the_man Member 68 posts Joined Dec 2005 Location: orange county CA More info | Dec 29, 2005 15:13 | #1 hey i went out today and shot surf for the first time, and all the pics came out kinda hazy. i was shooting at f-8 would it help to bump that up to f-11? or what else could i try to make the pics turn out better strait out of the camera. here are some examples  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. nate
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gsgary Goldmember 1,283 posts Joined Dec 2005 Location: Chesterfield,UK More info | Dec 29, 2005 15:49 | #2 May help the surf shooters if they know what lens you were using
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Kevin Cream of the Crop 5,920 posts Likes: 2 Joined Sep 2005 More info | Dec 29, 2005 19:23 | #3 Looks to me like it was a very overcast day. No sun, no contrast. It's hard to separate the sky from the surf when they are the same color. Wait for the sun and shot when it's behind you or slightly past overhead for good water color flow.
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Dec 29, 2005 19:23 | #4 sry it was a 400mm 5.6 nate
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Palladium Goldmember 3,905 posts Likes: 2 Joined Dec 2005 Location: Not the Left Coast but the Right Coast - USA More info | IMHO - Using CS2 and the threshold view as a guide (sample the light & dark points), then adjuste the light & dark points within the curves and I think you'll be able to restore alot of the color.
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SurfKahakai Goldmember  1,158 posts Joined Feb 2005 Location: Prescott, AZ More info | Dec 29, 2005 23:14 | #6 Overexpose another stop, the image is too flat. You can salvage a lot of those shots in CS though. Prescott, AZ
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Dec 29, 2005 23:45 | #7 i worked on them some in photoshop and they come out lookng great after that i was just wanting to get better pics straight from the camera nate
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SurfKahakai Goldmember 1,158 posts Joined Feb 2005 Location: Prescott, AZ More info | the_man wrote: i worked on them some in photoshop and they come out lookng great after that i was just wanting to get better pics straight from the camera I know how you feel. I still have the same problem on occasion. What are you metering for when you take surf shots? When I used to shoot creative modes I'd get flat surf shots. Prescott, AZ
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Dec 31, 2005 00:27 | #10 i went out again today and shot at f-11 1/320 and iso 100 and they came out alot better the light was a little better today to. nate
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Dec 31, 2005 12:07 | #11 here are a couple after photoshop  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. nate
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StealthLude Goldmember  3,680 posts Joined Dec 2005 More info | Dec 31, 2005 20:53 | #12 Photoshop can help a lot... if the sun was out it would have really helped you. too much sun and you will need a CP filter. [[Gear List]]
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StealthLude Goldmember 3,680 posts Joined Dec 2005 More info | Dec 31, 2005 20:56 | #13 oo ya, and i like your shot. I always wanted to shoot some surf action... Correct me if im wrong but this was a 400mm 5.6? [[Gear List]]
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Jan 01, 2006 03:20 | #14 ya how did you know? nate
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clivelmc Member  113 posts Joined Dec 2005 Location: Hertfordshire ,UK More info | The picture you have taken stores data that can be read by some picture editors, this is some of the info from PhotoShop CS.  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. EOS 1D mkII
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