Surf Photography Thread!

So Cal Surf POTN photogs on APSS website...check out page # 31

http://www.americanpro​surfingseries.com …om-event-no-3/#a235d077e6

Yay...Canon Dog, Airbutchie, T2i4me.....YooHooo !!!

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man I will enjoy the day I can learn this well... to take great pics!

DOS from moi...

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/airbutchie/8281​227442/

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/airbutchie/8280​173981/

^^ Nice ...

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airbutchie wrote in post #15372729

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/airbutchie/8276​943591/

No guts, NO GLORY!!! Hhehehhee... 1Ds3 + 300 2.8L + Kenko Pro 2x TC combo... Minimal framing as they surfers were breaking close to the shore at this APSS Event yesterday... Gotta apologize for the 'arm cut off'... I'll do better next time to get it into frame...

If you look at this long enough it almost looks 3D!

T2i4me wrote in post #15377877
If you look at this long enough it almost looks 3D!

Right??

patrickf117 wrote in post #15377742
^^ Nice ...

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APSS 122012 by OC PAT, on Flickr

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APSS 122012 by OC PAT, on Flickr

Perfect selections for silhouettes!

BlakeinatorMate - good to see Australia representing

MarkII - that looks like a short for an ad campaign!!

Andrushka wrote in post #15382314
MarkII - that looks like a short for an ad campaign!!

Much appreciated. I can only hope & keep trying for something like that.

I put together some of my GoPro long boarding clips - check it out if you like

http://www.youtube.com …ture=youtube_gd​ata_player

Nice images here.

Andrushka wrote in post #15384343
I put together some of my GoPro long boarding clips - check it out if you like

http://www.youtube.com …ture=youtube_gd​ata_player

Purdy cool, Andy... Hehehehehe.. Thanks for sharing!!!



PS. Always love your stuff, Mark... Keep'em coming, good sir... And welcome to the thread, Blake!!! Good series!!

Andrushka wrote in post #15374960
For a surf shooting hobbyist I'm generally satisfied with the IQ of my shots, but Butch - this is a whole other level of clarity - Is it the gear or the processing?? Mind sharing a SOOC version of this shot?

I honestly don't know how I missed this post, Andy... Sorry about that... Simply put, I pretty much AUTO everything... Add some subtle saturation to the image, to add some 'pop' to it... Gave him some fill light on the dark side of his face... Finally added USM for sharpness (Amount 30%, Radius .25, and Threshold at 2)... Not much, really... The image was already sharp to begin with...

Each image is different, of course... I'll apply little things here and there, depending on the shot... For example, if there was a great surfing shot but there's a few 'water splashes' in his face, I'll try to clone it out... Or if the water is overexposed, I'll try to bring back some of the details through CS6's ACR (Adobe Camera Raw); it's really good at that... That's why shooting RAW is important... There's so much data in the image that can be recovered that a JPEG file can't retrieve... Hence, I always shoot RAW...

One of these days, I'll need to sit down with y'all and show you my work flow for a particular image... You'd be surprised at how much data can be recovered if a shot is overexposed, underexposed, or lifeless... Hehehehehehhee... Thanks for asking, Andy!!!