Extreme Kiting

[shadytree]

Cars and Photography aren't my only passions. A bit of the old power kiting is good for a buzz.
Twas a lovely crisp day yesterday, so I popped over a local park in Southend and took a few pics of some mates in action.



















>> Edited by shadytree on Monday 3rd October 07:43

[406]

Cracking pictures.

In a word - NUTTERS

Dave

406

[joust]

In the same vein, just 2 miles out to sea

[shadytree]

joust said:

In the same vein, just 2 miles out to sea

Wheren did you take those J ?

[_dobbo_]

Some fantastic action shots here - you've really captured it well. Extreme indeed - i'd crap myself that I was going to blow away! Mind you i'm only a skinny guy so I probably would...

I don't know if it would work because of the amount of movement but have you experimented with some longer shutter speeds / panning shots to see if you can get some blur in the background?

[shadytree]

_dobbo_ said:

I don't know if it would work because of the amount of movement but have you experimented with some longer shutter speeds / panning shots to see if you can get some blur in the background?

Good point. Think I was shooting at 1/500. Next time I'll try and vary the speed. I was going to try lying on the floor with my wide angle, and let them jump over me, but the wind died. Probably a good thing in the end after I thought about it

[bacchus180]

even with a gale force wind behind them.... I don't reckon they would have made it

[joust]

shadytree said:

Wheren did you take those J ?

Solent, between Cowes and Lee-on-the-Solent. You can see Cowes in the background of the first one.

J

>> Edited by joust on Monday 3rd October 13:10

[rhubarb]

I've been reading this forum for ages, but finally I can post some of my own work. Pictures taken a couple of months ago in Shingle Street - Suffolk. I was quite pleased with them, but feel free to comment.

[simpo two]

Great pix rhubarb but your images are filling my living room.

750 pixels wide

[rhubarb]

Ooops, forgot about the 750, now resized

[focused]

Excellent shots Shadytree, joust and rhubarb. Looks like great fun and really lends itself to great images. Thanks for sharing

[Scooby_snax]

I was in Sardinia last week covering the PKRA World Tour regretably there was only 1 day of decent action. Dobbo I experimented with low shutter speeds, panning using a monopod and a Nikon 200-400f4 VR and have (imho) some interesting results.
Will put a few images up tomorrow if I find the time
Steve

[superlightr]

good photos....