Water skiing first try

[250Gimp]

I finally got around to processing a couple shots from Canadian Thanksgiving!

These were shot from the boat using a 70-200 f4 L

We were skiing on the Gatineau river and had a blast!!

These two are my favorite shots.

Let me know what you think!

Cheers

 

[keybq]

i dont have a fav if i had to choose id say the first one because of the longer splash? i think thats what you would call but both are awesome.

 

[Evil Eagle]

Sweet, Ive only shot on a boat once. Didn't have a zoom lens then, only my 50 1.4.

RIP-Jarred.

 

[james123suman]

finally i got the amazing pics of water skiing which i had never seen before...There are some more pics on Snow-Skiingwhich was very amazing......

 

[LaFoto]

I prefer the first to the second because he's just turning towards a path to inside the frame again, while in 2 he's soon to rush out of the frame and has only little room left on that side. I like the sharpness of the splashing water! (However I doubt he was too happy to see what he looked like while he was at water-skiing ).

 

[250Gimp]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

It was fun taking the shots!! I skied as well, of course. The water was cold, but that was a good excuse not to fall!!

Lafoto, I agree on the comment about the second shot. I was trying to loosely follow the rule of thirds while keeping the spray with a 6x4 crop.

My brother in law hasn't seen the shots yet, but I think he will chuckle at his expressions!!

Cheers

 

[gsgary]

I also like the first shot with him cutting back into frame, don't worry about rule of thirds it's not the be all and end all

 

[250Gimp]

Thanks gsgary!!

With the second one I really wanted to keep most of the spray as well.