White Avenue Surf Spot.........

[ERG]

I went down to Anna Maria this morning to see if the swell was still decent - it was!!!


I used to surf on the east coast from time to time, but I never tried to photograph it - this shit is hard!!!


Honest C&C encouraged!!!



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[EZenki]

Awesome pics!!! You said that you thought it was really hard but I think you nailed it as far as getting near perfect pics. I don't think you could really ask for more.

[96whiteknight]

Originally Posted by ERG

Nice shots, Eddie. I got out there a little later than I wanted today. How long were you out for?

[CEMAYHALL]

With the exclusion of a couple of the pictures being a little blurry, they came out really nice!!! I love the action shots and expressions on their face's!!! Job!

[Mars_302]

You could get that close with the 200mm or did you crop a bit? Good pics just need to up the shutter speed for some of them

[Si-R Trickey]

Killer shots! I honestly never seen waves that big out there on the island! Good job!

[Sabotage]

nice shots!

[ERG]

Originally Posted by 96whiteknight

Nice shots, Eddie. I got out there a little later than I wanted today. How long were you out for?

Thanks Mike! I got out there around 8am and left at 11am. I would have stayed longer but I promised my son a trip to the park today.

Originally Posted by Mars_302

You could get that close with the 200mm or did you crop a bit? Good pics just need to up the shutter speed for some of them

Thanks Jerm! Not much cropping in most of these, 200mm works fine when you are waist deep about 30-40yds offshore!

You are right, some of these speeds didn't work well. It was my first effort shooting surf and I was moving the speeds around early on before settling on 1/400. It was very difficult to concentrate and shoot while fighting the current and keeping my equipment out of the water

[ERG]

Originally Posted by Sabotage

nice shots!

Thanks Sabotage!!

[Mars_302]

brave man did you wrap the camera at least?

[TampasOriginalSoarer]

now THOSE are some SURFING SHOTS !
great pictures !
great color....PP FTMFW!

[ERG]

Originally Posted by Mars_302

brave man did you wrap the camera at least?

Nah, on the edge is the only way to live!

Originally Posted by TampasOriginalSoarer

now THOSE are some SURFING SHOTS !
great pictures !
PP FTMFW!

Thanks Ralph! I always appreciate your input. I wish I would have given more thought to my camera settings, but I'm somewhat satisfied with my first effort.

I kept the color as natural as possible and didn't touch the color in about 80% of these images.

[Mikey P]

what lens did you use for this?

[JakeB.]

Pretty nice job

I can't believe the size though, damn.
I woke up that morning thinking it'd be fun to go dig my board out of my parent garage and go out there. Should have done it... I've never seen the waves that big out there (I don't live out there).

You could have bumped your ISO up to get faster shutter speeds.

[skunkdSiR]

nice shots!