Surfing - 23 Oct - Central Coast California

Still no sunlight on this God forsaken coastline...

Kawabunga dude! Some increadible captures here! That light's gotta make it tougher.

I went to HS in Hawaii (way back when) - tried the North Shore's small stuff, you know, with 7-8 foot backs (meaning 12-14 foot fronts and about 2-3 feet thick lips). Umm, I'll stick to the shore on days like that any more....

Like #4 the best. I hope you don't mind a little levels, curves, and contrast on the #3, the surfer's really shaded. Hope you don't mind it.

Surf, au contraire, this is God's Country ... it's just that the shades are pulled down for a few days! Where were you shooting?

Dwight...I was at Jalama. How do the colors look on your monitor? They look fine from my home PC but at work they look much darker.

A cloudy day with surf is a better day than one with sunshine at the office. Very nice pictures

They are dark on my work monitor which isn't too bad. NBEast's edit was an improvement. OTOH, the captures are really good. Man, Jalama must be tough with the wind and the marine layer and all this overcast!

Yea his edit looked better on both my home and work computer but my work computer makes them all look darker. I wonder which one is off...work or home? Either way, I only adjusted the contrast and brightness since I know less about PS than I do about photography.

Jalama is a difficult shoot but fortunately the wind was cooperating. Now that I think of it, I don't think I've ever had a chance to shoot surf photos on a sunny day.

I changed my post to increase image size so you can see better.

A guy on fredmiranda.com posted some surf shots where levels made a dramatic change. Check it out. (ps: you may have to join and log on before it allows you to view).
http://www.fredmiranda​.com/forum/topic2/2825​53/0#2362317

Just in case you can't see that, check out these Maui shots! Linked to by the FM thread above.
http://home.hawaii.rr.​com/hotpixel/public_ht​ml/