On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:39 AM, David Mann <d...@multisport.net.nz> wrote: > The Coast to Coast is one of the world's greatest sporting events. > Competitors start on the beach at Kumara on the west coast. They run, bike > and kayak a total of 243km over a mountain range and across to finish on the > beach at the eastern side of Christchurch city. And the best ones do it in > well under 12 hours. > > Just like last year I turned up to the finish line to take a few snapshots. > One of my dreams would be to take a 645D and a helicopter and follow the > whole course over two days. > > Anyway, there's only so much variety I can get while standing at the side of > the finishing chute. I hope this is interesting but it's not too much > different from the ones I took last year. I'm pining for an 80-200 f/2.8 > zoom. I missed a few good shots from being stuck at 200mm. > > I've split it into two galleries as the software preloads the large images > and there are enough of them that it might take a while to load otherwise. > > Part 1: > <http://www.multisport.net.nz/nz-multisport-photos/1359-2011-02-13-speights-coast-to-coast-photos-1.html> > > Part 2: > <http://www.multisport.net.nz/nz-multisport-photos/1360-2011-02-13-speights-coast-to-coast-photos-2.html> > > The photos look out of order because there are three types of competitors: > two-day teams, two-day individuals and one-day individuals (the so-called > Longest Day, they have red race numbers). The two-day competitors have a > staggered start on the second day so you can't really tell who's placed where > when they finish. > > I apologise for the small size of the images. I'm trying to work out the > best way around this. >
Where are the bikes? I see bike shorts. I see helmets. I even see at least one young lady jogging in the sand with bike shoes. But no bikes. :-( Otherwise, a fine gallery. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
