Thanks Boris. It was great fun, particularly as the sound of the drum is delayed because of the viewing distance. Makes the paddling seem totally out of sync!
The GESO link should have been: http://mail.bluebottle.com/webmail/util/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fsupera1000%2F2007WorldDragonBoatRacingChampionshipWesternSydney%3Fauthkey%3DdGgPuZ6ohwU&Session=ds26tc8i4t6qr45r8qf6sv1up2 Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Some serious paddling... > > Fascinating indeed. I never though a whole drum could be mounted on > to > the boat such as this... > > Thanks for sharing. > > Boris > > > Brian Walters wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I caught up with the 2007 World Dragon Boat Racing Championships > over the weekend. The event was held at the International Regatta > Centre in western Sydney, only about 10 minutes down the road. > > > > I'd never seen dragon boats before. This is truly crazy stuff, > but looks like a heap of fun - 22 paddlers, one drummer and one > steerer in each boat, all going like the clappers! > > > > Here's a couple of shots taken with the 80-320 FA zoom on the DS. > > > > > > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/73806/Dragon039s_Head.html > > > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/73807/Dragon_Boats.html > > > > > > And here's a small GESO of 8 images: > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/supera1000/2007WorldDragonBoatRacingChampionship?authkey=PvVxA3mI-s4 > > > > > > Comments, as always most welcome. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Find out how you can get spam free email. > > http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a free email account with anti spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
