That is a very nice gallery, and certainly tells the story of the event quite well.
Is it a full triathlon, including a full marathon race? Those hardy folks crossing the finish line certainly appear in better shape than those I have seen finishing the Iron Man, but the weather probably was not a hot as on Hawaii. Great job! Dan On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:37 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > Another sporting event, the first time I've used my new 16-45 lens "in > anger". I must say that zooms are pretty handy. > > I got a bit of a fright early on when the camera suddenly locked up and > wouldn't respond. I removed and reinserted the battery and it's been fine > ever since. The weather probably had something to do with that as we had > bouts of light rain and I was mostly keeping the camera under my jacket after > the reset. It was probably better for the athletes than the 35 degrees C we > had yesterday. > > I've split the photos into two galleries due to the amount. Sorry about > vertical ones being so small, that's been on my todo list for a while. I > might get to look at it during the holiday. > > Part 1 (the first 20 pics): > http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/1290-2010-12-19-house-of-travel-triathlon-festival-pt1.html > > Part 2 (the second 20, mostly elite athletes): > http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/1291-2010-12-19-house-of-travel-triathlon-festival-pt2.html > > K10D, DA16-45mm f/4 and FA*200mm f/2.8. > > The cloudy weather meant most photos were underexposed and I had a tough job > in Photoshop to try and make them look reasonable. I put in some exposure > compensation towards the end which helped... for photos that didn't make it > in :) > > Cheers, > Dave > > David Mann > [email protected] > http://www.multisport.net.nz/ > skype: 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. > -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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.

