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December 27, 2004

I saw these guys surfing at the Jersey shore over Christmas and got to test out the new lense Santa brought me. (I wish he bought it!) This shot was with the 1.4x converter and is a 100% crop of the original. More photos can be seen HERE. Temperature was in 20s (F) with a steady 10-15mph wind coming from shore. It kept the spray off my lense.

This was frame 7501 for my D70. Click HERE to see frame 7500, which was taken .4s before this one.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 300mm f/4 ED-IF AF-S,w/TC-E 1.4x
1/800s f/8.0 at 420.0mm iso200 full exif

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Guest 15-Jan-2005 08:54
fantastic action shot
Jvan Photography01-Jan-2005 21:56
This is a nice shot...I wonder if he was trying out a new board he got for christmas :-)
Guest 31-Dec-2004 21:37
Awesome... both shots!! I got all confused though when I first looked at this... I thought you went to Jersey... then I read the comment and realized that's where it was. Didn't know they surfed like that there, especially not in December!
virginiacoastline31-Dec-2004 19:06
If you were visiting JHR, I'd expect to see cool surfing fotos . .but JERSEY!!! That HAD to be freezing! Not only to surf but to capture! kudos to your frosty stamina! and an amazing foto with your Santa lens =]
Ray :)31-Dec-2004 18:39
Whoosh! That's terrific.
Robin Reid31-Dec-2004 16:59
I know you have had mixed feelings about the PaD experience, but I'll be sorry to see you go. Often your shots are really grabbers that tell an excellent story. So come 2005 I hope you at least post some of the time.
Robin Reid31-Dec-2004 16:57
Really outstanding. And (blush) I didn't realize people surfed on the east coast.
katwilkens31-Dec-2004 14:02
Beautiful composition & action!
Herb 31-Dec-2004 13:34
Great action shot.
Gilles Navet31-Dec-2004 09:17
Great "action" pic here Mark
Very dynamic, and technical well done
Gilles
Bill Miller31-Dec-2004 09:08
Great photo and congratulations on that new lens.....
Guest 31-Dec-2004 06:10
Great action shot !