ocean fun in the summer

My 8 year old having some fun a couple of days ago down at the beach. Temp was 36C* and an ocean temp of 23*C at 6pm. The water was almost on the verge of being too warm!

I guess it's still pretty cold for some of you up the top.....sorry, that's mean of me!

for 1/50th I'm fairly happy with the result of the first one. All 3 taken with the 50 mkII 1.8

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Looks like fun! Nice captures!

pixelbasher wrote in post #9398788
My 8 year old having some fun a couple of days ago down at the beach. Temp was 36C* and an ocean temp of 23*C at 6pm. The water was almost on the verge of being too warm!

I guess it's still pretty cold for some of you up the top.....sorry, that's mean of me!

Not really Our shortest day was a month ago; so it's hello sunshine for us and bye-bye sunshine for you

Oh! and great shots BTW

These are really terrific!!!

Nice shots.

scrumpy wrote in post #9403623
Not really Our shortest day was a month ago; so it's hello sunshine for us and bye-bye sunshine for you

Oh! and great shots BTW

I forgot to mention our winters normally consist of days of around low 20C, never straying below 10 on a cold wet day, so we only say bye bye to an intense sun over winter. Still warm enough on a warm day (just) for a quick dip to make you feel alive!

Having said that, I'd love to live at least one nice snowy winter before I vacate the planet. Some of the white winter shots I have been seeing all over the forum lately are awesome!

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I was pleasantly surprised at the cheapo nifty. 99% of the shots I took that arvo turned out acceptably in focus. It is super slow to focus sometimes, and has even completely missed normal static shots, but I am starting to realise it's "ways" the more I use it.

I actually prefer this lens over the 17-85 kit lens at the moment. I have to move my feet a bit more of course, but it's teaching me not to be lazy, which in turn is rewarding me with a new style of photo.

I purposely left the 100-400 at home too as I wanted to try and get in close and try some different angles to the standard zoomed in front on shots I tend to stick to when shooting my kids at the beach.

btw, you guys have been too kind to me so far, I thought someone would have brought up my stupid shadow in the first shot.....

Nice series, it makes me anxious for warmer weather to return here! I like #2 as it looks like a ton of fun. I did not even notice the shadow in #1 until you mentioned it, and even then, I had to look hard to really see it. I think the composition and focus on the boy's face/expression just about makes the shadow non-existent.