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Strax

Strax

Strax

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Windsurfing (now 56k unfriendly)

Out and about with my new D50 yesterday, I found this guy out all alone.

One of my first photos with my new camera so go easy ;)

The only colour yesterday came from the sail, so I converted it to monochrome and coloured the sail back in, not really much of a difference compared to the next one though.

brightsail.jpg



brightsail2.jpg



sail3.jpg


All images were with Nikkor 55-200 zoom.
 
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first one does it for me with the tanker in the background facing the same way as the surfer
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I wasn't really concentrating too much on the tanker tbh, more trying to get the windsurfer as it was blowing a gale and my hands were freezing :) It was only once I got home and started looking through them that I realised it worked quite well.

All images were taken by a Nikkor 55-200 zoom and were cropped (some more than others)
 
The only shot with the selective colouring is the first one. It really was that grey and dull yesterday when I shot these :)

I think it needs a slight crop at the bottom to remove the breaking wave - the contrast of light/dark/light (wave/water/border) is drawing my eye down to the bottom of the frame, away from the action. I think you could lose an inch from the bottom and the right of the frame and tighten the shot up no end.
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A very interesting observation, thanks. I think I might have a play with that and see if it looks any better.
 
D'Oh! I thought you meant crop it to the right and make it portrait instead of landscape. That is a good idea to have the tip of the sailboard coming out into the border though.

I have increased the saturation on the figure and board. It looks OK on my monitor, but I don't know if it's too much.

All good ideas and feedback though. A good learning experience.
 
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