Surfing at Steamers in Santa Cruz

[blob]

I happened upon the Western Surfing Association contest #10 (http://www.surfwsa.org/) while looking to test a recent purchase of a Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 AF lens.

http://blob.smugmug.com/photos/63656704-M-1.jpg

http://blob.smugmug.com/photos/63656853-M-1.jpg

http://blob.smugmug.com/photos/63656521-M-1.jpg
It was crowded out there.

These were all taken from the cliffs above Steamers in Santa Cruz, CA.

[saurora]

Congratulations! Looks like the new lens performed wonderfully for you! I especially like the first shot showing the the water trail in a circle ... pretty cool! :thumb

[Andy]

Sweet! Steamers is a favorite spot of mine. So's the wharf, and the clam chowder :thumb

[Dee]

I happened upon the Western Surfing Association contest #10 (http://www.surfwsa.org/) while looking to test a recent purchase of a Nikkor 70-210mm f/4-5.6 AF lens.

http://blob.smugmug.com/photos/63656704-Th.jpg


These were all taken from the cliffs above Steamers in Santa Cruz, CA.

WOW, I love that water circle!!!!! Steamers is a great place to shoot surfers! But my lens needs to be a bit longer, sigh! Give me a couple of years and my perfect affordable dSLR will appear with one 28-400 zoom lens that's light and has image stabilization! -- Right? :):

[ian408]

Lovely set!

Where'd you find light today? Just getting home from a motorcycle ride. In
and out of the rain all day along the coast.

[Jeffro]

I really like the first one, but they are all nice:thumb

[blob]

Lovely set!

Where'd you find light today? Just getting home from a motorcycle ride. In
and out of the rain all day along the coast.

Amazingly, the light at Steamers was fine during the late morning. When I left, it was getting dark and getting ready to rain. By the time I arrived back home (over the hill in the SillyCon Valley), it was raining. I guess timing is everything.