March 5, 2015 I posted a series of skim board shots from my morning at The Wedge, a famous surfing spot in Newport Beach, California. I snapped a shot of the feet of this body surfer as he was picking up his fins after unfastening and pulling down the top of his wetsuit. Since I was shooting with a 600mm lens this is a real closeup. It is only slightly cropped to remove some of the OOF sand ad the bottom of the image. As I was editing the balance of the images from that morning I ran across this one and wonder what you think. Do you find it as interesting as I do? It is largely as shot.
Nikon D4 600mm ISO500 1/1250 f/7.1 White Balance Auto RAW
Thank you for your comments and feedback. 
Comments
4 commentsThis reminds me, I usually do just the opposite—cut the feet off and show the body!
I think the concept could work if both feet were within an acceptable DOF. The foot on the left is also cut off on the edge of the frame which for me is a negative. I could imagine this working really well with a 100mm lens (or even shorter) to change the perspective and show more of the ocean behind the surfer and achieve the DOF needed.
Patrick, I think this is a very interesting "concept" image. Though I agree with Keith's comments, everything else about this image is very well done. It looks like you had some tough light but you handled very well. The colors look great and where it is in focus, the detail is excellent. It's tough to get the depth of field you with such a long lens in that type of light. Nice job!
As a matter of fact, I do find this interesting, Patrick!
And not just "interesting" because you can't come up with a complement. 
I like the concept, the colours, and the subtle drama of the action you captured of the boarder picking up his fins.
What works for me less well is the left-most foot. It would be better if it were also in focus I think, but for some reason it seems detached from the scene to me somehow. Perhaps just a little more room left, top and right would improve this, which is partially what Keith was thinking I'm guessing. In the end, it's mroe than interesting...it's also a pretty cool journalistic shot that tells a story with great lines, forms and textures (which all make it, well...more interesting!).