Mavericks Invitational 2014

[tevo]

The whole experience of getting to cover this event was surreal. I woke up Friday morning expecting to go sit on the beach and take some photos, and I ended up a mile out at sea with professional photographers shooting it up close. If not only for the experience, I love these shots to death. I'd love some feedback, C&C is appreciated.

#1

Mavericks 2014 by theofficialtevo, on Flickr

#2

Massive by theofficialtevo, on Flickr


#3

Race by theofficialtevo, on Flickr


The rest of the set is here.

 

[Derrel]

Oh, MAN, I've been waiting to see what you were able to get... and wow...these are pretty solid!!!!!!! Man, I would have give my left *** to have been at that event...

So, what did you shoot these with? These look pretty high-quality! Let me guess....18-55mm f/3.5~5.6 kit zoom, right? ;-)

Man, the third shot, witn the three surfers, just blows me away!

 

[Brand000n]

I love that first shot.

The subject in the second one is on the small side so you lose some detail but then again you caught the whole wave so it's still a nice photo

 

[tevo]

Oh, MAN, I've been waiting to see what you were able to get... and wow...these are pretty solid!!!!!!! Man, I would have give my left *** to have been at that event...

So, what did you shoot these with? These look pretty high-quality! Let me guess....18-55mm f/3.5~5.6 kit zoom, right? ;-)

Man, the third shot, witn the three surfers, just blows me away!

A slight upgrade from the kit lens, I used a 300 2.8 with a 1.4x TC

 

[tevo]

I love that first shot.

The subject in the second one is on the small side so you lose some detail but then again you caught the whole wave so it's still a nice photo

That was my favorite as well. I've actually had a few people ask me for a signed print of it; the first photo I've had people want prints of. Personal victory for tevo.

 

[Rags]

Nice stuff...

The shots look a little blown on my monitor

Shooting that event is a great day - I've shot it from a boat twice & got sick twice...

Rags

 

[leeroix]

Dude. Awesome!

 

[ronlane]

Nice set, dude. Waves and photos, lol.

 

[tevo]

Nice stuff...

The shots look a little blown on my monitor

Shooting that event is a great day - I've shot it from a boat twice & got sick twice...

Rags

I know your pain. This was my first time out on the ocean, and I did not take dramamine. It was certainly a battle to not throw up.... thankfully I was victorious.

Dude. Awesome!

Thanks!

 

[tevo]

Nice set, dude. Waves and photos, lol.

Waves evidently make taking photos a lot harder... not even Nikon's acclaimed VRII could help much.

 

[Rags]

Glad you won the upchuck battle...

You might like to avoid using VR next time... shooting faster than 500; it's not effective and can slow you while hunting

You're in San Jose so you might like the Oneill Coldwater surf contest in Santa Cruz at Steamers in the fall - (morning shoot)

Up the coast a bit there is great kite/wind surfing at Waddel Creek (after 3pm shoot)


Rags

 

[leeroix]

I was watching it live on sfgate. I was surprised the waves weren't bigger considering the swell in Hawaii earlier... The lip was still pretty fat, reminded me of Teahupoo. Wish I could have taken the day off to make it out there. Oh well... next year

 

[tevo]

Glad you won the upchuck battle...

You might like to avoid using VR next time... shooting faster than 500; it's not effective and can slow you while hunting

You're in San Jose so you might like the Oneill Coldwater surf contest in Santa Cruz at Steamers in the fall - (morning shoot)

Up the coast a bit there is great kite/wind surfing at Waddel Creek (after 3pm shoot)


Rags

Well I had my D7000 with the VRII on it, but I didn't even end up using that. My 300mm doesn't have VR so I was just shooting a fast shutter.

 

[tevo]

I was watching it live on sfgate. I was surprised the waves weren't bigger considering the swell in Hawaii earlier... The lip was still pretty fat, reminded me of Teahupoo. Wish I could have taken the day off to make it out there. Oh well... next year

Do it! I'm super glad I decided to skip class that day lol

 

[tevo]

How could I go about enlarging these to preserve enough detail for a large print?