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Originally Posted by Pedro the Fisherman

I have tried the 'cut a hole for the lens' thing when I started, it's terrible! You get back to the car and find you have loads of blurry photos of nothing in particular! You need to see what you are taking, at least the area, if not the subjects. I try and set the camera up on an area and hope someone uses that part of the beach. You can then push the shutter button whilst reading or even looking away from the subjects. The best time is when they return from a swim, as lying down, they are harder to shoot and less flesh is on display. I envy the guys where everyone walks along the shoreline, you could set up and click away all day! Here, the sloping beach and static (apart from swimmimg) nature of the beach users makes it harder.

Anyway, I have waffled (and grumbled) enough for now, so it is time for some photos! I hope these are good enough quality for the 'fussy' members, they were taken using my newer 10mp camera with a 5x optical lens.

As I have said before, it is not possible to get any closer, without risking being caught. These girls were a little suspicious already, as they (not suprisingly) were attracting a fair amount of attention from single men. The guy who will creep into shot later at the bottom right nearly cost the whole shoot. I decided to press on, but he was only a few feet in front of the camera though. It would have been very easy for him to tell the girls what I was up to, had he seen the camera. That is what this sort of stuff is all about, not making sure my photos are pro quality!

Pedro, your contributions to OCC are terrific, please don't let the comments of a few discourage you. Those that have taken pics at the beach and elsewhere before, understand how difficult it can be to not be detected by the subjects - please keep up the great pics, many folks on OCC greatly appreciate and respect your efforts..cheers