Downwinder Stellendam-Hellevoet

Another nice day for a downwinder, with the Naish Glide14, love this board. You have to get used to it but Glides with almost every wave.

Viv dropped me.

The Haringvliet waves can be quite nice to glide especially just before the marina entrance and lighthouse. However I am looking forward to the first downwinder at sea. Hope it will be soon.



And off we go.

Had some pretty nice gusts on my way to Hellevoet. Westerly winds are ideal for this route, sometimes difficult cross waves. Good practice though!

Olympus TG-1 TOUGH (2)



Self portrait taken from the SUP Board

So, I have taken this camera along with me during a Stand Up Paddle small 7,5km downwinder. It was hanging around my neck, to carry it with me but also to be able to point and shoot quickly.
The play after shoot function is now turned off so that the camera is ready directly for the next shot, this is what I like with sports photography. And so the camera was set to Supersport function.


The one thing I am stil looking for is a function were you can lock the focus point. Now the camera has a moving focus point in the screen and this is sometimes the water closer to you then the object further away. Hope I will find this setting.

After the SUP session I shot some of my windsurf mates while swimming in Supersport function with continues shooting. It is almost if you are filming when taking the shots, I like that very much and the results are not bad either.

So far I am very happy with the camera and it defintely allows you to make shots from different angles. Didn't do too much yet with the GPS function. Will try that later.

Close up action

Like this differnt angle

Water studio portrait

What do you think of this water portrait?! The studio is a toy rubberboat upside down with natural light from beneath.
And a super exited model as you can see.

Love this one!

 

Olympus TG-1 TOUGH

First impression of my new camera

Few days back I bought the Olympus TG-1 Tough camera. Why?
- my wife was sick and tired of carrying along the SLR
- I wanted to be able to make photo's out of the water, a different angle.
- This camera is hopefully also kids proof.
- Didn't want to buy a casing for my Nikon D300s yet.

I have used it now two days and so far like it very much. The menu is very extensive and not complicated. Still need to try all settings.

So far I like it very much, I can easily bring it with me on the SUP and try something else.
See a few example pictures a took yesterday and today.



Best photo so far in P mode.




Action with max. 4x optical zoom in sports mode.

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Test bericht

lets see if it works as I want it??





Coming back from a nice session

Biscarosse, lovely water!!