Wakeboard World Cup 2006 @ Singapore - Day 2 *** Photo Intensive ***

[tankm]

Some photos of the Semi and Final of the Wakeboard World Cup 2006 @ Singapore.

Complete photos of the event at http://public.fotki.com/tankm/events/sports/wwc2006/

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More photos of the event at... http://tankm.fotki.com/events/sports/wwc2006/

[tankm]

Comments welcome. That bad ehh...??

[Clockunder]

Your 2nd day pictures are much better than your 1st day's.

Good actions captured here.

I was there too. The 1st half of the afternoon was very hazy and the pictures turned out quite flat. Too tired and lazy to do any post-processing yet.

[OneIndigo]

Nicely captured, great pics

[John Tan]

Nice colour series...

[surge]

the last one w the boat is really nice!

[tankm]

Thanks. Post some of yours leh. Your past WWC looks good.

How's your journey towards DSLR ? Still looking.

Originally Posted by Clockunder Your 2nd day pictures are much better than your 1st day's. Good actions captured here. I was there too. The 1st half of the afternoon was very hazy and the pictures turned out quite flat. Too tired and lazy to do any post-processing yet.

[tankm]

Thanks OneIndigo for viewing.

Originally Posted by OneIndigo Nicely captured, great pics

Thanks John Tan. Saw lots of big gun at the event, one of them must be yours.

Originally Posted by John Tan Nice colour series...

[tankm]

Thanks for viewing surge. One of my favourite as well.

Originally Posted by surge the last one w the boat is really nice!

[zcf]

Originally Posted by tankm Thanks for viewing surge. One of my favourite as well.

Like your #10, #16 (nice panning) and #17 (can see him stick out his time many time, wonder what happen if he accidentally bite it ).

[tankm]

Thanks. He seems to be sticking his toungue out all the time. Saw him do the same on both days. If you are just a spectator most probably will never notice it.

Originally Posted by zcf Like your #10, #16 (nice panning) and #17 (can see him stick out his time many time, wonder what happen if he accidentally bite it ).

[zcf]

Originally Posted by tankm Thanks. He seems to be sticking his toungue out all the time. Saw him do the same on both days. If you are just a spectator most probably will never notice it.

Yup, actually got quite a few photo with him sticking his tongue out also, I would have thought that's may be quite dangerous during wakeboarding .

Originally Posted by tankm I think it's the haze and the distance between the subject and the background. The right side has the subject closer to the background.

Not very sure, but can feel that the subject colour is more vibrant also, that's why I was wondering is it flare (of the smog) due to angle of the sunlight.

[tankm]

Possible, hopefully next year if it comes again, hope for better weather

The haze also helps to reduce strong shadow. If it's clear bright day, then really have to watch out where the shadows fall, or else all get "black" face only.

Originally Posted by zcf Not very sure, but can feel that the subject colour is more vibrant also, that's why I was wondering is it flare (of the smog) due to angle of the sunlight.

[Clockunder]

Originally Posted by tankm Thanks. Post some of yours leh. Your past WWC looks good. How's your journey towards DSLR ? Still looking.

Posting in a short while.

Just finished pp.

Most of my action pictures are too flat mainly because of the heavy haze. When I saw the narrow band on my camera's histogram that day, I was worried about how the pictures would turn out on bigger screen.

After meddling my pictures for 2 days, I decided to make them into Black and White so that their flaws are not so obvious.

As for my journey to DSLR, I have decided to go for another prosumer camera first : probably Fujifilm S6500fd as I wait for more choices and cheaper prices for DSLR and availability of A-mount lenses. Other than the costs of good lenses and availability of A-mount lenses, another reason why I'm staying put with a prosumer camera is because I dread the carrying of a heavy load of a DSLR, lenses and sometimes tripod. Moreover, the good high ISO performance of the Fujifilm prosumer cameras is just what I wanted.

[+evenstar]

shutter speed is not fast enough for some of the actions..

[tankm]

Yeah one big problem with A-Mount is lens availability. Why not Nikon and Canon, lots of lens options there now, both new and used. The DSLR body price will drop but the lens price will more or less be the same or some will cost even more in the future.

Originally Posted by Clockunder Posting in a short while. Just finished pp. Most of my action pictures are too flat mainly because of the heavy haze. When I saw the narrow band on my camera's histogram that day, I was worried about how the pictures would turn out on bigger screen. After meddling my pictures for 2 days, I decided to make them into Black and White so that their flaws are not so obvious. As for my journey to DSLR, I have decided to go for another prosumer camera first : probably Fujifilm S6500fd as I wait for more choices and cheaper prices for DSLR and availability of A-mount lenses. Other than the costs of good lenses and availability of A-mount lenses, another reason why I'm staying put with a prosumer camera is because I dread the carrying of a heavy load of a DSLR, lenses and sometimes tripod. Moreover, the good high ISO performance of the Fujifilm prosumer cameras is just what I wanted.

[tankm]

Thanks for viewing. Yeap agreed on the shutter speed for some of them.

Originally Posted by +evenstar shutter speed is not fast enough for some of the actions..