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I was lucky enough to catch the switching of the paddles at a

perfect time. Just starting to switch, and their timing is very

good so that most the paddles are roughly at the same position. I

popped the red, yellow, cyan and blue to pop them at bit. Again, I

was handholding on a boat. The conditions were just starting to get

rough. The swells at thos point are just about 1 foot, the mens

race that started an hour later, was having swells in the 4-6 foot

range. I also like the determined look of the stroker (seat 1) on

this.

The photo was taken around 3:00 in the afternoon, so the lighting

was almost directly behind the paddler because of how the break

water is built for this harbor enterance. Picture has been

sharpened and the color saturation increased. Picture was taken

with 1d mk II and 400 2.8 handheld, no IS. Iso 800 used.

I like how I was able to capture the paddler just before hitting the

water. The spash in the back is from another paddler. I was using

the high speed advance, so I caught the sequence from just starting

to get out of his seat until you just see some legs in the water.

ISO 800, f8, 1/2500, 500 f4, handheld and no iso. As mentioned in

the tech details, I try not to use a mono or tripod as I found that

it makes it hard to move around quickly in the boat. Also, if you

try to use one to steady, you can not compensate for any movement.

I found that getting at 1/2500 captures the action the best. 1/1600

is the minimum but do need some be in a patch of calm water to catch

it. Also the canoes are moving at about 7-9 mph thru the water.

Since Iso 800, it is much more grainier but you capture much more

moments .

Tried to give a bit of a twist from the standard flat view of the

merlion. I only wish the sunset would have co-operated to give a

bit more color in the sky, but that is how singapore is at times.

Just love how everything plays here together. The compression of the

500 makes it look more serious than it was, but everything just plays

get together, and I was by God's grace that I was at a good POV when

this wipeout occured.

This was taken at the same race as the perfect timing photo in this

group. The expression is great on both of them, and having the arch

in the kid's back even more just add's some life to the photo. You

get the feeling that they are both enjoying this and it is a special

moment for them, which is what I hoped to capture here. Only

manipulations are Unsharpen mask, and a slight bump in saturation.

I think that this is balanced well with the other paddler off to the

left. Having some splash also adds to the picture. This was hand

held with a 500 f4 IS (is off). I had to adjust the shadow

highlights to get the faces a bit lighter. I love their timing,

even though this is nearly 90 minutes into the race, they are still

on track.

Just love the colors that are involved here. Mostly all shades of

green with some yellow and a dash of red. I also like how it fades

from sharpness to blur, I don't think this would be as effective if

more of the needles/branch were in focus.

Driving along the Clearwater River, I finally found a place that

gave me the mirror effect I was looking for. I wish the sky would

have been clear, but do like the dramatics of the overcast. Shot on

a tripod, mirror lock, 100 iso, and timer.

The 9-man season has started in Southern California, and we were

able to have the photo boat stay with a club so that we can catch an

exchange. Comments on the one I did for last year want to see more

of the paddler coming in while the other was exiting, and I was able

to do that with the 1d mk II. In addition, I forget to add in the

technical details that this was taken while hand holding the 500mm

f4 lens. It's too hard to use tripod or monopod, as you need to

compensate for the rocking of the boat.

While on the boat shooting the race, I was lucky enough to catch

this shot. I like the balance between the rooster tail of water on

the left, and the paddler digging in to turn on the right. I was

trying to catch the turn sequence, but got really got the added

bonus of the water coming off the paddle.

Not all the time do you get a canoe that will be out of the water all

the way to the third seat, as that is near the 1/2 point of the

canoe. They were able to control the canoe and not flip over. This

was a reaction shot, and just was able to turn around, focus and

shoot.

I was lucky enough to be at the bottom of the swell, when these guys

were turning at the bouy. I personally like this type of angle as

it gives a nice feel than when you catch them flat.

This is a co-ed team that is launching from Santa Barbara's East

Beach. The trick is to time it right so that you really can make it

out without too much trouble. Since they are experienced paddlers,

they were able to keep the canoe from turning over. Luckiky it was

warm that day, and the water was somewhat warm by california

standards.

This canoe is piloted by a 12 year old for her first time in

competition. I like how she is trying to steer by putting all of

herself into it.

Taking photos for the outrigger race in San Diego. There where as

many as 60+ odd boats racing up to crystal pier. I was in a support

boat and was able to go across the pack and catch this shot.

I like how all the colors play off of each other in this shot. I

opened up the FSTOP to 4.5 to give a little more DOF. The greens

being on the dark side really help bring out the white flowers. The

red ones give an interesting background instead of being all green.

Just love the colors for this pub. I was lucky enough that there

wasn't alot of car traffic around. I did want to catch the elderly

gentelman walking in front of it. I also wanted to capture the slant

of the street in relation to the pub. This is abit subtle but there

is a clue as to why the pub is named as it is.

Even though a bit hard to capture on film, I love way the sunlight

plays on this cottage at the park near the palace. Cropped down just

slightly to take out person on right side. Did crop instead of

clone. Also tried to tone down the whites a bit.

Was able to isolate this flower from the rest of the same kind that

was in a specific area. I had to photoshop some of the flowers

around the main one, as even though with a wide aperature, they were

too in focus and distracted from this one. I love the color I was

able to capture on this as well. Used the saturated color setting

for the rgb type on the 1d MK II.

Like the warmth the light from below produced for the wall, and the

frames. Gives more pleasing effect than having the cold grey

walls. Also like the shadow, stains and holes on the wall. Give it

the lived in look.

I wanted to give the sweeping effect of the path past the tree and

the house. Day was cloudy so not as much color saturation. Tweaked

a bit with saturation and color under DPP. Do not have access to

photoshop as just downloading from camera onto laptop equiped with

Dpp,

While waiting for our numbered to be called at the Fisherman's

restaurant in San Clemente. We were strolling upon the pier where

the restaurant is located, and came upon this pelican hanging out on

the rail. A fisherman is located just to the right of him, and this

guy was waiting for the fisherman to bring up a fish. This guy was

friendly in the fact that you could get real close to him, and he

wouldn't fly away. When the fisherman caught a fish, this guy would

get all excited and get next to the fisherman to wait for him to give

him the fish.

Like the reflection in the water. Only wish it was truely nice and

clean. Also like the symmetry of the buildings. Taken from

Kodachrome. Tweaked color, hue and saturation to restore the slide.

Cropped image to give sense of moving forward. The reason I like the

photo is having the desert all around, and then in the background the

snow covered mountains. It was somewhat windy in the morning when

this was taken, as you can see the biker has a jacket on.