Kiteboarding Action Photos

[GB1]

Kiteboarding shots taken today in San Diego.

Which, if any, are keepers?

[Greg McCary]

The last one I like alot. I can see the gents eyes and the sky makes him stand out nice.

[jetrim]

Tough lighting conditions with the cloud cover and haze, but I do like 3,4, & 5 a lot
Great composition on all of them.

[daq7]

Second and last are pretty awesome. As others say, the light is not spectacular...

That can be fixed with pp.

[Hexnut]

Great shots at Mission Bay I presume? (USD on the hill in background). Last one stands out for me. Nice work!

[GB1]

Thanks guys.

Definitely kind of blahed out weather-wise today, but shooting in bright sunlight stinks also.

Some of my own observations.

- I think what hurts the shots is lack of brightly-colored suits. Black just doesn't pop.
- Eye contact or at least facial view is so important. It was hard to get flip shots where he was looking towards me. (Greg mentioned this.)
- The bottom one's better in exposure etc, but there's no context: he's just flying.

Daq, not sure PP can do much more here.

Hexnut, you guessed it - Mission Bay and USD. I guess you've been here.

Jet, I did quite a bit of PP cropping.

I wish I had brought a longer lens btw. I had to wait for them to run close to shore before firing.

G