Surf's up! Contribute surf photography please!

hrstrat57

Senior Member
I didn't see a surfing thread so since Point Judith was firing last couple days here in lil Rhody thought I would start one!!

Please contribute some surfalogy! A special thanks to Hurricane Cristobal for the "swell" wave action!

All pics taken either Nikon D700 or D300 with Nikon 70-300 AF VR f4.5/5.6

Processed Nikon capture NX-D.

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hrstrat57

Senior Member
OK I will do a few more to get us going!!

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Next year I ride every day and I am going to surf like this guy on my mini mal! Ha ha!

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Please post up your surf pics!
 

hrstrat57

Senior Member
Nice!!! I like it. What are the water temps there? I'm seeing a mixture of fulls, shorties and skins

About 70 PapaST...as you can see a lot of double breaks and quick intervals....folks who couldn't pop up were getting hammered and didn't last long or became floating spectators.

Cristobal was firing, still going on but I don't think I can get back down there, much better light in the afternoon, it was pretty challenging to get good images.....
One pro photog sporting a couple of F4's and a 70-200 f2.8 VR and a 400 told me he was done and quit...he said light sucks.

If I take the time to show up I keep shooting ha ha...no quit in this old dog!! Plus I have Nikon capture NX-D to clean up the mess when I get home!
 

hrstrat57

Senior Member
One more, the most important thing, scope it before you drop in!! (the rock garden thing is a recent Rhode Island fav, they are all over Narragansett, especially at the Pier up the road a bit....also a hot surf spot, tho usually more tame, I have pics from Narragansett Beach, will post some soon after I hunt them down....or take new ones!

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Blacktop

Senior Member
Please post your Nikon surf photography......

:cool:

Sorry, I live in Redneck country.;) Lots of rivers and lakes here. Some water skiing is about all you're getting around here. However there is some surfing that goes on around here. LOL


BTW. I love how you're mixing it up with the 700 and the 300. Looks like that combo is working out for you real well.
 
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hrstrat57

Senior Member
Ha ha ha!!!

re the D300 she is still a killer pc of kit. The extra reach is real nice - in bright light she is still going to get a lot of clicks! At the rate I am shooting the D700 it won't last long. 300 more shots this morning!!

I am loving how the images from both cameras respond to processing via Nikon capture NX-D freeware !
 

Blacktop

Senior Member
I don't mean to get off topic but I have to ask. What is the main difference that you see between the 2 cameras, now that you had your 700 for a little while?
 

hrstrat57

Senior Member
I don't mean to get off topic but I have to ask. What is the main difference that you see between the 2 cameras, now that you had your 700 for a little while?

Other than the D700 being full frame and having way better high ISO performance it is the same camera. Same exact handling and functions - just a couple of relocated buttons.

I could not be happier, all my camera wishes have come true.
 

hrstrat57

Senior Member
Couple more from yesterday AM Cristobal swells

Three more from yesterday, trying to head back out today to catch some remnant shots....D300 loaded up with fresh card and vertical grip, 70-300 VR strapped on.

No posts from the left coast yesterday? No Nikonites out taking pics? Hard to believe c'mon post up some surfing pics! Not interested in a personal hrstrat57 thread!!!!


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hrstrat57

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scraps

Surfing is a funny game, nice south facing scraps to be had but hardly anybody out. Guess all the vacation days are used up! What is better fighting hundreds of surfers for a wave on an epic day or grabbing all the leftovers you can eat the next day?

Just a couple, Coast Guard station closed again to john q. public so these are long shots. If the gates are open close action from south facing exposure can be had like yesterday. Easterly facing where I can get close action nobody was out, breaking close to the rocks....no good.

Party over for now. Will post some Narragansett town beach surfing lesson pics when I can get out.....

D300 today with MB-D10 and 70-300 VR....Nikon capture NX-D processing white balance to direct sunlight/crop/and vivid....

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hrstrat57

Senior Member
Few more from day before the Cristobal big swell

Nikon D300 this set....capture NX-D processing.
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sonicbuffalo_RIP

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@hrstrat57 - Great surfing pictures....wishing I had some to contribute by currently not at the beach or near one. Will be in less than a month though. Going to the Caribbean if we don't get popped by a Hurricane the last week of September. Keep on posting them Spicoli!
 

hrstrat57

Senior Member
@hrstrat57 - Great surfing pictures....wishing I had some to contribute by currently not at the beach or near one. Will be in less than a month though. Going to the Caribbean if we don't get popped by a Hurricane the last week of September. Keep on posting them Spicoli!

Thanks @sonicbuffalo look forward to seeing your shots!!! FWIW have another surfing set from earlier this summer in my D700 thread...
 

hrstrat57

Senior Member
Guess I have to post a few more.....

.....in an attempt to get this puppy moving!!! All snaps Cristobal swell Point Judith Lighthouse last month Nikon D700 / 70-300 AF VR processed NX-D raw.




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