Tubing Fun/Big Air
Jun 25, 2018 15:59:29 #
Capturing tubing on the lake is probably a form of sports photography...one of the few I actually attempt (surfers are another.) We launched out onto Lake Anna, VA for a fun Father's Day. I had my 70-300mm lens and 17-55mm lens for my D7200. One of the nice things about this type of sports is that you know all the action is going to happen at a predictable distance...the length of the tow line. I tried the 70-300 first and ended up at 70 mm for all my shots, thinking I was a little too close. Switched to the 17-55 for all of these shots...and wished I had about 65 mm.
These shots are cropped and not as sharp as I would like.
The term for hitting a wake, going airborne and having your legs bend up towards your back is "The Scorpion".
These shots are cropped and not as sharp as I would like.
The term for hitting a wake, going airborne and having your legs bend up towards your back is "The Scorpion".
Really Like the Airborne Drops in the Foreground
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The Scorpion
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Great Air
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Milli-seconds Before the Wipeout
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Jun 25, 2018 16:29:09 #
Dave, looks like fun all the way around. Good work.
--Bob
--Bob
davefales wrote:
Capturing tubing on the lake is probably a form of... (show quote)
Jun 25, 2018 16:39:44 #
rmalarz wrote:
Dave, looks like fun all the way around. Good work.
--Bob
--Bob
Many thanks, Bob. There was a time not too long ago when I might have been on the end of the towline. Nowadays, just the "recorder".
Jun 25, 2018 19:35:00 #
Very fun photos Dave.......I especially like #2 & #3 for the fun action. In #3 the girl on the left has a perfect facial expression to show the intensity of the moment!
Jun 25, 2018 22:55:15 #
BrentHarder wrote:
Very fun photos Dave.......I especially like #2 & #3 for the fun action. In #3 the girl on the left has a perfect facial expression to show the intensity of the moment!
Thanks, Brent - the two ladies are German "au pairs" who had never tubed before. They loved it.
Jun 26, 2018 02:41:07 #
davefales wrote:
Thanks, Brent - the two ladies are German "au pairs" who had never tubed before. They loved it.
That should give the German ladies something to laugh about when they return to Germany! Nice catch at the perfect moments in time.
Jun 26, 2018 08:16:19 #
Jun 26, 2018 08:27:27 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Tubing can also mean a slow, free floating down a lazy flowing river - like the Guadalupe in central Texas.
Stan
Stan
Jun 26, 2018 09:12:38 #
davefales wrote:
Capturing tubing on the lake is probably a form of... (show quote)
Regardless, great action photos, thanks for sharing.....looks like the family had great fun
Jun 26, 2018 10:56:58 #
Jun 26, 2018 11:46:19 #
Really good stuff, lots of action, good story telling sequence. 👌👌👌👌
Jun 26, 2018 12:25:43 #
Nice set! We had a place just around the corner on Lake Caroline for 26 years. I went from slalom skier to pontoon driver in that time.
Jun 26, 2018 13:49:12 #
Jun 26, 2018 13:50:13 #
StanMac wrote:
Tubing can also mean a slow, free floating down a lazy flowing river - like the Guadalupe in central Texas.
Stan
Stan
Absolutely. Maybe this should be called "power tubing." Thanks, Stan
Jun 26, 2018 13:51:33 #
Blaster34 wrote:
Regardless, great action photos, thanks for sharing.....looks like the family had great fun
Lake rats are not surprised by this kind of action, but I suspect there are UHHers who have not seen it before. Many thanks.
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