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California Surfing
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Taken in Encinitas (D Street), southern California with a Sony H9 at wide aperture and very fast shutter. The shutter speed serves to freeze the motion, but the wide aperture means a shallow depth of field and more critical focusing. In this photo I love the wild water spray, the energy of the surfer and the light reflecting off his wet arms. See my best of California surfing set on flickr. DSC04998.
[...] on the same day and same place (Encinitas) as my previous California Surfing. Again the light reflecting off the surfer’s back is great and so are the skin tones – that [...]