2 Superman shots
Oct 21, 2016 11:19:57 #
BrentHarder wrote:
Well? What did you expect? They are flying, right???!!!?!?!
Cool captures Bernt
Oct 21, 2016 11:37:16 #
Nice captures. You should try photoshopping the tethers out of the shots. Then they would really look like they're flying! 
Oct 21, 2016 11:42:58 #
BrentHarder wrote:
Well? What did you expect? They are flying, right???!!!?!?!
I think that is going to hurt when they hit the water. Great shots!
Swede
Oct 21, 2016 13:06:53 #
Oct 21, 2016 14:25:31 #
BrentHarder wrote:
Well? What did you expect? They are flying, right???!!!?!?!
As always Brent... excellent.
Oct 21, 2016 14:56:12 #
Taller, speedier and able to stop a bullet (or fast camera). Great captures. You sure have fun making fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing them with me.
Oct 21, 2016 16:09:39 #
GWR100 wrote:
Brilliant captures Brent,
Geoff
Geoff
Thanks so very much Geoff!
Oct 21, 2016 16:15:34 #
Leicaflex wrote:
Two good action packed photographs.
Nicely timed.
Well taken.
Nicely timed.
Well taken.
Thanks again Leicaflex for the very positive remarks about these two photos!
Oct 21, 2016 16:23:27 #
Tom DePuy wrote:
Looks like the Olympic diving team tried to take up surfing...great shots
Hahahahahaha......very good Tom! I love it! These guys are probably going to end up doing belly flops though! lol
Oct 21, 2016 16:27:57 #
Irvingite Charles wrote:
Thanks so very much Charles for the two thumbs up!
Oct 21, 2016 16:30:46 #
Goober wrote:
Great action shots Brent! I always look forward to your posts. Your surfing experience pays off in capturing just the right moment to hit the shutter release. Thanks for posting.
Thank you Goober for all the nice things you have said about these two photos. You are so very right about my surfing experience paying off pertaining to knowing the exact moment to hit the shutter release. With the modern DSLR cameras it also helps being able to shoot multiple frames per second. I delete a lot of photos but it helps increase the chance of a good shot along the way!
Oct 21, 2016 16:34:59 #
Treepusher wrote:
Very cool, Brent! Nice work!!!
Thanks again Treepusher for saying such nice things about these two photos! I appreciate it.
Oct 21, 2016 16:42:14 #
grillmaster5062 wrote:
Great shots. Perfect timing. Fails are always more interesting to the viewer when it comes to surfing.
Well grillmaster, I'm not so sure if I agree with you about the fails being more interesting than the other surfing photos to the viewer or not, (at least not to me) but the fails do have some very interesting visual impact that is for sure! Thanks for the "Great shots. Perfect timing." comments about the photos, I appreciate it.
Oct 21, 2016 16:59:03 #
AzPicLady wrote:
These are great, Brent. But I'll show my ignorance of surfing here by asking some questions. Did they do this deliberately? Or were these accidental disengagements? Is the cord tying them to their board so they don't lose it? Do they come down in the water, or actually come back down onto their board? (If so, that would be truly an acrobatic action!)
It's ok to show your ignorance AzPicLady.......you live in Arizona! Not to much surf going on there! You have a great excuse! To answer your questions:
1. Yes, they do it deliberately.......it's called "kicking out". Sometimes they can exit the wave sooner and not go "flying". These two guys are flying because they waited till the last possible moment to kick out.
2. They were not accidental.
3. Yes, the cord attached to their ankle is called a "surf leash" and it's so if they loose their board, they don't have to swim all the way to the beach to retrieve their board.
4. The surfers usually try to stay as far away from their boards for safety reasons while "kicking out", but sometimes they purposely launch themselves with their board in the air and try to land it again and keep surfing. In contests, that usually scores big points.
5. The pro surfers have perfected launching themselves with their boards and then landing back on the wave again. They are very skilled and make an acrobatic action like that appear very easy, but it's very difficult. It's like any good athlete in their particular sport, they make it look easy, but it's really years of perfecting what they do.
Oct 21, 2016 17:04:39 #
Carolina Wings wrote:
Cool captures Bernt
Thanks very much Carolina Wings for checking this out and your nice comments too!
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