My first attempt at surfing shots.

These are my first attempt at shooting some surfing. The break is Cabarita in northern NSW Oz. Its a right hander that is frequented by mal riders because of the nice long rides you can pick up in the right conditions. Mosto f the mal riders this day weren't doing much on the waves so I followed the short boarders. I used to surf here often about ten years ago. I couldn't have picked a worse day to give this a go, very overcast, the sky was grey and so was the water. I realise they are underexposed, hence the little extra noise. Also I know about the blown white water in the first. Both shot handheld from the beach. I had a good time and probably next time I might give the monopod a go. I'm happy with the action side of it, just need better lighting and practice practice practice.

100-400 mm at 320.00 mm 1/800 s at F 6.30 with ISO 800

No.1

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Nice shots! I can't wait until I can get good

Greg,

The second shot works really well as is. The grey background etc add impact to the shot.

whaase wrote in post #2457520
Nice shots! I can't wait until I can get good

thanks

kendickson wrote in post #2457612
Greg, The second shot works really well as is. The grey background etc add impact to the shot.

thanks Ken

Nice pics! I'm in a similar position surfing wise, havent done a lot, you can check out some of my early ones on here, love to know what u think. I really like the way the light works in the 2nd one, nice D.O.F too!

i'll second that! I had a go yesterday, but havn't had a chance to look at my photos yet.

Greg_C wrote in post #2457455

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the overcast sky really works here....did you do any post processing?

leni wrote in post #2466428
the overcast sky really works here....did you do any post processing?

Yes I did, It was a little bit darker than this originally and I used a layer mask on a level adjustment layer to brighten up just the surfer a bit more.

Thanks for the comments all.