First post - Skateboarding (56k die)

[SonicZoom]

Me and my friend Pat thought it was too beautiful of a day to not do something semi-productive... so he grabs his board, and i grab my 20D.
Flash was not used in any of these pictures... That's definatly next on my list of tools to utilize.

very very minimal post-processing. Just a quick mess with the curves, saturation, and maybe a gradient here and there that didn't take up any more time than 20seconds.

random cool guy
http://students.etsu.edu/zcdd6/images/fly.jpg

This is patrick
http://students.etsu.edu/zcdd6/images/jump.jpg

mark of a true skater
http://students.etsu.edu/zcdd6/images/shoe.jpg

and since it's my first post, here's a picture of me (taken by Patrick)
http://students.etsu.edu/zcdd6/images/clint.jpg

haha, and if you can't tell i've hardly even touched a board in my life
Clint D

[PhotosGuy]

haha, and if you can't tell i've hardly even touched a board in my life Good thing it's Winter, Clint. When the flying insects come out, you'll learn to keep your mouth closed! ;-)

[SonicZoom]

are you kidding? I'm a poor college student who spends 95% of his money on camera gear, I'll take any food that i can get!

[tuggnet]

Did you use the Tamron AF 28-75mm lens? My son's been after me to shoot him and his friends on the old skateboard.

I used my 50mm, F9 1/125. Focus is a bit soft. Of course, I couldn't get the boy to wait until I was ready and he broke his board when landing.

http://www.etbits.com/images/m1.jpg

http://www.etbits.com/images/m2.jpg


-et

[SonicZoom]

yea i used the tamron, with an F-stop around 8 most of the time. Itry to stick around tv500 at the least to catch still action. Pretty nice shots, try being a little more brave and get under the subject so the background isn't as distracting, also giving the subject an exaggerated "flying" look.

[HJMinard]

These are really good ... love the random cool guy shot.

Some fill flash might have benefitted the first two ... as you said, next on your list.

[blinking8s]

are you kidding? I'm a poor college student who spends 95% of his money on camera gear, I'll take any food that i can get!

dont lie ;) i know darn well your car guzzles more gas than a bigrig semi

ima fast shutterspeed whore...open her up and let her rip

and use the flash...hehe

[SonicZoom]

The on-camera flash is probably better than the external Vivitar 2000 i have... and that reaches only what? 30ft at most under exteme aperture. The time for me to learn flash has come :(

btw the scoobie gets 30mpg... but probably about 8mpg when i'm "casually" driving through the mountains :-D

[blackviolet]

nice shots! - yeah fill flash is a definite must. heck, i use two flashes on my bracket when taking sk8r shots :shock:. you made up for the grey sky pretty well - it's hard to do that effectively.

i'm hoping we have decent weather this weekend - i hope to go to chatswood and/or manly for some good sessions.

[SurfKahakai]

Nice benihana! Nice photos too :)

[cmM]

welcome to the forum :)
Nice shots

[Sohc_mshue]

Did you use the Tamron AF 28-75mm lens? My son's been after me to shoot him and his friends on the old skateboard.

I used my 50mm, F9 1/125. Focus is a bit soft. Of course, I couldn't get the boy to wait until I was ready and he broke his board when landing.

http://www.etbits.com/images/m1.jpg

http://www.etbits.com/images/m2.jpg


-et


I would try snapping a pic at the top of the arc while he is in the air rather than when he first leaves the ground. Also get under him a little.

[blinking8s]

The on-camera flash is probably better than the external Vivitar 2000 i have... and that reaches only what? 30ft at most under exteme aperture. The time for me to learn flash has come :(

btw the scoobie gets 30mpg... but probably about 8mpg when i'm "casually" driving through the mountains :-D

and you should never be 30ft away when shooting street skating...hehe

haha...how about 8mpg when i see you driving back from the bar?!>#$