans_D60 wrote:
justme_dc wrote:
WOW Man! Great stuff! Was this with the 70-200 2.8?

You got it! Most are 70-200 2.8L. A few are 100-400 4.5 L. I used both 10D and D60.
Dan
http://www.pettusphoto.com

70-200??? Man, how close to the jet skier were you (or is this a partial crop)?

Great shot, btw.

[AgileM3]

Ok, this is very odd.

This is my first time here. Go to the Canon Digital Forum, since I have a D30, and boom - I see JetSki as a forum title. Click on it and low and behold, I was at that same event, however I knew it was going on :)

So with my Tamron 400, I got way less than the results I wanted - should have used my Canon 75-300 but i thought I was too far out.

Anyone care to check out my work? I have two pbase.com sites so far...

http://www.pbase.com/ehannigan/ijsba_oceanside

That's the JetSki work..with two gratitious babe shots :)

www.pbase.com/ehannigan

and

www.pbase.com/edhannigan

I'm a total newbie - and can take and wish to have all the pointers i can.

Ed

If pbase responds slowly, remove the www and just use pbase.com/name - their DNS seems to be hosed a lot.

[Dans_D60]

PacAce wrote:
Dans_D60 wrote:
justme_dc wrote:
WOW Man! Great stuff! Was this with the 70-200 2.8?

You got it! Most are 70-200 2.8L. A few are 100-400 4.5 L. I used both 10D and D60.
Dan
http://www.pettusphoto.com

70-200??? Man, how close to the jet skier were you (or is this a partial crop)?

Great shot, btw.

Most of the images were shot from the Oceanside Pier. The course design had two turns about 10 meters (30 feet) from the pier that required me to zoom back from 200mm for many shots. I did crop the images on my site but mostly for composition and not to zoom in. Here are a few straight convert from RAW and reduced in size but no cropping:
Dan
http://www.pettusphoto.com

70-200 2.8L
http://www.pettusphoto.com/nocrop/1.jpg

70-200 2.8L
http://www.pettusphoto.com/nocrop/2.jpg

70-200 2.8L
http://www.pettusphoto.com/nocrop/3.jpg

70-200 2.8L
http://www.pettusphoto.com/nocrop/4.jpg

SWITCHED TO 100-400 4.5 L
http://www.pettusphoto.com/nocrop/5.jpg

[Dans_D60]

AgileM3 wrote:
Ok, this is very odd.

This is my first time here. Go to the Canon Digital Forum, since I have a D30, and boom - I see JetSki as a forum title. Click on it and low and behold, I was at that same event, however I knew it was going on :)



Double thumbs up!! :D Great shots. Really shows the “experience” of the moment. Unfortunately, I didn’t know the event was on and had to leave after a few heats. Missed out on the aerial stunts completely. Looks like fun! Isn’t it rough living in So Cal! 8)
Dan
http://www.pettusphoto.com

[AgileM3]

Hey, thanks for the props - but you leave me in the dirt man ! The peir was obviously the place to shoot from.

Hey, mind if i come shoot surf with you sometime? Or whatever dude - I could use the experience.

Ed
ehannigan@adelphia.net

[martcol]

AgileM3 wrote:
I'm a total newbie - and can take and wish to have all the pointers i can.

Killer shots - cute butt!

Wow, Honest, you can't be a newbie!

Martin

[AgileM3]

martcol wrote:
AgileM3 wrote:
I'm a total newbie - and can take and wish to have all the pointers i can.

Killer shots - cute butt!

Wow, Honest, you can't be a newbie!

Martin

Honestly, I've never taken a class on photography, I have no idea - I'm shooting in the auto Sports mode - and I'm just guessing as to where and what is a good shot. That's why I came up here - I need you Yodas to teach me, that i do :)

[Dans_D60]

Well … I don’t know why (must have too much time), but I posted all 180 shots of the Jet Ski Event .. reduced to 800 pixels …. Dan.
http://www.pettusphoto.com/jetski

[CyberDyneSystems]

Great shots,.. both of you!


..../now jealous that I DON"T live in southern California :(

[pixel]

Great Shots Dan , can I ask did you remove the uv filter for the shots using the Canon 70-200 2.8L , I have read in a forum that canon recommend this as it can effect focus on the 10d ,
KRs
Pixel.

[Dans_D60]

pixel wrote:
Great Shots Dan , can I ask did you remove the uv filter for the shots using the Canon 70-200 2.8L , I have read in a forum that canon recommend this as it can effect focus on the 10d ,
KRs
Pixel.

UV Filter in place. I’ve never experienced problems with focusing on my 10D. Even went so far as to test both my D60 and 10D in exact conditions and both cameras focus identically and well within limits of the specification.
Dan
http://www.pettusphoto.com