Newbie attempt at shooting wakeboarding...
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Yep, was with my dad.
yeah. heh. was one of the female novice riders. (
pink board, pink bindings, pink rope, pink handle. whahhahahaha.chris, yeah lor, i dont see mine too. whahhahahha. but i guess we didnt have big air tricks thats why. =P
i think i saw you while i was walking to the toilet at the far end. i think i saw your dad sheltering you with an umbrella. was that you? cause i noticed this very very very very huge lens. goodness, really HUGE!
I've about 20 male riders photos below, taken on Saturday afternoon.
http://s121.photobucket.com/albums/o239/chengyu83/Ripcurl%20IVP%20Wakeboard%20Championship/
Dun have leh bro.
yeah. heh. was one of the female novice riders. (
pink? saw 1 pic girl with pink board, etc here
haha. yeah. just saw that thread. and yeps, that was me. i think my face looks damn stressed up please. goodness. how unglam. but thanks to everyone here that tried to shoot the wakeboarders. i bet its damn tough. hah!
asterixsg
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That's all for tonight, folks. Have few more photos from Day2 that I need to sift through. I'll post some other time...
Problems faced while shooting wakeboarding (from a newbie's perspective)
1. 400mm focal length not enough to get close to the action.
2. Shouldn't use multi-point focus as the camera picks up the junk in the background and focusses on it.
3. Should use single point focus. However, if the action is quite fast, the camera picks up the splashing water as the focussing point.
4. As usual, have to position yourself with no backlighting or else you will get underexposed subjects.
5. If you are new to the sport, watch a few riders to get a feel of the sport and at what position the riders would do the tricks.
I salute those gurus who used to shoot on film with manual focussing....
I hope the experts could provide tips for newbies like me to improve...
Winnie,
Bad luck. I don't have any of your photos
Good that dethAngel had one photo of yours.
Wish you good luck in your future endeavours....
Problems faced while shooting wakeboarding (from a newbie's perspective)
1. 400mm focal length not enough to get close to the action.
2. Shouldn't use multi-point focus as the camera picks up the junk in the background and focusses on it.
3. Should use single point focus. However, if the action is quite fast, the camera picks up the splashing water as the focussing point.
4. As usual, have to position yourself with no backlighting or else you will get underexposed subjects.
5. If you are new to the sport, watch a few riders to get a feel of the sport and at what position the riders would do the tricks.
I salute those gurus who used to shoot on film with manual focussing....
I hope the experts could provide tips for newbies like me to improve...
Winnie,
Bad luck. I don't have any of your photos
Good that dethAngel had one photo of yours.
Wish you good luck in your future endeavours....
That's all for tonight, folks. Have few more photos from Day2 that I need to sift through. I'll post some other time...
Problems faced while shooting wakeboarding (from a newbie's perspective)
1. 400mm focal length not enough to get close to the action.
2. Shouldn't use multi-point focus as the camera picks up the junk in the background and focusses on it.
3. Should use single point focus. However, if the action is quite fast, the camera picks up the splashing water as the focussing point.
4. As usual, have to position yourself with no backlighting or else you will get underexposed subjects.
5. If you are new to the sport, watch a few riders to get a feel of the sport and at what position the riders would do the tricks.
I salute those gurus who used to shoot on film with manual focussing....
I hope the experts could provide tips for newbies like me to improve...
Winnie,
Bad luck. I don't have any of your photos
Good that dethAngel had one photo of yours.
Wish you good luck in your future endeavours....
You're not the only one. Those are the only few shots I had after shooting a whole bunch that day.
I had alot of problems to with the AF as well, as the AF system tended to be fooled by the water spray and the background.
400mm IS ACTUALLY enough (yours is a 1.6x). I did shoot on the first day with a 100-400. But didn't get much action. Think I bumped into you on the first day as I was headed towards the break water - you were about to leave.
Sadly the ideal place to shoot the action was across the shore - yes that area under construction now.
that is why i always say "equipment always matters, its the equipment that determine how pro u are" :thumbsup:
asterixsg
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ha ha. so, it was you I bumped into, on Saturday
i did see someone on the opposite side on Sunday afternoon - must've waded through the water or jumped over the construction barrier.
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