Honestly Christine I think your choice of lens was a good one. Sometimes
more is better than less. This way you got the waves and the people &
the equipment. Adding some 200-300 tele into the mix would have been
good editorial but I think these are very "arty and pretty & even wall
worthy for the mix of action & scenery.
On 11/1/14, 1:19 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 00:15:27 -0500
From: Christine Aguila<[email protected]>
To: PDML List<[email protected]>
Subject: GESO--Windy Day at the Lake & lens question
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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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