Opinions on a northern Indo trip late May/Early June?

@ Six@fifteen, interesting pic avatar. Where'd you get it?

You guys have already been down this road....
http://stokereport.com/rant/progressing-big-wave-tow-surfing?feature=_co...

you talking about Telos? well, get on a boat, land camps suck basically. find a spot. and its NEVER too big in the mentawais. usually the problem is lack of swell. you can always find a nook and cranny to score head high waves even if the swell is pumping.

No worries, just wanting credit where credit is due, and not plagiarized.

And to the bottom feeders, you can't take a joke.

@ Six@fifteen, and if you think you 'can' send me your source file to 'prove' that you too took the same exact picture on the same day in the same position at the same time, I'll still call you the LIAR you are.

There were no other photographers where I was when I took the pic. Thus you're a LIAR!

My suggestion, bring me your memory card, and only then will I retract the fact that you LIED.

Waiting for your "source file," while I'm LMFAO @ U!

But here's a challenge to you @ Six@fifteen; where were you positioned to take the pic, at what time did you take it, single frame or burst, lens size, hand held, tripod, or monopod?

You already have the date, but the exact specifics you cannot come up, thus my challenge to you.

One of my least tolerable characteristics in an individual is lying.

Makai, don't blow out your bypass. Seriously! The ability to continue riding waves is more important than source files. Besides isnt (alleged) imitation the sincerest form of flattery? Surf waves not hospital rooms, that's my motto. Lame as it is.

November 7, 2009

@ Six@fifteen, even an amateur photographer knows angles, and lighting characteristics on the subject. You need to do your homework before you lay claim again to someone else's photo(s).

All that being said, here's a simple non threatening or accusatory critique of that day:

1.) There's no downward angle to the picture, thus no to being shot from "Cliff Ave."
2.) No sun on the front of the wave, thus not "in the morning."
3.) A 300 mm lens would have created a tighter framed shot even 'if' shot up on "Cliff Ave."
4.) And as for your settings, it's on the memory card, or in your words, "source file" you claim to have.

I'm having fun with this, and by no means stressing out, only exposing someone who can't prove their claims. (sorry for the liar call, my bad).

Attached are three shot of the day in question using a Canon DSLR and a 70-200 mm f/2.8 lens. The first picture is shot up on "Cliff Drive," the second shot from only about one to two feet above water level next to the boat ramp at the end of Brighton Ave, and the third, the specific location 'my' picture was taken from.

BTW, all these pics were taken in the afternoon, after 2 P.M.

@King of Kooks, thanks ; - )

For what it's worth, after all the brewhaha that's brewing, I studied both photos very closely and they DO look identical to me. A remarkable coincidence?! Or a simple twist of fate?

Sorry for morphing off the original topic, and I hope that when six@fifteen goes to Indo he has a great time. I'll be in Hawaii "late May/June time frame."

Surf's pretty good, weather is sunny, and all is well in Nor Cal.

Boy, we've all got a little too much time on our hands :)

Verdict: Makai took the picture. Six@fifteen is too embarrassed to admit he swiped the picture. It is blatantly obvious if you look at this comparison.

6@15 is Melvin Clavio?

Guilty!

(but who the hell cares)

It used to be quite common for files with the same name, like say "Bo.jpg," to override another "Bo.jpg" like that. I'd more than once posted a photo.jpg image straight off my phone only to be like zuh? that's not the pic I took.

I hope this settles the issue for good. It's a nice pic and all, but not worth this kind of trouble.

6@15 is Russ Bradley?