Exhilarating is the right word! Nice action shots. Those guys are nuts. I
think 300m would be too long to get the surfer & kite in the frame, so
probably the 200. Thank goodness for zooms!
I appreciate your comments my postings too.
Alan C
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From: Christine Aguila
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 7:15 AM
To: PDML List
Subject: GESO--Windy Day at the Lake & lens question
Hi Everyone:
We had exceptional winds today, so I thought I’d head to the lake to catch
some waves. The white caps were prominent to be sure, and there was a bit
of splashing waves a tad north of where we were. Higher waves, which
flooded bits of Lake Shore drive, could be found south of us—closer to
downtown. We were up north by Wilson ave.
Anywhooo, The spot we stopped at is the put-in spot for jet skis and
windsurfers and such, and we got lucky since a handful of windsurfers were
taking advantage of the high winds—and boy were the winds high.
It was really hard to take pictures. I couldn’t keep the camera or myself
steady. The wind was coming from the northeast, and if I tried to shoot
into the wind, sand carried along by the wind stung my face so bad—for the
first time, I was glad to be wearing glasses! By the end of the shoot, I
had sand everywhere, hair, mouth, ears, and even in my camera bag. I had to
do a big shake-out when I got home.
Darrel was with me, and he tried to act as wind-break for me, but it didn’t
really help much. It was such an exhilarating shoot—lots of fun to try to
deal with the elements while trying to shoot. I’d like to do more bad
weather shooting—though I don’t think I’d like to chase tornados and such.
I really would have loved a longer lens. Most of the photos below are deep
crops. I did the best I could with the DA* 50-135.
So I have a question: Darrel thinks were were about 100 yards (a football
field) from the surfers. Given this distance, which would have worked
better, a 200mm or 300 mm prime to catch the surfer action?
http://www.caguila.com/windyday/index.html
Cheers, Christine
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