Kite Surfer

[Myles]

Bought my first DSLR and took it on a trip to South Africa.

This is my first attempt at sports photography.

These shots were taken on the way down to Cape Aghulas, the southernmost point of Africa.

I struggled to get a good picture as they whipped by - this was my best shot.

Would be grateful for any tips. The sun is glaring excessively off the water. Any way to prevent that or edit it?

[barabe]

I am new to this too but it would be good if you included EXIF info to help.
Maybe a Lower ISO or smaler aparture to let less light in could have done the job.

I like the composition (great action)

Thank you for sharing, it makes me forget the cold weather here.

[AnnetteJ]

That's a great capture, I like the way his arm is raised. I would suggest cropping some off the right as a centrally placed subject can look static and your shot is otherwise very dynamic. I don't mind the blown out highlights in this shot, they seem to work here, maybe one of those examples of the right time to break the rules. It might be beacuse the subject is in silhouette. The sparkling splash is well caught. Good work on a diffcult subject!

[Big Bill]

Great shot,Hope you enjoyed your tripto S Africa,I sailed past Cape Augulas in a raging storm, what a place.

I was recently down at Surfers Paradice Gold Coast Queensland to take a few shots of the kite surfers,as this was my first shoot with kite surfers at a distand I got a few good shots biut the water also seemd to be rather bright.

I however set my camera to auto for the best results.I also found an iso of 200 with a shutter speed of 500 + also gave me some great shots.I think that with the use of a poloroid filter The shots would have been a lot mere acceptable.I use a Sigma 150 to 500 lense with no filter at the moment on a Canon 40D.

Cheers ex S African

[Swisstony10]

I love the composition of that shot!

I reckon a polarising filter would've helped, by reducing some (or most) of the reflection of the sun off the water. It would've made the water look more blue/green too.

If you live near the beach, and you plan on taking regular pictures that involve the sea, then I'd say that a polariser is a must-have...

Russ.