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Surfing the Wake!
Surfing the Wake!
DrAchoo


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Challenge: Anything But Landscape (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Lake Shuswap, BC
Date: Jul 12, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/2500
Galleries: Action, Water
Date Uploaded: Jul 12, 2008

Went on a Friesen family reunion this weekend up to Lake Shuswap in British Columbia. Nearly everybody was there including all my younger cousins who bleed X-sport. In this sport (who's name was not totally agreed upon (wake surfing?)) the boat is trimmed to cause the largest wake possible. Then everybody sits on one side of the boat to make it even larger. The surfer starts with a rope about 10 feet behind the boat to get up. The boat is likely only going 15-18 mph. Once you get in the right groove you can throw the rope back into the boat and surf as long as you can stay ahead of the wake. Looks like fun!

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 247
Avg (all users): 6.5786
Avg (commenters): 7.5556
Avg (participants): 6.3974
Avg (non-participants): 6.7531
Views since voting: 1633
Views during voting: 332
Votes: 159
Comments: 16
Favorites: 0


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07/21/2008 04:19:13 PM
Nice shot and it is wake surfing...Great sport/action shot!!
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07/21/2008 01:05:59 AM
Ding, ding! I saw the comment about you squeezing in a landscape and out of the few thumbnails I surfed, this had the look.
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07/21/2008 12:19:50 AM
This is very well captured image but honestly I feel it looks slightly oversharped.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/20/2008 10:44:54 PM
Nice capture but a bit too sharp for my tastes.
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07/20/2008 04:19:48 PM
cool color in the water
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07/19/2008 12:58:24 AM
Nice landscape! ;) Seriously, great action shot. I keep looking for bindings...
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07/17/2008 09:59:04 PM
I love to colour in the wake. Overall, your colours are nicely saturated, but I think some people might find the sharpening a bit much. I like it though. 8
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07/16/2008 05:11:24 PM
Nice action and colors. You could have gotten a better composiotion and you really need to straighten the horizon. 5
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07/16/2008 01:21:55 PM
astonishing shot . .
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07/15/2008 09:00:23 PM
What a wonderfully crisp shot to achieve from a moving boat! Love the tongue sticking out in concentration.
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07/15/2008 06:28:17 PM
amazing capture - beautiful setting and composition
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07/15/2008 05:32:47 PM
I see a strange pixalation around the back arm and the hair line.
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07/14/2008 09:31:29 PM
Nicely done.
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07/14/2008 03:29:41 PM
So Awesome. This sure has that WOW factor going for it. Your DOF and detail are really amazing!!
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07/14/2008 12:52:18 PM
great action shot.
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07/14/2008 03:19:49 AM
Great capture. Love the colors and processing.
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