it was about 12 knots so i thought i would take photos instead of kiting.. the problem with have a 10 metre as your biggest kites. Your views if they were good or any ideas on how to make them better would be great. im new to the photography game. the camera is a canon eos 400d with a 55-250mm efs lens







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hey laurie just a couple of ideas that could make uploading a bit easier. can you incease the amount you can upload at once from 5?

and if you dont select the catagory that you want the files to go in it doesnt tell you until you have already uploaded all the files and you have to re upload them.. unless i was doing something wrong. wow that took a while about an hour and a half :)

Dawn Patrol said...

I know nothing about photography, but I think they look great.

thanks dude i was really impressed with the riding how they were doing what they were in 10 knots i dont know. damo was on an 11 hadlow pro :)

Green top and white shorts is Mathias Wichmann riding a FlyRadical and flying a Flysurfer 15m Speed2.

Another 15m Speed2 day today - even being very onshore and some decent size waves coming through and a heap of current inside I still managed 2 hours out @ Brighton riding my Zone - a 21m Best Nemisis was trying hard with a surfboard but didn't seem to be having as much fun. Unfortunately too many people surfing, body-boarding, swimming, body surfing and fishing all the way up & down the coast to do much wave riding :-( Beautiful day to be out on the water though

no worries mathias like i said on the beach glad it was a doona a leading edge at 10psi would have done more damage :) i was more worried about the camera but thankfully all good. thanks for feedback. ian i know your in photography. just wondering if you have tips or thoughts :)

cwamit said...

Nice pics, here’s a tip and not meant to be any criticism because the suggestion is dependent on a few external factors…

moves in a kite shot can be ok or great on the extent of what angle and part of the trick that has been snapped, its also really neat to get the facial expressions.. within most of the images you do seem to have shots with good sharpness, enough I would imagine to get some front shots to see what expression they have, when going for it most people tend to be tense... can make a poor mediocre photo into something that says a little more about the subjects commitment... (Or least makes them look funny)

i like image number 6 the most with the dangle pass and the dude looking at the water.

Oh well that’s my two cents worth... Nice shooting anyhow!

thanks dude. are you saying i should change the angle that i was shooting at to a bit more frontal? because i agree facial expressions give more dynamic to the shot like you siad lots of concentration giving them more an element of comitment. the shots i was doing were from the beach about 45 degrees from were they were jumping

Cal said...

A couple of great shots there. Totally agree, shot 6 is realy interesting, as is the one a couple later, poping out of the water I think.

You will notice the light in some hides faces and other interesting detail, not a great deal you can do from a set position, but maybe think about the angles, you / trick / sun.

am i right? sun - me - trick?

hey guys...

it mostly depends on which trick the rider is does. and where he jumps. On Friday h20fly didn´t actually know, what the next trick was. And we always rode downwind from him.. so it´s actually our mistake. the only point of view to get my face on the picture while doing a slim chance had been in the water!!
anyway.. if the rider and cam man communicate before the shooting, there´d be good photos. so if you (h20fly) like to go on, just give me a call.. I´ll be at woodies today.
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see you there..
mathias

hehe no chance dude i love this new toy. cheers for the link monkey i have a few new spots inmind for the next shoot. does toby use a watercase on his camera?

thought someone was gonna end up unconsious looking at the size of the bars in those pics. lol

It´ll be epic if we can use some photos you´ve taken.. As I´ll be here for the next couple of month we´ll take perfect shots ;)

Size of the bar?? It´s a cable and that´s everything I need beneeth 10 knotes.. So I don´t care about the size of the bar.. ;)
You should have a try as well, and if you can train you´ll forget about everything and be happy of not missing a day on the water :D

cheers..
mathias

I'm going out for a training session on my sail tonight, I was wondering if you could tell me what pig tail attatchments you were using, so I can have perfect sheet length. What moves are you training for? I saw about this really cool move I saw on you tube where this fly sailer swaps his control stick behind his back, and then he swaps it back again, and can you beleive it he swaps the control stick a third time.

Also what diameter lines do you use for training in light winds, I have found standard neon fishing line good in the light winds because it reduces the weight of my gear and has less resistance. Also I have found riding foot hooks reduces the board weight. What thickness fins do you use for training, I have sanded mine down to just over a millimeter thick, at the tips.

Hey Tom..
my little beloved housemate.. have a look in our backyard.. there´s all my gear..

see ya tomorrow

pbphotoswa said...

h2ofly,

Have a look here to get some ideas.

www.pbase.com:443/pbphotoswa/kitesurfing

Particularly the photos of Sebastian and the KiteJam.

Cheers

Paul.

hey paul thanks dude there great shots. next event thats on if its cool with you you mind i hang around and learn some ideas. i love your photos my girlfriend actually bought one of the ones you got of me at the big air comp and put it on canvas, its on my study wall :)