Full Throttle
by ozdick

Comment by ozdick:
Didn't expect this to go so well...
Marbo and Bil99 were the only ones that seemed to pick up on it, but this was cropped from a 6MP image taken on my fuji S602 and the image size pixel for pixel was about 1:1, so the image was seriously noisy (yep it ain't getting much bigger than what's displayed without further image degredation). Had to use NeatImage to help clean it up. As such, I really didn't like the way it affected the water, so didn't think this would do so well.
This was taken at Manly beach the day after what is known as a "weather bomb" caused huge seas off the coast of Sydney. We had huge waves rolling on to the beaches. I fired off about 150 shots, most of which were dreadful - I had 3 choices that I felt conveyed speed, but this was my favourite.
Thanks for the very appreciated comments :)
By the way - here's the original image (resized to 640x480), so you can see how much I had to crop to get this
//www.boltdj.com/surf4b.jpg
Richard

Message edited by author 2003-07-09 01:00:16.

Full Throttle
by ozdick

Comment by dm42621:
Very nice action shot...speed is conveyed, and due to the centering, the ocean is emphasized for speed...good work!

Full Throttle
by ozdick

Comment by marbo:
Great shot but looks a bit over processed.

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Comment by DennisF:
Great action. A little sharper on the surfer would have added the WOW.

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Comment by i8ntgotnoprob:
I wish I could serf like that!

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Comment by dirtkahuna:
Yea baby, bring on the surf! This is my favorite type of photography - pure action!

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Comment by KarenB:
phenominal photograph! I really enjoy this.. congratulations!

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Comment by cykhansen:
Too good to be true - is this really a DPC rules photo? I'd like to see a larger size of it after the challenge.

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Comment by bil99:
Looks like something like neat image was used too much and ruined the water

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by ozdick

Comment by slackm:
A very good action shot, with the lighting and the tones of the water and the spray just right.