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Postby ozimax on Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:34 pm

Spent a couple of hours at McCauley's headland today capturing some of the action from the Coffs Hbr round of the Australasian Billabong Pro Junior titles. Great day, 4-6ft swell and some great young surfers.

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Postby Oscar on Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:41 pm

Cool captures Max. I'm sure those youngsters would love those shots.

Well done.

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Postby Pa on Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:14 pm

great action shots max. i'll have to have another crack at this.

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Postby Geoff on Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:16 pm

Great shots dude :)
I'm sure they'd be happy with them to buy if they saw them!!
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Postby Jeff on Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:43 pm

Great action,well captured.

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Postby cc@t on Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:52 pm

Brilliant captures.
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Postby colin_12 on Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:46 pm

These are great as always Max.
You can feel the spray just looking at them :)
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Postby jethro on Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:38 pm

Max these are your best yet by a mile
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Postby ozimax on Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:19 pm

Thankyou for all the kind comments, it was a sensational day, I was waiting for the pros (eg Fanning, Occi etc) to make an appearance but alas, no success. However, I make have the time to sneak down tomorrow and check out the action again at lunchtime.

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Postby ozimax on Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:30 pm

Just thought I'd mention that these were taken with my trusty old el cheapo Tamron 70-300mm lens. For a dead cheap lens it does a pretty good job IMHO, which is a lesson for anyone new to photography: Don't worry too much about the gear, just go out and start taking photos with what you have. Better stop raving...

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Postby Old Bob on Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:11 pm

I love them Max. There is very little water, where I live and they cool me down just looking at them. How can you take them, without getting wet? Maybe you do. :)
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Postby Pole Line on Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:56 pm

Great shots, awesome spray of the waves and board riders, brings back great memories for me aswell.

Great photos for a 70 - 300mm tamron lens, nice colour and depth of field
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:03 pm

ozimax wrote:Just thought I'd mention that these were taken with my trusty old el cheapo Tamron 70-300mm lens. For a dead cheap lens it does a pretty good job IMHO, which is a lesson for anyone new to photography: Don't worry too much about the gear, just go out and start taking photos with what you have. Better stop raving...

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Very true Max - great pics BTW :)
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Postby Oneputt on Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:40 am

Great work Ozi - love 'em :D
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Postby mark on Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:39 am

These are Awesome Oz.
Love the action you have captured in the 2nd and 3rd.
Great surf shots all of them. :D
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Postby iposiniditos on Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:07 am

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Postby ozimax on Fri Feb 16, 2007 11:12 am

Thanks Mark, yeah I think you're right, #2,3 are the best, I found the actual surfer yesterday and gave him a business card, hopefully he'll order some enlargements! Cheers.
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