Didn't get too many shots as Sci injured himself and I got to have a crack with his gear. Thrilled to have the first session in 6 months, by the time I got back taking photos the wind was crankin' and most people were leaving.

Here are a couple of shots.

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Cya down there soon again.

nice pics man

All you need is a fast enough camera and some photoshop skills. Real real basic photoshop skills.. You stitch it together manually. These I did this morning, took about 30 minutes for the 3 of them. Could make them even better if I spent more time on them..

Nice stitching Dave. round 2 coming soon!

Jeff2231 said...

Hey Dave,

not being a smart ass, but what type of lens are you using there?

I'm looking at getting a Tokina or Sigma fisheye for my 40D for surfing/wakeboarding/kiteboarding but can't make up my mind. I've got the waterhousing sorted, just need the lens before I get it made and i need something that's has decent AF and the reviews are few and far between. Any ideas? Anyone else had any experience with surf photography?

Hi Jeff

For these shots I used the Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM lens. It's not very fast AF but doesn't really have that much focus span anyway so doesn't matter much in most cases. The first two were shot at 20mm (so 5.6 on that, still manages to track and focus) and the last at 10. Don't have any experiance with that fisheye, but have experiance with fisheye lenses. What I can tell you is you need to get extremely close to get the full benefit of the fisheye. Like a meter away, and sometimes it's hard to get the riders that close. As do you with the lens I was using, although that has a bit more flexibility..

Don't have a waterhousing but I reckon to get the full effect with a fisheye you would probably need one. And a helmet. And a snorkel..

YouTube is your best friend here...

Might as well sketch a picture of themselves kiting. That`s how usefull these shots are?

ruffryder61 said...

very nice pix!

can i put some on our website?

Can I put them in my bin

Undagekiter said...

hey dav what cam do u use?
i was just wondering how u are able to get that affect that shows u like 5 times in the picture at different points in the trick. if u no what i mean

It'd done by taking multiple shots and stitching them together.
To do this (as Dave said) you need a camera with a decent frame rate. Most DSLR's are capable of atleast 3-4 FPS, with the higher end sports models capable of up to 10-12 FPS.
I can't comment on P&S's but i do know that my gf's Olympus water/sand/crash proof camera can do multiple shots and is PERFECT for a cheap way of getting in-the-water shots.

Sweet, thanks guys for the tips. Looks like I might end up having to get a couple of lenses if I'm going to do both surfing and kiteboarding (no problem getting up close in the surf but kiteboarding would be kinda hard for sequences)

Sorry for hijacking the thread, I'll sit back and read now. Once again nice pics, don't pay attention to the jealous ones in the thread [}:)] I'll post a few photo's when I get the chance.

Good photography is more then just sequences. Most people could fire away a good sequence with a camera with a decent frame rate. Check out tracykraft.com and www.lancekoudele.com for some creative kiting shots.