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. Cheers, Dave -- 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.
