hello everyone,

i spent the new year with my wife's family in pili, bicol. around 10 minutes from their house is the camarines sur watersports complex - home of one of the first cable wakeboarding here in asia.

it was january 30, and we arrived at around 5 in the afternoon. the sun was already low in the horizon and the sky is very much cloudy. but, having my dslr in hand, i decided i cannot pass up this opportunity to shoot some pictures.

here's the output... enjoy!

e-500
40-150mm zuiko lens
shot at 150mm
1/200
f4.5
iso 1000
resized but unedited


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/342080248_6f3d14e186.jpg


http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/342117284_7e66d6c47b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/137/342117278_105238b067.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/124/342117276_361b7ed2f0.jpg

more can be found here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/68026625@N00/sets/72157594453619837/

enjoy!

whoa. another Oly user...I havent tried using mine with Sports!

show us more bro!

great set ryan. i like the first one.

photos 1 and 2 would have been better if the wakeboarder was facing the camera or if you were on the other side of the lake. photo 1 has nice DOF though.

the background somehow distracts me. is the background like this all around the lake? maybe in your next shoot, try going lower to give more definition to the height of the wakeboarder (but not omitting the water) and maybe use a narrow DOF.

thanks for sharing!

thank you sirs for all the comments.

sir red, i was shooting beside another photographer with a 20d and a long white lens. as he was shooting, i could hear smooth 3 frame bursts. with my oly, i can only manage a shot-short stop-shot-shot. so, i gave up on the burst mode and shot only single frames. the oly is quite slow to focus, which forced me to use the center af point only.

but still, i think my oly performed ok. there's not much noise with iso 1000, and my pictures are comparable to the one's posted on the venue's walls.

sir leni, i concur with your comments. the background really sucks. the sports complex is located within a compound and besides a subdivision. that's why you see houses on the background. i would've moved to shoot at another angle but then my position is where the steepest romp is located. also, there is an island at the center of the lake, but i have no way of getting there. sigh, how i wish they fix the venue a little.

i'll be going back there this summer, hopefully, the weather will be better and i'll scout the place more for other shooting locations.

thank you again for your comments and keep em comming!

mr. flores, i'll be visiting my mom in camarines sur. do you have the coordinates of this watersports venue? :-), just kidding. i know the place. di lang ako nakauwi nung october for the first ever cable wakeboarding competition. sayang!

sigurado kitang-kita ang mt. isarog dyan.

grabe, hanggang ngayon nakablock pa rin ang photos from flickr.com dito sa saudi. di ko pa rin sila makita.

ryan, papose naman ng hindi link to flickr ang photos. :-) di ko kita e. hehehe. or email mo ko ng ilang pics. thanks.

sir yuri, sa may capitol sya. dun sa compound dun governor's office.

thanks ryan. dadaanan natin yan paguwi ng matuto kahit konti ng water skiing. :-)

ryan, based on your posted photos seems very focus i didnt noticed much noise. I read somewhere that it is better to shoot one single shot than spray and pray, I always use Spot metering always, besides our 40-150mm is not enough to get a closer compo which will help to blur the backround.

but its all good!

photos 1 and 2 would have been better if the wakeboarder was facing the camera or if you were on the other side of the lake. photo 1 has nice DOF though.


Decided to quote this since it's exactly what I wanted to say. :)

Decided to quote this since it's exactly what I wanted to say. :)

ok, ito din ang gusto kong iparating. pero-pero, marami akong likod, walang ulo, puro paa lang, walang bola etcetera ng mga athletes at extremists (extreme sports athletes :-) ). karamihan ng shots natin e yung mga reactions nila lalo na kapag pansarili mo ang mga images na ito. syempre pag assignment na e ibang usapan, kung anong gusto ng photo editor. :-)

yung spray & pray. totoo yan. maraming sumasablay. for about 35-40 na continuous shots e baka wala o isa lang ang makita mong kaaya-aya. pero ang point doon nila (sabay ganun). mas lamang ka kung marami kang SPRAY. dahil paano kung hindi na uulit yung player na yun sa pagtalon? at hindi mo natsempuhan sa SINGLE shot? parang assault sa Counter_Strike. depende sa lugar ng RAID kung assault ang gagamitin or single-shot rifle or mixed. :-)

yung MIXED naman e hangga't maaari meron kang backup naman ng camera particularly sa sport events.

yung LUGAR ng RAID e equivalent sya sa SPORT na kukunan mo. at least may idea ka kung paano ito nilalaro.