Sebastian Inlet surfing....:)

[Surfsquish]

Took these shots yesterday...

Surfing Sebastian Inlet « Amine Florida

 

[gsgary]

You need a much longer lens for surf photography

 

[Surfsquish]

I realized yesterday... What would you recommend for Canon? Something not to cumbersome and I can also take wide pictures of interior of houses.....

 

[gsgary]

I realized yesterday... What would you recommend for Canon? Something not to cumbersome and I can also take wide pictures of interior of houses.....

There is no such lens, but for surf photography on a budget 400mmF5.6L
This is shot at 600mm to show you 600 is sometimes not long enough

 

[Robin Usagani]

Gary.. nonsense.. 18-55mm is fine. He just needs a waterproof casing and a jet ski.

 

[Studio7Four]

Jack of all trades, master of none. In other words, a zoom whose upper end is long enough to be useful for the surfing shots is extremely unlikely to have a lower end wide enough to do house interiors...and even if you can find it, the quality of something with that huge a range is likely to be relatively poor. I'd suggest deciding which end of the spectrum you want/need more (or first) and getting a lens dedicated to that.

As for the photos in this post themselves (assuming you want C&C), the horizons are consistently tilted. I'd also suggest getting closer to the water for some of the shots so that you are not elevated. A surfer riding a crest, or wiping out, looks more impressive against the sky than against more water.

I don't know if you surf, but if not you might want to make friends with at least one surfer and try to get him to give you a buzz when he's heading to the water. Surf conditions vary, so heading to the water on your own is hit or miss. These shots look like they were shot in bright daylight. If you can get a more interesting sky (think sunrise or sunset) the images will have more interest (of course you'll need a sufficiently fast lens to keep your shutter speed fast enough to freeze the action). If you can get a surfer to tell you when he's heading out, say in exchange for some shots of him in action, you can get early morning shots without waking yourself up just on speculation.

 

[mrpink]

I do not think it is your lens that is holding you back....






p!nK

 

[Surfsquish]

Jack of all trades, master of none. In other words, a zoom whose upper end is long enough to be useful for the surfing shots is extremely unlikely to have a lower end wide enough to do house interiors...and even if you can find it, the quality of something with that huge a range is likely to be relatively poor. I'd suggest deciding which end of the spectrum you want/need more (or first) and getting a lens dedicated to that.

As for the photos in this post themselves (assuming you want C&C), the horizons are consistently tilted. I'd also suggest getting closer to the water for some of the shots so that you are not elevated. A surfer riding a crest, or wiping out, looks more impressive against the sky than against more water.

I don't know if you surf, but if not you might want to make friends with at least one surfer and try to get him to give you a buzz when he's heading to the water. Surf conditions vary, so heading to the water on your own is hit or miss. These shots look like they were shot in bright daylight. If you can get a more interesting sky (think sunrise or sunset) the images will have more interest (of course you'll need a sufficiently fast lens to keep your shutter speed fast enough to freeze the action). If you can get a surfer to tell you when he's heading out, say in exchange for some shots of him in action, you can get early morning shots without waking yourself up just on speculation.

Solid points. Thank you sir,