Stoked - - - California Fun
I knew this surfer wasn't going to stick around too long, so I quickly bumped the ISO up to 1250 and opened up the f-stop to f-4 to freeze his silhouette.
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I knew this surfer wasn't going to stick around too long, so I quickly bumped the ISO up to 1250 and opened up the f-stop to f-4 to freeze his silhouette.
If you shoot here, watch your left as incoming waves accelerate up this channel and can really sneak up on you.
A popular composition is to get low and center the three frontmost pots in the very foreground. I'll post that version later.
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If you shoot here, watch your left as incoming waves accelerate up this channel and can really sneak up on you.
A popular composition is to get low and center the three frontmost pots in the very foreground. I'll post that version later.
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ernogy
March 31, 2013
An unplanned and different take on the Flickr-popular 'The Potholes' in La Jolla, California. With my tripod set up for some landscape photography, a surfer popped into the scene and immediately became my mid ground subject.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF 17-40 L @ 17mm | 0.3 sec | ISO 1250 | f/4
Canon EOS 5D Mark III | EF 17-40 L @ 17mm | 0.3 sec | ISO 1250 | f/4
DeerHaven1
July 31, 2015
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DeerHaven1
July 31, 2015
I spent a lot of my childhood on the beach just south of here (Tourmaline). Great shot & thanks for the memories.
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