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Thanks Marty,
Understand holding the camera ia a problem. I went from a 20D with 28-80 shooting 50 odd shots, to 20D, BG-E2, 580EX and 70-200IS and 250 odd shots of bicycle racing. You can really feel the difference.
Thanks for all the help.
Trent.

Cool - I was sitting here with my wife guessing what took you outside the heads and we guessed yacht races (or whale watching).

A couple of months ago I managed to get out with a friend (paulgolf5 on this forum) on a spectator boat (inside the harbour) to shoot the eighteen footers. It was a great afternoon although I must admit the shoulders were a little sore after a day of holding the gear in position ready for a shot.

I used to sail in races a lot back in NZ so a moving sea doesn't worry me too much. It would be fantastic getting some of the images you must see.

I guess keeping the horizon level would be a large factor in nailing a shot, too.

Those A4 prints from Teds : standard price is $2 per print for 20 or more prints.
(I think $3 per print 1-19 prints)
Those prints I got were actually $1 each due to them losing the first order I put in.
There is some minor scratching on the prints. ( can see it on all prints - bit worse on some)

I believe the colours are a little but subdued. (Or it could be my Epson Photostyler 890 exagerates colours slightly)

Hey Trent,
I agree on weight, the 70-200IS is a beast and the 580ex on top, must be quite a workout, what type of bike racing do you shoot.? I was a keen mtb until about 1 year ago, I just started riding again about 1 month ago, with an extra 10kg of bulk on me from not cycling for so long.
Hey John,
you guessed well on what I do out there. Gald to hear you got on the harbour, its great fun to be out there shooting. Like you say its difficult to keep the horizon level, thats why I have to pp the images (now you know why). I am a keen sailor, have sailed for 15 years, competed, taught sailing and cruised many ocean miles. So taking photos of yachts is easy as I know what they are going to do.
The boat I use to shoot from is an ex-police Olympic security RIB, so we get get around very quickly (twin 50's on the back).
How did you go with your exposures when shooting skiffs, I have difficulties with backlighting (bright sky), huge white sails (have to be careful not to blow them). I specialise in crew/team shots, so I am always up close to the yachts. I intentionally under-expose my shots so I can bring out all the details in Photoshop without blowing any highlights.
Cheers
Marty

Marty,

We were on a spectator boat - not much chance of getting in too close so we had to make the most of what was there - and grey days are a bit difficult. Not helped by the limits of a lot of people crammed onto a smallish spectator boat. We got a lot of crew shots and facials at the finish line - but that was sorta setup - the winner on the day was Casio and some people on the spectator boat wanted closeups of the Casio crew - so they are too contrived to be useful.

I just tried to quickly grab and post one - but the site size limits thwarted me.

Hey John,
here's a random sample of what I shoot.
I cant find the processed images disc....oops (this is a web version for the client).
And I usually get much closer to the crew, this style shot was the clients request.

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Marty,

A bit like this?

(It was a gloomy day and I have had to compress it - this is the full pic just resized).

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This one sorta shows how far away we were during the normal part of the race:

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Nice shot.....

I can see what you were talking about with yours - if you had metered for the faces the hull and sails would have blown out. Tough shot. Well executed.

Looks like they have a 200 Evinrude hidden somewhere.

Mate, those things move. I was too slow (and too far away) to catch shots of the one that flipped!

Coupla minutes later and they were up and racing again - it's certainly fast and furious - I think the smallest yacht I crewed on was 30'

Much more sedate.

Yeah, the 18 footers are very quick on the water.
I have been asked to race them but I cannot commit to a whole season.
And some of the guys are a bit agro, they dont follow the rules on the water, they sort of think they have special rights over other yachts.
But they are great to watch....

They tend to get a bit feisty when the Colloroy steams through the middle of the race, horn blaring

Ferries are commercial vessels, and have right of way, even over sailing vessels....