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Stan
Jul-26-2004, 12:51 AM
Awesome to watch these guys playing with their kites

http://stan.smugmug.com/photos/6556297-L.jpg
gubbs
Jul-26-2004, 12:55 AM
that looks great fun
wxwax
Jul-26-2004, 06:20 AM
Stan, I don't remember Cambridge having a beach! Where did you shoot this? Nice action shot.
cletus
Jul-26-2004, 06:50 AM
Woohoo! Power kiting pictures on dgrin :thumb

Great shot!
DoctorIt
Jul-26-2004, 07:09 AM
Wow! they're hooking up kites to anything now! I was mesmerized by a kite surfer a few weeks back in virginia beach. Cool to watch them jump and then just hang that extra couple seconds.
Stan
Jul-26-2004, 10:41 AM
Stan, I don't remember Cambridge having a beach! Where did you shoot this? Nice action shot.

It's amazing what I can get with my 100-400 lens :rofl

It was shot at Brancaster beach on the North Norfolk coast, about the only place left to play in England, :cry The local authorities are banning it 'cos its dangerous.
lynnma
Jul-26-2004, 11:28 AM
Wow! they're hooking up kites to anything now! I was mesmerized by a kite surfer a few weeks back in virginia beach. Cool to watch them jump and then just hang that extra couple seconds.
Erik? when are you going to change your avator...:rofl
DoctorIt
Jul-26-2004, 12:42 PM
Erik? when are you going to change your avator...:roflgood one. :rofl :rofl
Stan
Aug-23-2004, 02:39 PM
I got a call from this guys partner asking if I had any burst shots of Mark (AKA Kenny as is in South Park). She wanted to give him a photo for his birthday. I managed to get the picture up to 36" long but there is too much movement so he is not sharp enough :cry. But at 24" it is sharp enough. The largest size on Smug mog is 2000 PX

http://stan.smugmug.com/photos/7664951-L.jpg
wxwax
Aug-23-2004, 08:25 PM
Woo! Stan, that's a terrific shot. Looks like a ballet in the air.... men on puppet strings! That's excellent stuff.

http://stan.smugmug.com/photos/7664951-S.jpg
SeeMoon
Aug-23-2004, 11:01 PM
Erik? when are you going to change your avator...:rofl

Maybe you can make it a moving one, like yours and Gubbs? :rofl
gubbs
Aug-23-2004, 11:21 PM
That looks like even more fun...excellent shot :thumb
wxwax
Aug-24-2004, 08:32 AM
Ya know, it wasn't until after i posted last night that I realized this was a composite... it's the same guy. :doh Doesn't matter though, it's a really compelling image. Nice work, I really like the pattern.
Stan
Aug-24-2004, 10:08 AM
Ya know, it wasn't until after i posted last night that I realized this was a composite... it's the same guy. :doh Doesn't matter though, it's a really compelling image. Nice work, I really like the pattern.

Thanks Wxwax should have leveled the horizon though. I didn't notice it until I sent the picture :scratch
I think I need a check list of steps to tick off in PS postwork cos I always see some glaring omission when it is too late
Thwack
Aug-25-2004, 07:57 PM
I've never seen them buggy jumping with the kites, but I have seen lots of surfers using them:

http://thwack.smugmug.com/photos/7760921-M.jpg

Too much glare and I had to crop out several kites to reduce the width of the shot (which would've made the kites even smaller). I had I think a baker's dozen in the original shot.

I also got this one by itself that afternoon (yeah, needs some work but I still like it):

http://thwack.smugmug.com/photos/7760968-M.jpg