Any Photographers Out There?

[Chriss]

how far away are you from the surfers

have you got the 500mm yet

The distance from the surfer varies depending on which beach I'm shooting, those pics were probably 600 - 800 yds.

Not yet I bought it in the US as it's half the price of the UK, but I'm there to collect it on Saturday

On the VAT point yes you are correct and import duty I think.
There are HK sellers on e-bay who say if it happens they will pay for it. I've not tried them though.
I'm not sure what % do get stopped on arrival.

My 350d does a great job for what I use it for, my advice don't try and cut too many corners on lenses you will only regret it. Be clear what you want to use it and buy accordingly.

[derbyshire surfer]

long_man and RJD your photos rock!!! Some inspiration for me! Just got my 55-200mm VR DX fairly recently. Using the Nikon D-50, I'll post some when I'm happy with them, look a bit emabarassing compared to ones you've taken lol!!

[RJD]

Thanks DS!

Heres a quickie from my hols last week...

[long_man]

RJD, that is a mighty fine photo you have there, really really like that one

just got my compact flash memory card for the new D300 , can't wait to take it out for a blast.

i can't believe how much different it is to the D50 , can't wait to learn all about it though

where abouts was the shot taken RJD
do you have a website


Oh and thanks for the nice comments DS

[RJD]

Photo is the Riwaka river resurgence after being undere the Takaka hills for 4K, its 30min north of Motueka near the top of New Zealands South island.

Was 5 min from where we were staying, 10min walk, I took 3 hours lol - some of the shots were 1min +

[CHarvey]

I started to get more into photography this year so I went and got myself a Canon Rebel XTi. The lenses I have at this point are the Canon 75-300mm and the 18-55mm that came with the camera. Haven't had a chance to get more for some time. But here are some of my pics, some surf pics in there. Let me know what you all think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/harvec1/

CH

[derbyshire surfer]

I picked up my new 6'1 fish on Thursday, went to Newcastle to get it. On the way back I stopped at Saltburn, unfortunately there was no surf but I had my camera so tried a few different coastal shots. First effort at 'blurring' the sea etc. The overall blue effect was from the sun going down.






This was just an experiment really, just zoomed in whilst using the tripod. A bit different, kind of like Dr. Who effect lol!

[long_man]

really liking the effects there DS

got and other photos you fancy sharing

[derbyshire surfer]

Hi long_man, cheers for the comment. They are the first with my 55-200mm Vr lens. Got some 'non' sea/surfing shots but I'm planning on taking my camera more when I go for a surf. Instead of being gutted for no waves I can console myself a little by taking photos lol!

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

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i like that one a lot

[RJD]

hm think I'm going to pick up a cokin ND8, the 2 and 4 isnt enough.

For some of my other xmas hol pics have a look here:

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/ ... =slideshow

Have a nice shoot of some WWII gun emplacements on godly head to process once I work out what I'm doing with them.

[SDCali]

From a recent trip to the San Diego Zoo, we got to see the baby Panda, but the pictures aren't as good as the panda was in the back of the enclosure. This is either the sister or dad I can't remember which. People would walk by wondering where the animal in that enclosure was, had to say "look up" to a couple of people.

[long_man]

a rare sight unfortunately

the closest i've been to seeing an actual Panda, is on the Discovery channel on Sky

[greg@hoodatsurfco]

can i have this one in a higher resolution???

i want that as my background! possibly 1680x1050??

[hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf]

itll cost you

[derbyshire surfer]

Hi Greg,

Yes, no problem, do you want to pm your email address and I'll send you it in original format?

[el_timmo]