[Leica] Hong Kong Rugby 7's pictures

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 6:08 PM +0800 3/31/08, Howard Cummer wrote:
>Hello luggers,
>I am recovering today from another Hong Kong Rugby 7's. Please see 
>the folder at:
>
>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Hk+Rugby+7s+2008/?g2_page=1
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2ywlng
>
>I took the Nikon D300 with the 18 - 200 VR zoom as my main camera 
>(horses for courses) and also the M8 with a variety of lenses. The 
>M8 never made it out of the camera bag. The Nikon seemed so well 
>suited to what was passing before it. The predictive auto focus 
>tracking used with high speed continuous shooting mode worked very 
>well in flat light situations but when the main action in the 
>stadium was in shadow in the afternoon the autofocus tended to be 
>distracted by the lighter sunlight backgrounds on the far side of 
>the stadium behind the players. Still, as you can see from the 
>folder the results were more than satisfactory for the most part.
>I have not used a camera before which can run 100 frames at 6 frames 
>a second and that really redefined the "decisive moment" for me. The 
>rugby action shots were taken in bursts for the most part and I have 
>chosen the frame which shows the height of the action. Canon still 
>dominated the professional ranks by far - but there were more Nikons 
>this year. I saw one Oly E3 in the hands of someone with a photo 
>pass.
>The usual action was in the stands, drinking and carrying on, and 
>this year the restrictions on getting on to the pitch challenged 
>several people to avoid the security guards and streak around.
>Yes some of those photos are in the folder as well.
>C&C welcome as always.
>Do enjoy.
>Howard
>(in humid Hong Kong)

Congratulations, Howard! Lots of good shots. Lots of action, and some 
rugby as well.

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