Royal Palm Beach Yacht Club

[RobNZ]

These Sailors meet a couple times a week to race, most of these were shot early afternoon, they also have a late afternoon race series mid week that I will go back and shoot, should be able to get some really nice light then.

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5. DoF a bit shallow for this one I think, all the boats should have been in focus.

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I left a business card with one of the "involved" spectators and said I would have some shots from todays racing up later today if they wanted to take a look, (be nice if it generated a few sales too ).

Does anyone have any "feelance" advice on this method of direct selling?

C&C welcome of course. Thanks for looking.

I will post a few more as I go through them.

 

[LCARSx32]

Wow, those look just like miniture boats! Tilt-shift lens? J/K :lmao:

Nice shots. I'm willing to bet, if you handed out cards to the people who sailed them, you'd get a bite or two. My brother does models (spaceships--er--sorry "starships", and military vehicles) and those guys are usually more than willing to lay down $$ for good shots of their stuff. It's amazing what they can do with plastic, but few can do anything with film (or it's digital counterpart, anyway).

 

[LaFoto]

J/K :lmao:

Phew, embarrassment prevented. :blushing: I almost overlooked the (clearly visible, now that I finally SEE!!! :shock: ) J/K thingy and was about to reply accordingly, telling you that these obviously are r/c boats and all that... oh dear, thank God my eyes opened up BEFORE that!

The first is really lovely! That cute little bow wave...!

 

[ChristinaW]

1,3,6 are my favorite.. I love these!

 

[RobNZ]

Thanks for the feedback, I have had a chance to go through and PP the rest from this shoot.

Ended up with 16 shots in total I would be comfortable with people seeing and potentially buying should I be lucky enough.

Slideshow link.
Shots of the day -

A few more that I would like to share.

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12. My personal favourite of the lot.

 

[RobNZ]

J/K :lmao:

Phew, embarrassment prevented. :blushing: I almost overlooked the (clearly visible, now that I finally SEE!!! :shock: ) J/K thingy and was about to reply accordingly, telling you that these obviously are r/c boats and all that... oh dear, thank God my eyes opened up BEFORE that!

The first is really lovely! That cute little bow wave...!

So my poor mans fake tilt shift didnt work out all huh? I thought I might catch one victim at least, haha.

 

[RobNZ]

Bump.

C'mon guys and gals, you must be able to find something I could improve on, its your feedback that helps me improve and has got me to the level I am at today.

I know what I have as seen through my eyes, but its your views I am after, good, bad and ugly, no holds barred, bring it on, I can take it, dont make me beg. Or are they just not that interesting to the general public?

All shots were taken with my 500D/T1i with 300mm prime + for some I had a 1.4 teleconverter on. No filters, I must get another decent 77mm CPL for this lens. All shot in Av mode, -2/3 exposure compensation, focus pre selected for each situation with AI servo and hand held.