Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love rugby. I think it is one of the most photogenic sports, and your pics only confirm it. As for the tickets--where do the other 36000 end up? With corporate sponsors and party bigwigs? What a disgrace! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On May 12, 2013, at 7:20 PM, H&E Cummer wrote: > Morning Luggers, > As many of you know we go to the Hong Kong Rugby 7's every year that we > can get tickets. > Of the 40,000 available only 4000 tickets are available to the public. > This year we were lucky. > Our son-in-law won a set of tickets in the internet lottery and so we were > able to attend > on Friday and Saturday while he and my daughter had to work. Then on > Sunday son-in-law > Ian and I attended while Esther and my daughter watched the games from a > nearby beer garden. > I wanted to use a 300 mm telephoto with my D800E and before the tournament > I went to my > usual used camera store in Tsim Sha Tsui and discovered it had been turned > into a jewelry store! > A sign of the times! So I went to Mirama Camera in Stanley Street, Central > and bought a new Nikkor 300 f4.0 ED IF AFS > and used it to take most of the pictures in the Rugby folder. It worked > remarkably well and the > D800E processed its 36 Mps fast enough to keep up with my shooting style. > A very satisfying three days; > > There are 17 pictures in the folder, including one 6 panel pano for > Philippe. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK7s2013/> > > http://tinyurl.com/c2bopqr > > Please look large and enjoy. > > C&C welcome as always. > > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >