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The Professional
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On the last day of my trip to California last summer, there was a nose-boarding surfing competition in Oceanside. I had my new Tamron 200-500 mm lens with me (although no tripod) and made good use of it taking lots of shots, mostly from the pier. It’s a heavy lens and required a steady hand, so I think all things considered, the results were very good. Trying to get a good shot at 500mm at f6.3 max without a tripod is not easy. This shot was actually at f16 1/500 and 400 ISO, 200 mm. The professional has his huge lens supported on a monopod on a stepladder. This shot processed in Aperture. See my flickr channel here. DSC07546