Sports in Thailand

[fimgirl]

Go Kart Racing

[klauskunkel]

[Chonburiram]

[klauskunkel]

today at Bkk Marathon, sweaty and wild haired

[Cynical Sailor]

[Chonburiram]

^ Buu, Buu... Buuriiramm!

[samuijimmy]

Contemplating the shot..

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Lamai golf course Samui.

[FracturedRabbit]

More polo from Pattaya

OL218085 by Spike Tennyson, on Flickr

[FracturedRabbit]

OL218049 by Spike Tennyson, on Flickr

My Olympus E-M1 does not get as many keepers as the very heavy (and expensive) Canon 1D setup I used to use for polo; but I am very pleased with captures it does manage. The 40-150mm Olympus lens works perfectly for sports. And semi-macros, and portraits; such a versatile lens.

[FracturedRabbit]

Polo near Pattaya, again.

OL200334 by Spike Tennyson, on Flickr

[retoohs]

this is at one of the Phuket venues. I went with a friend called Apachai,. He has superstar status and gets us ringside seats but it also means I have to deal with shooting through the ropes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2016 by retoohs

[gobs]

Well done retoohs...

The first one is my fave: what a look!

 

 

[retoohs]

Thanks gobs. I love shooting Muay Thai but always a battle shooting around or through the ropes. These are the first I've converted to B&W and think it works quite well

[MJP]

11 minutes ago, retoohs said:

Thanks gobs. I love shooting Muay Thai but always a battle shooting around or through the ropes. These are the first I've converted to B&W and think it works quite well

 

It doesn't work quite well old boy. It works phenomenally well.

 

Good job!

[gobs]

I do agree!

I think in this case the B&W just points out the essence of the pic: feeling/emotion + structure/shape/volume. Like a concentrate: the eye is not "distracted" by colors touches here and there...

Out of curiosity, and if you don't mind and get some time, please could you post the pic 1 in color at same scale your B&W above. I would be interested to see how it comes in color for comparison...

Cheers.

[retoohs]

Tried different shutterspeeds and as this sports page was started with this sport with action stopping fast shutter images I thought I'd post these ones with a slower speed that show a bit of movement

 

 

 

[retoohs]