Yurgen - Pretty nice.. The bottom one is the best. You did a good job here but think you were somewhat limited from getting the best shot but the aperature you used... It would have been better at f 5.6 or f4.0. It would have blurred the background more, focusing attention on the surfer, and, allowed you to use a faster shutter to reduce blur. Alas, I assume that you didn't have that setting on your lens: those lenses are about 5 x more expensive Gotta make do with what we have, and this is a successful use of f8.0.

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