wakeboarding

[charleslim]

first time shooting wakeboarding - trying my windsurfing methods to get the shots. good olde swim+shoot!

 

[charleslim]

going to shoot again on tuesday - any tips?

 

[paxluv]

What type of lens did you use? Is your camera water proof? Way cool, by the way.

 

[jeremyftk]

Woah man! Cool shots.

Maybe you could try for a few close ups and hope for better lighting conditions.

 

[charleslim]

using 20mm sigma 1.8 with 580 flash
with ewa marine housing (i hate it) - waiting for my aquatech to come.
yep I was swimming - he was pretty close.
I think he was more frigthen then me - (accident) and it shows in the photo. anyway these turned out better than the shots from the boat (borin ZZZZzzzzzzzzz)

 

[sequitur]

using 20mm sigma 1.8 with 580 flash
with ewa marine housing (i hate it) - waiting for my aquatech to come.
yep I was swimming - he was pretty close.
I think he was more frigthen then me - (accident) and it shows in the photo. anyway these turned out better than the shots from the boat (borin ZZZZzzzzzzzzz)

that's coz the edges are sharp and at that kind of boat speeds you stand a high chance of getting a body part cut off or seriously injured - probably nobody has experienced that in the history of the sport of wakeboarding and i'm sure he doesn't want to make you the first...


the only prob with you being in the water like that is probably more like there're only a few tricks that can be done since he can't do any ollies over your head or something

 

[sehsuan]

eh, how much are you reserving the ewa marine for?

don't forget hor, one person queueing for it now

 

[charleslim]

no problem - but got one problem the housing is designed for the 1D series. Is the 10D the same profile in terms of size? We can try sometime!

 

[sehsuan]

should be ok. have you got the model number of the ewa-marine?

i hope yours is the same as this:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/news/1438

it should be the UAXP-100 i suppose!

 

[sehsuan]

something that may interest you:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=535

 

[Goldenstars08]

Cool...

 

[charleslim]

Kudos to surf photographers(very strong swimmers) - They don't even wear lifejacket - (to allow them to duck dive in the wave. It's almost a sport on it's own.

 

[sehsuan]

indeed it is. say, anything about the model number?

 

[charleslim]

type :u-axp
unit no: 419554
serie : d 30

 

[sehsuan]

not UAXP-100? That's odd... lemme check the ewa site.

seems like your UAXP cannot take 77mm filter threads - so that means i can't use it