Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Americas Cup Races









As a prelude to next year's Americas Cup, sailboat racing was on the bay this past week.  I ventured out with a rental lens and tried my luck at capturing some of the action.  Crowds exceeded 40,000 for the free event.   Nikon d800e, Nikon AFS 300 f2.8, I also used a 1.7 TC on the first few in this series.  Also, as you can see #2 is a crop from #3, I was impressed with the lens/TC capturing this level of detail at approximately 100 yards.   Dan

8 Comments:

Blogger Lea said...

Wow, really exciting shots. I can feel the chill and the adrenaline!! The tipping looks craaaaazy, aahhhh! I love the ones with them hanging out over the side and the mental focus of a fast-moving-frozen-hand man... A terrific sense of the event, very entertaining!

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 11:39:00 PM PDT  
Blogger Warren T. said...

Great action shots, Dan. Too bad I couldn't join you that day (too busy at work).

--WT

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 11:46:00 AM PDT  
Blogger Dolph Brust said...

Your D800 takes some amazing distance pictures. I getting cold here in Florida.

Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 6:37:00 PM PDT  
Anonymous lena said...

Wonderful action captures...I think I met you on the scene and beside of you to grab this " America's Cup Races ", it was on Aug.23 at Crissy Field.I was with my photographyers together.after that I walk back to them and shoot a pic cownd scene, you also on the picture...:-)

I saw your partrait on Warren Blog...:-)

Lena,

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 12:12:00 PM PDT  
Blogger dan in marin said...

Lena, I was right next to the St. Francis Yacht Club. There was a group of professional photographers right next to me. We would like to see the images you took that day.

Dan

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 4:48:00 PM PDT  
Anonymous lena said...

Hi Dan, you can go to my blog web : lenasworldvision.aminus3.com
or www.facebook.com lenache web pag,I posted those images on both web.

Lena,

Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 11:53:00 AM PDT  
Blogger dan in marin said...

I just spent some time on your site Lena, very nice work. A good mix of styles and subjects. Well done

Dan

Thursday, September 6, 2012 at 9:13:00 PM PDT  
Anonymous lena said...

Dan,Thanks for visiting my site and your comments.

Lena,

Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 10:06:00 PM PDT  

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