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Stan · Jul-26-2004, 12:51 AM #1

Awesome to watch these guys playing with their kites

**gubbs** · Jul-26-2004, 12:55 AM #2

that looks great fun

**wxwax** · Jul-26-2004, 06:20 AM #3

Stan, I don't remember Cambridge having a beach! Where did you shoot this? Nice action shot.

**cletus** · Jul-26-2004, 06:50 AM #4

Woohoo! Power kiting pictures on dgrin

Great shot!

***DoctorIt*** · Jul-26-2004, 07:09 AM #5

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 #6

Quote:

Originally Posted by wxwax

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

It was shot at Brancaster beach on the North Norfolk coast, about the only place left to play in England,

The local authorities are banning it 'cos its dangerous.

**lynnma** · Jul-26-2004, 11:28 AM #7

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoctorIt

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...

***DoctorIt*** · Jul-26-2004, 12:42 PM #8

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynnma

Erik? when are you going to change your avator...

good one.

Stan · Aug-23-2004, 02:39 PM #9

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

. But at 24" it is sharp enough. The largest size on Smug mog is 2000 PX

**wxwax** · Aug-23-2004, 08:25 PM #10

Woo! Stan, that's a terrific shot. Looks like a ballet in the air.... men on puppet strings! That's excellent stuff.

SeeMoon · Aug-23-2004, 11:01 PM #11

Quote:

Originally Posted by lynnma

Erik? when are you going to change your avator...

Maybe you can make it a moving one, like yours and Gubbs?

**gubbs** · Aug-23-2004, 11:21 PM #12

That looks like even more fun...excellent shot

**wxwax** · Aug-24-2004, 08:32 AM #13

Ya know, it wasn't until after i posted last night that I realized this was a composite... it's the same guy.

Doesn't matter though, it's a really compelling image. Nice work, I really like the pattern.

Stan · Aug-24-2004, 10:08 AM #14

Quote:

Originally Posted by wxwax

Ya know, it wasn't until after i posted last night that I realized this was a composite... it's the same guy.

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

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 #15

I've never seen them buggy jumping with the kites, but I have seen lots of surfers using them:

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):

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Jul-26-2004, 12:51 AM #1
Stan ^OP Major grins Join Date: May 2004 Location: 52.085 -0.095 Posts: 1,073	Buggy jumping Awesome to watch these guys playing with their kites __________________ [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Stan.smugmug.com[/FONT]

Jul-26-2004, 12:55 AM #2
gubbs Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bramley, Hampshire, UK Posts: 3,160	that looks great fun

Jul-26-2004, 06:20 AM #3
wxwax Immoderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 15,430	Stan, I don't remember Cambridge having a beach! Where did you shoot this? Nice action shot. __________________ Sid. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au

Jul-26-2004, 06:50 AM #4
cletus Master of Craposition Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Raytown, MO Posts: 1,905	Woohoo! Power kiting pictures on dgrin Great shot! __________________ The digital grin photography forum's only slack-jawed moderator. ab0wa.smugmug.com Last edited by cletus; Jul-30-2004 at 10:42 AM. Reason: I can't spell

Jul-26-2004, 07:09 AM #5
*DoctorIt* vrooom! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Springfield, MA Posts: 11,940	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 moderator of: The Flea Market [ guidelines ]

Aug-23-2004, 02:39 PM #9
Stan ^OP Major grins Join Date: May 2004 Location: 52.085 -0.095 Posts: 1,073	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 . But at 24" it is sharp enough. The largest size on Smug mog is 2000 PX __________________ [FONT=Comic Sans MS]Stan.smugmug.com[/FONT]

Aug-23-2004, 08:25 PM #10
wxwax Immoderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 15,430	Woo! Stan, that's a terrific shot. Looks like a ballet in the air.... men on puppet strings! That's excellent stuff. __________________ Sid. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au

Aug-23-2004, 11:21 PM #12
gubbs Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bramley, Hampshire, UK Posts: 3,160	That looks like even more fun...excellent shot __________________ gubbs gubbs.smugmug.com

Aug-24-2004, 08:32 AM #13
wxwax Immoderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 15,430	Ya know, it wasn't until after i posted last night that I realized this was a composite... it's the same guy. Doesn't matter though, it's a really compelling image. Nice work, I really like the pattern. __________________ Sid. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au

Aug-25-2004, 07:57 PM #15
Thwack rank camera-teur Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Silly-cone Valley Posts: 486	I've never seen them buggy jumping with the kites, but I have seen lots of surfers using them: 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):


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