On 9/18/2017 6:35 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 9/18/2017 2:04 PM, Ron C wrote:
On 9/18/2017 11:03 AM, PeterN wrote:
On 9/18/2017 2:32 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On Sep 17, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ):

While you guys were arguing, I went out to take advantage of heavy
surf.
While the surf was great, this is an imge of the ability of most of
the
surfers I observed.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vcxbxh9oqliycro/20170917_surfing_5872.jpg?dl=0


That is a pretty good capture, and the D500 is doing what it does best.

That's why I got it.

As far as the surfer’s ability goes, he was out there wasn’t he?

Yep!.
There is a surfing competition coming up there next month. I was
really hoping to get some of the better surfers practicing.
There were few that were decent:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q49tiud6ywe5d5m/20170917_surfing_5859.jpg?dl=0



However, there are some things which I find odd.
What is it with his right hand, especially the fingers?
Then with the shot taken right into the Sun/flare behind the board
there is highlight clipping, his body is put into shadow deep enough
to hide detail, and the skin tones seem somewhat reddish.



It was a foggy day. Had there been sun it would have been from my
left. I was facing SSW.* You can check the exact position of the Sun
on TPE. The images were taken at Gilgo Beach, At about 10:00. I
applied the ACR fog remover, sharpened, and are you sitting, noise
reduction. Here are the RAW files to play with:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x3snxtwr76t53xx/20170917_surfing_5872.NEF?dl=0


Another wipeout:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/x75vd7gk9mc239h/20170917_surfing_5875.NEF?dl=0


Since I plan to do monochrome conversions, I am not overly concerned
about the color.


OK, I took a look at the raw shots and I'm not sure but believe there's a
confusing context. From what I'm seeing these shots look like high energy
exits from a wave that was about to close.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the guy was riding
from left
to right and kicked out (to avoid needing to paddle back out) however the
energy in the photo seems to be going from right to left leaving me
with a
confused feeling about what just happened. If so, I'm guessing that
snapping
the shot a few moments earlier would have been a bit less dynamic but
would
have the energy in the right direction.

In most cases the surfers were riding from left to right. However, IIRC
I have a few that were riding from right to left. In any event I may
have some just prior to the wife-out. I will look again, in a few days.
I don't understand enough about the sport to fully understand what you
mean by energy, but I will look at the images with an energy concept in
mind. The wind was against the tide.


There are several tricks that take a surfer up the face of a wave along with
a direction reversal. A trick you may want to look up is an alley-oop.
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Contrary to popular belief the phase of the tide has little to do with wave
formation or wave shape, thus wind against the tide is kind of meaningless.
However I'm sure you will find surfers that will argue the point.
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Enjoy your beach visits and photo adventures there.
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Later...
Ron C
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