That's a good set - no need for all the excuses! Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David Mann > Sent: 22 August 2010 07:04 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: GESO: Duathlon > > 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. -- 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.
