Critique Welcomed A Surfer's Journey

[Brian Moore]

I shot these images from the pier. There were a lot of people shooting pictures of the surfers that day. My 28mm lens looked a puny weakling compared to the bazookas most everyone else was using.

Olympus OM-2n and Olympus Zuiko 28/3.5 with Ilford FP4+ processed in Rodinal.

 

[Pete Askew]

Ah, but yours have a sense of scale. Love the central one with the boiling water and the placement of the surfer in the first.

 

[Brian Moore]

Ah, but yours have a sense of scale. Love the central one with the boiling water and the placement of the surfer in the first.

Thank you, Pete.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Three braw shots, laddie! Love them all. I especially love the horizon in the first

 

[Brian Moore]

Three braw shots, laddie! Love them all. I especially love the horizon in the first

Shhhh! Don't mention that horizon, Rob. I don't want the Horizon Police haranguing me. (Surprised I made it this far without rebuke.) But thank you for the comments, Rob. Much appreciated.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I think, (there I go boasting again ), that you have done a great series. One that shows the show, next one with leading lines and a centre point that catches my eyes and the last one where he is hardly noticed among the chaos of waves. Just lovely way of doing it Brian. It's not always the size that matters, evidently.

 

[Pete Askew]

Shhhh! Don't mention that horizon, Rob. I don't want the Horizon Police haranguing me. (Surprised I made it this far without rebuke.) But thank you for the comments, Rob. Much appreciated.

Dawn raids. I'm saying nothing more.

 

[Brian Moore]

I think, (there I go boasting again ), that you have done a great series. One that shows the show, next one with leading lines and a centre point that catches my eyes and the last one where he is hardly noticed among the chaos of waves. Just lovely way of doing it Brian. It's not always the size that matters, evidently.

That's very nice of you to say Ivar. Much appreciated.

 

[Brian Moore]

Dawn raids. I'm saying nothing more.

Uh-oh! I'll be sleeping with one eye open henceforward.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

When the second image here came up on Flickr, I read it as a tiny wave which you were standing in and took a shot as it passed, then saw the surfer, so i got the experience of two for one .
I'd say the horizon is so far away on the first it is the curvature of the earth

 

[Brian Moore]

When the second image here came up on Flickr, I read it as a tiny wave which you were standing in and took a shot as it passed, then saw the surfer, so i got the experience of two for one .
I'd say the horizon is so far away on the first it is the curvature of the earth

Yeah,...that's it. It's the curvature of the earth! Yeah,...that what I shot: the curvature of the earth!

Thanks, Julian. Glad you liked the second shot a second time. Indeed, I never thought of it like you did. I can see how it may appear like I am standing in the surf. That gives me a new perspective, too.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Yeah,...that's it. It's the curvature of the earth! Yeah,...that what I shot: the curvature of the earth!

Thanks, Julian. Glad you liked the second shot a second time. Indeed, I never thought of it like you did. I can see how it may appear like I am standing in the surf. That gives me a new perspective, too.

I hate to be a kill joy, but Brian isn't that the horizon curved by the 28mm wide angle

 

[Brian Moore]

I hate to be a kill joy, but Brian isn't that the horizon curved by the 28mm wide angle

I think you've put your viking helmet on upside down once too often Ivar! Nothing's wrong with my horizon!

 

[Douglas McMann]

Have to agree with Pete, that second one is a cracker, certainly gives a sense of scale...

 

[Kev Pugh]

I think all those with 'Big' lenses would have missed the trick Brian, scale and action from so many differing view points that work nicely for me...a 'prime' example of getting more into the shot...

 

[Steve Boykin]

But the 28 is so much more interesting. I really like the diagonal surf one and the last shot has a wonderful abstract quality. Beautiful tones on that one. The first one is classic. So much more to see than a zoom shot. Love the light reflected on the water running parallel to the pier!!!

 

[Brian Moore]

Have to agree with Pete, that second one is a cracker, certainly gives a sense of scale...

Thanks, Dougie.

I think all those with 'Big' lenses would have missed the trick Brian, scale and action from so many differing view points that work nicely for me...a 'prime' example of getting more into the shot...

Appreciated, Kev. Thanks.

But the 28 is so much more interesting. I really like the diagonal surf one and the last shot has a wonderful abstract quality. Beautiful tones on that one. The first one is classic. So much more to see than a zoom shot. Love the light reflected on the water running parallel to the pier!!!

Thanks a lot, Steve.