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Half-half photos

Postby surfyeah » Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:17 pm

I played with my GoPro camera and Split Dome port a little bit.

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Re: Half-half photos

Postby drowningbitbybit » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:35 pm

Shot 1 - Pretty nice, well done! :D

Shot 2 - A big pair of feet in the water and nothing else! You gotta love the GoPro tiny focal length...
When you're doing half-in/half-out shots, make sure the horizon is level, by which I mean that you can't see the surface of the water, otherwise there's a weird "where's the foreground?" effect.

Shot 3 - Nice effect with the water, but the tiny surfer in the background is distracting. Also, the focus is on the surfer/background, when it should have been on the water (but that's more or less impossible to control with a GoPro).
Would have been a better photograph without the surfer... and also if the water had been less green and icky! :wink:
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Re: Half-half photos

Postby oldmansurfer » Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:56 pm

I like the third picture just as it is, water, wave, land, sky, surfer all balanced and complete.
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Re: Half-half photos

Postby waikikikichan » Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:05 am

Here's a half and half photo that my friend Atilla Jobbagyi shot of me last week in Waikiki. He was using a Dome by Knektusa with a trigger. He is one of the best longboarders in Hawaii and knows where to be on the wave to get the right shot.

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Re: Half-half photos

Postby surfyeah » Sat Apr 09, 2016 11:25 am

Drowningbitbybit, number two is really weird, I agree haha. Thanks for the tips.
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Re: Half-half photos

Postby jimmyz1988 » Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:21 am

I always wondered how can I take those half and half photos. Someone mentioned a dome?
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Re: Half-half photos

Postby girlgonesurfing » Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:51 am

Great photos! I actually like the feet one because it's not your "typical" surf photography, and I like the shape the cord makes.
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