I'm getting 404s on both your gallery and your site. Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 8/22/10, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Mann <[email protected]> > Subject: GESO: Duathlon > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 2:04 AM > 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.
