A bad day surfing is better than a good day at work!
by staab

Comment by hotpasta:
wow! great action and stunning colour in the water...title is great too

The Photojournalist
by staab

Comment by shamer:
Hey, I have that head! (well, 2 actually...) and I have the 503 which I like a lot more. I also have a Cartoni, which cost more than it's worth, IMHO but the carbon fiber legs make up for the less than stellar head... Kudos for putting a decent lens on that XL2, I have the original XL1 which still gets used! Not much though since I have an HVX-200 at work...

Good luck - came back to add more to my comment & bump you up a notch. Criticisms: I would have used more diffusion on your key to soften the shadows & flagged/scrimmed off the area hitting the white of the camera to help bring some detail back there. A back light would have been great to add a little bit of modeling to all that black plastic. Believe it or not, I actually think the red velvet is hurting you quite a bit here, but that's probably my own personal taste... To me the worst is the hard shadows.

Good luck - you'll probably beat my entry which ended up being a last minute snap-shot (after abandoning my other shot which took almost 2 hours to light & set-up - lol).

Message edited by author 2007-01-01 02:28:19.

The Photojournalist
by staab

Comment by locutus:
Of all the shots in this challenge that purport to say "I'm a photographer", this one works best so far.

After Dark
by staab

Comment by Claya:
Needs crop at top, negative space adds nothing to image.

After Dark
by staab

Comment by kelvinyam:
Too dark...

After Dark
by staab

Comment by J-Me:
Lovely shot. Makes them look as expensive as they truly are! *grin*

Lone Tree at Sunset
by staab

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
The right tree for this sky, and the right sky for this tree.
I try to avoid having too much black at the bottom of this kind of image, as it's a sort of a dead zone in the dynamic of the image.
Very relaxing sunset image to view.

After Dark
by staab

Comment by UrfaK:
I like the lighting and the effect it causes... straighter pic would have helped..

After Dark
by staab

Comment by djkrev:
Generically sexy. Nice lighting.

After Dark
by staab

Comment by whiterook:
What did The AA did in the daytime?