Hi all, Here's another sporting event gallery. I haven't done one in a while as the events calendar tends to be very quiet over winter. But this one was being held close to where I live so I decided that I really should check it out. Nevermind the fact that I'm trying to have a rest day today.
<http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/1051-2010-08-22-contact-duathlon-series-chch-photos.html> This race was a duathlon which involves a run, then a bike, then a shorter run. This one was part of the Contact Duathlon Series which consists of two races (seems to be a very short series if you ask me). This race also doubled as the Oceania Duathlon Championships. I was thoroughly unprepared but the event was very well run. The only thing that caught me out was that I became slightly lost trying to find the start line for one of the races. Each age group was started separately, which is why the ordering looks all mixed up. I had trouble with AF on the bike section because I was shooting into the sun... which meant the parts I was wanting to focus on were in shadow and the camera wasn't able to keep up. Yes I'm blaming the camera, it's never my fault. The metering was also giving me grief as it was exposing for the background. I had no choice as the bike course was long enough that it really wasn't practical for me to find a better spot and with so many events on at once I had to stay close to the start / transition / finish area. I managed to find a setting in the camera which apparently links the meter to the focus point but I need to read the manual as it still seemed a bit hit and miss. Cheers, Dave David Mann [email protected] http://www.multisport.net.nz/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
