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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2014, 05:14:48 PM »
Cool thread you started, Creek. Some sweet pics we get from the GP. Only regret I have is not getting one sooner.
I like nose mount looking back. Shows the board, rider, wave, beach, and sky.

I like paddle mount for both front looking back and back looking forward.


And sometimes it'll surprise you w/something different. Like this wipe I took that blew the cam off mount. Luckily I had it leashed/tethered and it held.

« Last Edit: April 10, 2014, 05:22:56 PM by surfercook »
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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #16 on: April 14, 2014, 12:35:03 PM »
I think a great example of how distorted the GoPro angle and view can be is this Peter Mel video at Mavericks…he's riding mountains but you'd never know it…


http://www.redbull.com/en/surfing/stories/1331644628188/peaking-peter-mel-big-wave-surfers-perspective


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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #17 on: April 14, 2014, 03:30:13 PM »
Caribsurf, Thanks for that. The GoPro looks lame and then you see the wave at the horn..Absolutely amazing as he skips down the face. No worries, eh brah!
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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2014, 06:35:41 PM »
Thanks Caribe.... great video to watch while I ate supper! Fun to get inside the ropes.

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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #19 on: April 15, 2014, 02:50:52 PM »
Carib,  That deserves a 'feature' posting itself.  Well done, eh?!  Unlike the usual surf-puff you get from the likes of Quik & Co. this guy seems born of human parents and lives a life like many.  He may not always win a contest but a mensch like him will never finish last. 

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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #20 on: April 15, 2014, 05:20:45 PM »
to Creek's point...sometime a gopro makes a tiny wave look hero...and monsters look tiny.

Heres a day I took the gopro out- knee high at best on the longboard..yet looks so much bigger.





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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #21 on: April 16, 2014, 06:17:44 AM »
NJS,  ...'click to enlarge' this shot.  There are lots of nice, individual elements in this photo.  Good one.

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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #22 on: April 16, 2014, 09:26:26 AM »
Good call Jim... nice shot NJS :D

here is another cool GoPro peculiarity

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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #23 on: April 16, 2014, 10:57:52 AM »
Nice "Foot Tube", Creek. I entered the "Wormhole" the other day.
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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2014, 05:24:16 PM »
Here's an interesting Gopro distortion.  I had finished a paddle session and saw a friend on the beach.  I'm 5'9" standing closest to the board.  Rob, to the right, is actually shorter than me.  Yet he looks like he could play in the NBA.

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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #25 on: April 18, 2014, 05:25:51 PM »
Opps!! Didn't attach the photo.

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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #26 on: April 18, 2014, 11:38:43 PM »
Here are some interesting GoPro chesty harness shots.

The last one has an Easter theme to it.



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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #27 on: April 20, 2014, 09:32:52 AM »
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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #28 on: April 20, 2014, 12:43:58 PM »
A year or so later, and I still love that shot 'Kook!

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Re: GoPro weirdness... lets see your shots
« Reply #29 on: April 20, 2014, 03:51:18 PM »
Nice "Foot Tube", Creek. I entered the "Wormhole" the other day.

Another GoPro wormhole

 


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