Yep
It's not a wall hanger image, but it is a good, fun image...short of hiding some high speed strobes in the sand and being able to do a hot flash about 1/10 of a second at the end of the shot, thus freezing the person in action, this is probably as good as you can get from the distance you were shooting.
Interesting thought Chris. A lower perspective would help too I think - not a lot lower, just a little. This photo was taken from the balcony of our 6th floor condo/hotel.
Thank you for your comment.
The waves do look attractive and although the whole scene result isn't what you'd hoped for it's certainly good and even inspirational to see a different approach (the helicopter ?) to these short of shots . Most slow shutter speed waves just give a 'silky' look but these are different because of the panning so I'll be keeping an eye on your photos, Brian and of course the CC that you get.
Not bad Brian, but perhaps half whatever the shutter speed was, mainly to get a bit more detail in the person, Chris's idea sounds good for that, if 'not easy'
Perhaps, if a re-shoot could be organised, you could get your model to walk in 'slow motion'?
But whether the weather would co-operate is another matter - nice waves here.
Thanks John. Your comments are encouraging! I was just trying to think outside the box.
Dave - good idea on the slow mo!
In this case the model was just some passerby on the beach one morning. I'll have to get a new model for the next attempt!