This is the first and only really decent pic I got to take with my new Pentax Optio WP. I have two other pictures that turned out, but one is so blurred that it’s not worth showing it. This camera is great, but it needs a lot of light and the only two times I gotten to take it out, it was raining and the clouds were black. The camera also needs to be set on the ‘action’ setting which gives it a faster shutter speed but at the expense of megapixels.
I’m learning how to hold the camera, jockey my board into position, dodge the incoming wave and take the shot of the surfer dropping down the face. This is proving to be quite difficult, never mind actually taking pictures of myself standing up on a wave, which isn’t going to happen anytime soon. although i did have dreams. I’m torn between wanting to take photos and wanting to grab any wave i can. The next time I go out, i’ll bring fins and swim out to the line-up. All the kids out there, laugh at me and my submersible camera, most of ‘em can’t believe it. The Pentax rocks.
nice job with the new camera! i wanted to go to sayulita when i was in vallarta, but just couldn’t fit it in before i had to leave. my friends went after i left, though, and loved it. next time, this girl will surf.
here’s hoping you and marcia have a good trip to the east coast.
amyjoy