Nice shot

QUOTE (wes @ November 08, 2007 05:22 pm)

dennys finest...ha ha

Thats one way to do a cruciate!

good aul progressive shortboarding

surfing

QUOTE (mpb @ November 08, 2007 05:19 pm)

Does anyone have advice on which camera settings are more likely to provide a good quality picture, no doubt it varies slightly from camera to camera and lighting conditons, but there must be some generic ideal settings ?.

Sorry to get all photo-nerdy here.

Most cheap lenses are pretty soft when they're wide open, so you have to stop them down a bit to get a sharper shot.
I'd use f/8.0 on a cheap lens like the one I have and adjust the ISO so that I get a shutter speed of around 1/1250 or quicker. On a DSLR you don't really need to worry about going to ISO 800 as they still perform pretty well there.

If you get yourself a good DSLR with a good lens you can shoot wide open and still get pretty sharp shots. If I had a Canon 70-200 f/2.8 I'd be shooting at f/2.8 all the time. You could bump down the ISO and still get a respectable shutter speed with that lens.
Alas I don't have 1500 squids to spend on a lens though.

If you just want to snap away and aren't too bothered about Depth of Field or sharpness then just put it on Auto.

QUOTE (mpb @ November 08, 2007 05:19 pm)

As for surfing partners, I think the positive benifits outweigh the loss of the surf photog longboardirl/surfing.gif

Thats a fact

turns out to be a fake though:

http://www.pacificlongboarder.com/news.asp?id=829&category=1

QUOTE (mpb @ November 08, 2007 05:07 pm)

QUOTE (Enygma @ November 08, 2007 04:49 pm)

Here's one of sponger dragging his sausage on a triple-over-arse wave:

sorry sponger, i didnt realise it was you, did you have a haircut and a shave recently?

Who else would John, Pete and Moss have in that part of the country with a bodyboard

No bother, the hair and beard come and go depending on job situation - Ill prob be lookin for a new one soon! Twasn't the best of sizes for me, thought it would be bigger, perfect conditions for you 3 that day

get a room........

QUOTE (herbie @ November 09, 2007 10:14 am)

get a room........

QUOTE (sponger @ November 09, 2007 09:41 am)

QUOTE (mpb @ November 08, 2007 05:07 pm)

QUOTE (Enygma @ November 08, 2007 04:49 pm)

Here's one of sponger dragging his sausage on a triple-over-arse wave:

sorry sponger, i didnt realise it was you, did you have a haircut and a shave recently?

Who else would John, Pete and Moss have in that part of the country with a bodyboard

No bother, the hair and beard come and go depending on job situation - Ill prob be lookin for a new one soon! Twasn't the best of sizes for me, thought it would be bigger, perfect conditions for you 3 that day

Myself and Herbie had discussed the possibility, but going up to a sponger and saying sponger might not go down to well!.

Thats some room!

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nice little wipout pic of meself

im in there somewhere

QUOTE (doylers @ November 09, 2007 10:59 am)

nice little wipout pic of meself

looks like a full on washing machine spin cycle is about to take place

QUOTE (doylers @ November 09, 2007 10:59 am)

nice little wipout pic of meself

Nasty but great pic! I hope you can't see bottom as you look down at where your going to land!

Mr. Blackwell taking it in the ass at Darina's

seing as there is some wipeouts, NW a couple of weekends ago, spot the guy trying to paddle throught the wave ? He is very good at back flips