Well, almost a two page spread. The right third of the image shares the page with the table of contents but I'm not complaining. I'm finally getting paid for my pictures with paychecks instead of kitesurfing gear. This is the first of two shots that Kitworld Magazine used in their latest issue. This is actually the second issue that contains shots that I am now getting paid for. After I was asked for the original shot that the magazine had heard about from a contributing writer, they provided me a username and password to their FTP site so that I can upload loads of images for them to pick from. They used one of them for a full page in the previous issue.
The shot is very similiar to this one that I uploaded last month:
Both of these were taken the morning of the 60 mile Jupiter to Fort Lauderdale Downwind Kiteboarding Race. The guy on the beach setting up his rig is Ken, a friend of mine that is in many of my shots.
The image was processed with Nikon Capture NX, HDR in Photomatix, and finished with CS2. I love the flexibility that the combination of these three programs gives me in getting the most out of the original capture.
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