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spelchek
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 05:36
Nope... didnt manage to catch anyone 'hanging ten' (called 'getting 10' these days by the way ;)) at the Noosa Longboard Festival during last week, but i did n=manage to get a few nice shots, nonetheless.


Getting 5.... this dude (I believe) is the British Longboard champion...
http://users.bigpond.net.au/spelchek/webimages/surfpics/getting5.jpg

Oldie but Goldie!! This was my suroprise capture of the week, on reveiw in-camnera i thought it was a crappy shot, but when i got it on my computer, and saw it full size.. I love it!!!
http://users.bigpond.net.au/spelchek/webimages/surfpics/goldieoldie.jpg

Tandem .... The festival featured a tandem event, and i managed to catch this of one of the pairs in practise. Really bad light that afternoon so an ISO400 made a grainy capture.. they werre also too far away for my flash to 'lift'.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/spelchek/webimages/surfpics/tandem.jpg

Takeoff... not at the festival, but at a beach break aboiut 20mins south of Noosa. This was a very hard shoot physically as the waves were very fast and powerful... tht I was a goner on one occasion when a set came through that was HUGE and I was well inside the break... but here I am still... tanned and safe :)
http://users.bigpond.net.au/spelchek/webimages/surfpics/takeoff.jpg

Wipeout... the obligatory silly-face-whilst-falling-off-shot!!
http://users.bigpond.net.au/spelchek/webimages/surfpics/wipeout.jpg


Was a great 5 days.. I am really loving this whole surf-photo thing. Also I met soooooo many cool surfers.. pro's and amateiurs alike, all of which loved getting their photos snapped.. in fact, I'm yet to meet a surfer who isnt wrapped to see someone shooting em in the water!! Got heaps of requests for copies of shots....

dewmuw
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 06:11
Looks like the British Champ is about to run you over!

Great series - I guess you have some waterproof protection for your camera?

spelchek
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 06:58
dewmuw... "about to run you over".. he he.. not even close... close is seeing a longboard fin slice just in front of your eyes... :) (hint for new players.. lomgboard fins are MUCH bigger and longer then shortboard fins!!)

"waterproof protection?"... yup, got a canon housing for my A85!

dewmuw
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 07:04
dewmuw... "about to run you over".. he he.. not even close... close is seeing a longboard fin slice just in front of your eyes... :) (hint for new players.. lomgboard fins are MUCH bigger and longer then shortboard fins!!)

"waterproof protection?"... yup, got a canon housing for my A85!

Looks close enough for me! We don't get many surf boards at but local pool! The waves aren't big enough. :D

SurfKahakai
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 12:39
Number 4 has some style.