More Surf from Saturday 18/11

Went back to Duranbah Beach again on the weekend and got some shots that I was really pleased with.....
Shot with 20D and 400 f2.8 with 1.4 extenda

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trevi, i will trade you a session with my housing and wide angle for a session with that lens. i don't even want to google that lens. hmm, kids college eduaction or new toy for papa. i mean, heck, he's only 5, she just turned 2. we got plenty of time.
chuck

hahaha your on... when can ya get here.....

heck, mine are 10 and 12... go on, you got plenty of time..... you know you want it.... Do it.. Do it

trevi, i went there on my honeymoon. 7 days in the rain forest (stayed at silky oaks, i believe) for the lady, then kirra, burleigh, et all, and some surf in sydney. my wife couldn't believe that i brought my board on that trip. "why don't you just rent one there?" sorry sunshine, but i want to turn;>. good times, good times.
chuck

nice shots trevi!!

must sell property so i can get one of those toys!!
been dream'n of that lens for quite sometime now!

great shots... but i wouldnt be able to stay out of the water

Great shots Trevi, Do you shoot from the groyne on the mouth of the Tweed or from the beach? Looks like the groyne.

Very nice pictures, nice colours and surfing style! With this very nice piece of glass and spring/summer in AU, is there no way you can keep your ISO lower than 400? I'm asking since some of the pictures look a bit colour-corned (how do you say it?) looking like you turned up the saturation a bit too much? also the third one looks like some blown highlights?
Other than that I still think your work is really nice and I envy your shooting conditions and equipment

Thanks for comments guys...

ISO 400 cos it was roughly 5am and intermittent cloud. Also being the East coast I was shooting towards the sun hence I overexpose slightly on the subject so they don't appear as silhouttes (sp?). By doing this I tend to blow the part past the wave a bit. Just gotta weigh up what is important and I have gone for the surfer to be visible. I normally I do like to shoot at 100 or 200 ISO.... I plead extenuating cicumstances here...

I shot these from the middle off the beach (my preferred spot)

The saturation is not fiddled with much. A lot of the waves are this colour. Other photogs get the same results when they shoot at this time of day. It is (imho) due to the angle of the light and the shallow sandy bottom. I could be wrong, this is just my theory

Once again thanks for your comments

Number one is so great with the sun beating from behind

I wish it were summer here!

The contrast in the blue and green water if fantastic, and all tack with the extender. Makes me want to go down to the beach today and see if I can any thing like them.:p

Steve

Very good photos =D my favorite is the first one! Nice colors too

very nice shots you have taken there. I love the texture of the water in 1 & 3. that lens is one sharp beast.

Woahh, beautiful colors and waves.. I yearn for waves like those!