Surfing - Please critique

[eric_nelson]

How do you feel about the composition of the photo and the use of black & white? Thanks for your comments!



Camera: Nikon D60
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1000)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 200 mm

[ericw]

I like the use of black & white.. gives it an old school feel and lots of texture. Composition: it feels like your shooting down on top of him. I think you'd like a little more room above him (as your cropping his head a bit) and to include more of the wave - if you had done this think of how sick it would be. I think that's all it would've taken to make this a really incredible photo. How did you take this? In the water? On a boat or jet ski or somethign?

[eric_nelson]

Thanks Eric, great feedback....I actually took this shot from a pier in Huntington Beach, CA.

[WooD]

I really like it. Love the old school look. I agree about the crop, I wouldn't take anything off, but it would have been better if you could had more to the top of the image.

Still a nice capture.

[Art]

Great old school pic, I agree with all the above mentioned and for the hair cut of the surfer, from 50's or 60's
Art

[barabe]

Real nice classic shot with the long board, i love it, too bad for the top of the head crop.

[Mollman]

aside from the head crop it is great. i like to use black and white for surf on stormy days to get rid of all the grays but i really like the shot.