Best sequence of the day.....Brutal

Shot at a Jr Lifeguard Champoinship tournament on the Island of Oahu (Ala Moana Beach). The competition was FIERCE to say the least...50+ pics on my blog. Links in my Sig

Nice I like them all but... 5 is my fav! Just the expression on their faces!

Very Nice 3 or 4 have great expressions

great action sequence !

that's a great (!) sequence. hope your camera/lens survived.

Ditto to what rick_reno said, brutal on the ladies as well as the camera...

But very nice action captures.
2 questions if you can throw some more light to:
* how did you protect the camera / lens. I purchased a lens with questionable IQ just so that I don't have to carry any expensive lenses / cameras on the beach. And your pointers will help
* Lighting - did you do anything to control / shoot in raw?

Had me trying to spit the sand out of my mouth.

That is a tension filled series! Excellent.

Great action in this series, the girls look very determined to reach that pole

ps_n_dslr wrote in post #14799698
Ditto to what rick_reno said, brutal on the ladies as well as the camera...

But very nice action captures.
2 questions if you can throw some more light to:
* how did you protect the camera / lens. I purchased a lens with questionable IQ just so that I don't have to carry any expensive lenses / cameras on the beach. And your pointers will help
* Lighting - did you do anything to control / shoot in raw?

Sure

I had all the gear listed in my sig with me that day and I used most of it on the beach. This shot was taken with my Tokina and believe it or not...a very little amount of sand hit my gear. I guess I pulled out at the right moment...Haaha

I shot in RAW and edited in LR4 and thats pretty much it.

Which one ended up getting to it first? Great series!

The girl in the red top left with the pole/flag/tube thing...and the girl in the black top left with a mouth/eye/nose full of sand...as well as a DISLOCATED Shoulder!!! Luckily all those Lifegaurds were there!

Great shots, you must have been close to the action to use the tokina

danmix wrote in post #14801528
Great shots, you must have been close to the action to use the tokina

About 4 foot away...these were all cropped, ill post an un-cropped version a little later

Awesome set.

So, fill us in ... what's the deal with grabbing the stick in the sand? Why?