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Watching these guys wakeboarding on the cable (pully system) is

amazing - the 'air' that they can get without the wake of a boat to

jump off (normal wakeboarding which i struggle with!) is something

else... The key is 'loading the line' (tension) using a progressive

carve then just poping up out and away.... apparently....

View from the Chair - any comments please...

Serving Up A Trio

Cropped to square format... any comments would be appreciated...

Watching these guys wakeboarding on the cable (pully system) is

amazing - the 'air' that they can get without the wake of a boat to

jump off (normal wakeboarding which i struggle with!) is something

else... The key is 'loading the line' (tension) using a progressive

carve then just poping up out and away.... apparently....

Is that why you looked!!? yes i agree... that has been said before.... a colleague of mine thought it was a 'Merkin'!

thanks Gerald - do you think that being centred ruins the picture? i wanted to have the line-judge, ball boy and scoreboard in the shot... i feel these elements balance it? I could crop it but do prefer the full frame... i try to shoot what i feel looks good and let photography rules look after themselves... more often than not (but not always) i find the rules fit in with the photographs not the other way round... thanks for the comment it has got me thinking...

any comments would be greatly appreciated...

Power Point Peschke - Any comments would be appreciated

Thanks Stephen may attempt to bing some more light to the face in ps but i think the detail may not come out? Next time i'll have the ball boy stand there with a reflector! Thanks for your comments.

Any comments would be appreciated - not tried much sports photography

until the last few weeks (i prefer to be playing, however they

wouldn't let me play at Wimbledon this year so i packed away my

racket and served up a few shots with my camera instead)... a digital

set-up with a faster lens would be nice...

 

I'm not sure if this is a little dark - i tried to lighten it but

prefer it like this...

I took this on the Cable Wakeboard set-up at Princes Club.... the

light was falling nicely and i wanted to try out some action shots

that i do find quite hard to achieve with the equipment i have - lots

of pre-focusing and i had a few pleasing results.... any comments

would be appreciated.

Again this is a great shot. This has been cropped? But the crop realy does bring this shot out... the tramlines perfectly framing the serving arm and racket and the placement of the lines in the square format perfect... i love the contrast too with the players face and body clearly in the sun and the darker green grass in the shade giving a sense of depth and highlighting the subject... tip top son... K

Well what can i say 'Nikos' - i was there with you but this is a brilliantly framed shot... i can testify that this is the full frame as i saw it on the camera... Humour, Style and elegance... the bouncing ball balances the other and works well with the line of the dress... Well done son... you'll have to wait for my slides to come back from the lab to compare (not all of us have gone digital yet... although i was very jealous of you yesterday!)! This is a Cracking Shot, Kodak.

Great sharp expression and sense of action with the slight blurring of the racket and ball... a pro shot indeed...

Really good anticipation and placment of the ball - a great action shot! I would like to have seen the Stela Artois sign in the right-hand side of the frame for balance and occasion. Great Shot. I would say 'Ace' shot but he is clearly returning the ball!

Thanks DJ the Lick i now know how to put a Boarder around photos in

PS other than the black one i always leave when scanning Slides... i

know it's not rocket science but it gives me something else to play

with!

Didn't want to do the usual 'night shot' - I may go back and try this

angle again though.. any ideas would be gratly appreciated.

Happy Thai Fisherman...

Boat Ride...

Phi Phi Boat....

Many thanks for your comments Victor. As you can see i have slightly rotated the picture to level the horizon. I think it looks better now. Thanks again.

Ko Phi Phi Lei & Play

a favourite spot....

A spiritual place...