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Surf Photos From Today - Critiques Welcome

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japollner
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Rye Rocks
Rye Beach, NH

Canon 7d
100-400 L USM 4.5-5.6
Shot 1/500, f5.6, iso 6400 and pushed hard in Photoshop

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Jan 18 2010 9:46PM
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screamin_seamen
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SO sick the contrast pumped up makes the slashes look really good.nice job man
Jan 18 2010 9:53PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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the last one is awesome
Jan 18 2010 10:04PM
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dwhite
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I used to live in Rye!
Jan 18 2010 10:06PM
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eveer21
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when you push the contrast and blacks like that you lose the definition surfer in the wave. it is the worst on the barrel one but the others have it too.

sick shots though
Jan 18 2010 10:07PM
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Octopus
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Sick Shots!
Also, good job getting them sharp at 1/500 with 400 focal length.

Jan 18 2010 10:23PM
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Octopus
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were they shot handheld or on a tripod
Jan 18 2010 10:24PM
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japollner
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Tripod. An old Velbon I picked up on the cheap at a thrift store.
Jan 18 2010 10:34PM
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japollner
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These were shot at 5pm in 20 degree weather snowing. trust me, the surfer is better defined in these than the originals. Surf photogs know. There is no way yo make a surfer in a wet suit pop on a new england break.
Jan 18 2010 10:39PM
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OCEAN
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#4 is great!, Im not sure if I like the vignette on #3 but I'm sure you have a reason for it.
Jan 18 2010 10:48PM
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.jr
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First off, fuck you and your ISO! Im still stuck with 1600 and boy is it a shitty 1600 at that. Second off, Im not a surf photog so keep that in mind.
Now to the shots
1) Decent, my 2nd favorite, wish it was tighter though..
2) Almost completely lose the surfer..
3) Not digging the vignette, nor the overlapped sillhouetted body parts, makes the action kind of confusing to the virgin eye (me)
4) My favorite of the 4, wish he was placed more to the right, and we could see more of the wave that he is looking at.

Not sure if your were at 400mm, but I would love for these to be tighter!
Jan 18 2010 11:03PM
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no_steeze
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really sick b&w conversion on the last phot
Jan 18 2010 11:23PM
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JacJacqu
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What overlapped silhouetted body parts are you trying to claim?

Good Job man. try some dodging on the surfers wet suit, like in the barrel one. might be able to lighten it up more making him easier to identify.
Jan 19 2010 10:34AM
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freestyle180
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seem a bit under exposed... particulary the third one...
Jan 19 2010 1:43PM
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japollner
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Yea. Like I said, they were shot at 5:00pm on a super cloudy day...While snowing. So exposure was a problem. Hence the Iso6400 and intense editing.
Jan 19 2010 3:15PM
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.jr
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His whole body besides one leg and his head mash together.
Jan 19 2010 5:47PM
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Dbit
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i kind of wish the surfer was a little higher in the frame, but thats an artistic choice not a technical one
Jan 19 2010 6:34PM
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DrZoidberg
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Guys, a surfer in a black wetsuit isn't really gonna have detail. I like the looseness and am looking forward to shoot looser stuff when the summer comes. The blakc and white looks nice.I only have a 300mm though.

About the contrast, did you have to increase it in post or what. When it's surfing time I'm gonna try with a red filter, a polarizer and pushing film and doing a lot of agitation during developing to increase it to get the spray like that.

Jan 19 2010 7:03PM
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.jr
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You dont need details when positioning a silhouette. If your referring to me..
Jan 19 2010 8:42PM
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dylansiggers
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I like the first one
Jan 19 2010 9:26PM
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