Hi all, I just starting taking kite surfing pics at the beaches n local comps but am finding that the glare and reflection on the water after about 2pm almost silhouette's the surfer. Does anyone have any ideas on how to deal with this eg a polaroid filter, angles on the camera when taking pics or otherwise?

now now, don't be so negative. you will get many nature shots
and still water sunsets ect.just looking for a positive

Classic dilemma........

Perhaps a huge lens so that you can zoom right in on the subject on the water and therefore cut out the black glare from the sun over the horizon?

Or did you try changing the angle of shot so you are looking down from height or walk up the beach to take the shot so that your camera lens isn't facing straight into the sun?(need a massive lens for that to compensate for moving further up the beach for that I think). I do this for landscape to help with the glare but don't know if it will work for surf shots.

Im not sure if there is a solution??? Need a photography expert to help with this one.

I have been playing around with a dicapac so I can be in the water with my camera and get different shots....for about $120 it's a cheap way to improve your angle and shoot with the sun behind you.

Polarising filter only works to a certain extent in my attempts- nicer sometimes to embrace the silhouetted kiter shots if your can get some crisp ones.

PS- listen to anything gkram has to say, his photos are some of the best I have seen- there was an amazing spread of some of his favourites in kbm a few issues back

GreenGriff said...

not knowing any thing about cameras cant you get polarised lens ?

A tour guide gave me a tip once about using your sunnies in front of your camera lense (I only have a small pocket type camera). It worked pretty well for what i needed.