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A well earned beer!

One of Taj Burrows winning rides

Taj Burrow won the Quiksilver Pro at Snapper Rocks today in 3-4ft onshore conditions. In the final with him was Jordy Smith just missing out on the tital with a broken board!!

The Pass, Byron

I Had a week up the Coast this week with me old man and his lady. The first few days the surf and weather was bad but today it finally broke and we got some sunshine and a little spike in the swell. The Pass at Byron was the best option for shooting with Dave “Rasta” rastovich and Antony Walsh in the lineup so I shot from the beach with the 600mm lens to start with before going for a swim with the water housing. Typically the lineup at The Pass was rammed with every type of water craft going and the sweep current was very unforgiving, it helps to burn off the beer calories!!!

Guy from Cronulla

Beautiful light and clean, fun surfing conditions today at The Park so I went for a swim with my new fisheye lens for a bit of experimentation with camera settings etc. I managed to snag a couple of shots I was kinda happy with - and here they are. The random guy from Cronulla that was chatting to me (sorry didn’t get your name) - yes this shot is you!!

This lil’ fella was sunning himself next to Stanwell Park south end lagoon this morning.

Nikon D200

Nikon 300mm F2.8

Water Dragon 1/800th @ F5.6 Iso 400

Better than Stany today

Wave dodger

The waves were looking a little ordinary at best in Stanwell Park today with what remains of the large east swell we just had. The wind was from the south so I headed down toward the south coast were i knew a few north facing spots would be on - and they were!!

Watussi - Roots & Reggae

Jam Sesh

A couple of shots here from a jam session and beers at Bret’s house with Mika, Shelly, Rach & Emma followed by a Watussi gig down at CWA hall in Stanwell Park.

Another one bites the dust!!

I broke out the 600mm lens for an airing today, it’s been a while since I’ve shot with it and as there were a few small waves around what the hell. This is a shot of Bret Walkers 5′3″ getget fish which lasted about 2 minutes in the water today. Thats what you getget for no stringer!!

Sydney Opera House

I went into the big smoke today - Sydney - just for a walk around to get a few shots as I wanted to try a photographic technique call HDR - High Dynamic Range. It’s basically merging several images taken on different exposures to  achieve as much detail in the shot as possiblewithout burnt out highlights or overly dark shadow areas. These pics are my first attempt.

The total lack of swell has meant more spearfishing, the clarity of the water right now is awesome though. Bret and a poor drummer fish. We barbecued this one with lemon and pepper, very tasty!!

More spearfishing