The SEQ "endless photos" thread

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Haircut
Haircut
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31 May 2008 11:05pm
I'll stick any photos I've taken from SEQ in here. - I'd add them to the photos section but unfortunately seabreeze slaughters the quality of them, so I've stuck them on an external website

The Train 30-5-08

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The Train 31-5-08

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md74
md74
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31 May 2008 11:47pm
awesome work hc! very unselfish of you to devote your time to pamper the ego's of others, good work mate :)
Haircut
Haircut
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1 Jun 2008 12:16am
thanks alot MD, I enjoy taking them so it's no chore
stribo
stribo
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1 Jun 2008 3:11am
LOL!!! I see you Captain Kirk.......
Gestalt
Gestalt
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1 Jun 2008 8:52am
stribo said...

LOL!!! I see you Captain Kirk.......


and he is on a shortboard....
gregwed
gregwed
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1 Jun 2008 11:09am
Nice work Haircut, enjoyed your work!
What camera and lens if you don't mind me asking.
I am in the hunt for a Canon 450D and 17-85mm lens at the mement.
Cheers Greg W
Haircut
Haircut
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1 Jun 2008 7:26pm
howdy - these ones were with canon 40d and canon 100-400 L IS USM
evlPanda
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1 Jun 2008 9:12pm
Great photos!

That 400mm really packs a punch. You can almost make out the model of the cars over at Narrowneck. I'm not even sure you can see cars at Narrowneck from the beach. It almost makes "The Train" unrecognisable.

Are they cropped at all?
Are you taking handheld with such a long lens?
Haircut
Haircut
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1 Jun 2008 10:07pm
heya Ep - some were cropped. yes u can hand hold it at full zoom, but it gets tiring. I've been using a monopod
greenleader
greenleader
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2 Jun 2008 12:15am
who owns the castle in the background?
md74
md74
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2 Jun 2008 9:42pm
that would be my new trailer to carry my plethorea of equipment as required for windsurfing the train.
mikey100
mikey100
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6 Jun 2008 7:40am
Hey haircut- nice pics. Where is it? Is that Seaworld in the background- havent been down that way in many years.
And is that Phillip Knott with the PH on the sail.....sailing, 'hook up'....havent seen that in years also!
Haircut
Haircut
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6 Jun 2008 10:32am
yep - seaworld, Phil, upside down hook

u sailing this weekend?

p.s - i'm sorry about the filesize of each pic. they should all have been around 150k but tinypic website has upped them to 500k or so. i've sussed out how to get around it now
evlPanda
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6 Jun 2008 10:41am
Should we send this thread off to Gold Coast City Council, say "Hey look, we use this area a lot. Please don't stuff it up with boat ramps, jetties and netted off swimming areas. This is how many people use it on a Friday instead of going to work"?

I mean really, we are definately the most numerous and regular users of that little area.
Gestalt
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6 Jun 2008 9:31pm
hey haircut,

i am really liking those last 2.....

have you done some post processing to get the wake and the water coming off the loop to go like that or was it the original?

cheers.
Gestalt
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6 Jun 2008 10:40pm
ok mate,

fess up? how did you do that?
evlPanda
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6 Jun 2008 11:04pm
Gestalt said...

ok mate,

fess up? how did you do that?


Shutter speed - a longer, slower one. You track the object, which stays relatively still, and the background blurs.

Essential for creating movement in your images.

(and you thought to use a super fast shutter speed all the time)

Gestalt
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7 Jun 2008 12:56am
i'm not sure mate.

it's the loop image that made me ask.

the aperture in the image isn't balanced. ie. the depth of field varies in different parts of the image.

but i am not suggesting the photos are not superb. a darkroom is a darkroom after all.

Haircut
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7 Jun 2008 10:17pm

Shearwater 7-6-08















i think i'll leave it at that for this thread, otherwise it's going to take a year just to view it
chairman
chairman
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7 Jun 2008 8:29pm
A year well spent
starboarder
starboarder
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8 Jun 2008 7:56pm
Hello haircut,

your sail have no JP sticker on the other side... I guess it would read PJ no?

Cool moves i salute you.
Bender
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9 Jun 2008 10:36pm
G'day fella'S nice lot of photo's.

I am not having a crack, just curious. But alot of sailors have their booms very low(bottom of the sail cut out)
Any reason for this


swoosh
swoosh
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10 Jun 2008 2:56am
I think its mostly the slalom/speed guys that run booms very low, I remember reading somewhere that low boom = more power, or something like that, doesn't make much sense to me either really.

I personally run my boom less then a fists width from the top of my cutout, used to sail with it in the middle of the cutout, but after bumping it up a little bit a few months back haven't turned back. I don't sail slalom/speed gear thou.

Gestalt
Gestalt
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11 Jun 2008 11:09pm
more of the man behind the camera behind the sail.... what do you call this move?

sequence is read, right to left on top and bottom lines
Haircut
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12 Jun 2008 12:01am


ty gestalt. thats terrific of u
Gestalt
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12 Jun 2008 12:24am
no worries, you've spent hours videoing and photographing all of the crew in SEQ so it's only right you get something back.

evlPanda
evlPanda
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12 Jun 2008 12:43pm
Awesome sequence compilation! Is that the new cam? How many frames/sec can that thing do in burst?

(Is there a single photo of haircut not backwards or upside-down?)
Gestalt
Gestalt
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12 Jun 2008 6:51pm
evlPanda said...

Awesome sequence compilation! Is that the new cam? How many frames/sec can that thing do in burst?

(Is there a single photo of haircut not backwards or upside-down?)


yes, that's the new cam.

at 6.5 frames per second i reckon it took haircut about 3.5 seconds. puts it into perspective.

i have some of hairy sailing in a straight line. but it's very rare....
Haircut
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19 Jun 2008 10:15pm
weekend is looking up
vando
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19 Jun 2008 10:26pm
Haircut said...

weekend is looking up


Yep Sat morning Wello
elizabethb
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20 Jun 2008 1:57am
vando said...

Haircut said...

weekend is looking up


Yep Sat morning Wello


nnnawwww felllllass!
I have a 70%, 3 hour exam at 8:30am Saturday!

Wind... What wind!...

Report back to me how good the sesh was! arvo is no-good with the tide... but I might be desperate enough.. or wait till sunday! =]
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