dannytoh

Totally agree that a wide angle lens might be useful, but I was working with what I have which is  just a Nikon AF35-70D 2.8. I do wonder how it would be like with the 14-24...but it was within a crowded space and a wide angle might also bring in unwanted clutter and a a more exaggerated perspective. I do like the compressed perspective in the way with this lens at 35mm.

A master performance by the Face-changing artiste.....capture with a

zoom hurts at 1/20s and off-camera flash. Events atThekchen Choling

Singapore Grand Opening 20112011

Capture with panning at 1/20s and off camera flash... a very fast and

erratic action......

This image needs a tighter crop to remove the platform from view, the background is also quite cluttered, do move around and size up the background when you shoot, otherwise no matter how dramatic the action maybe, its not going to work well, and looking at the direction of the light, the other side of the lake might have been a better angle and the fact that most people are right-handed, the other side would also be the more likely orientation of the athlete facing.

I was chased away from the frontal position as it was not a designated

position for non-Pool Vested Photographers....eventhough I was not in the

way of anyone nor were there a crowd of photographers there, so I ended

up on the spectator stand with a cluttered background, So I decided to try

a different approach and to make the best of the situation to motion

blurred off the background at 70mm focal length....as it turned out, this

was one of my favorite of the entire Youth Olympic Games.

I was lying prone on the ground for more than 30 minutes for this one, as

the athlete made one final attempt to scale the height for the Gold medal

at the Asian Jr Games......the rest of the fields has cleared and this was

an event running late, the last bus to the hotel has left, but it was worth

the compromise of all that....this is one of my favorite capturing the

moment shot.

The intensity of the game making waves as the warriors are engaged in

fierce combat....

The long s=distance walk is one of my favorite events in Athletics,

especially in hot humid locations, the glistening sweat that drips as the

athletes push the pain barrier, and the fluid motion as they hydrate in the

humid condition.....

The light was great, saw that as I rushed for my camera. Pity it lasted a

mere 15 minutes as the Spanish Team wound down their training session

with the sun dropping behind the building surrounding the pool.

Thanks Doug, this is on of my favorite, great performance by the athlete.

Thanks Alain....that was my objective, my adrenalin simply shoot up when I shoot sports.

The athletes moves in rhythmic unison, but each trying hard to break from

the rhythm to forge ahead.

The focussed and determination of this athlete scaling the height is

magnificent to behold.

Another round or draining physical endurance for this athlete as he pushed

to complete the race in intense heat in Hanoi.

Captured this in Hanoi, Vietnam at the Asian Jr Championship 2010, the

temperature was near 40degree, the Walkers hydrate themselves as they

endure the heat in the grueling race.

The fabulous tiger leaping gorge in Lijiang.....its was a lomg way down at the tiger

gorge with swirling white water....as we get blown at by the guards who patrols the

length of the gorge if we were to get too near the edge which is marked by just a chain,

this was taken handheld....but the water was just nicely blurred.

..this was taken in the museum of natural history in Taiwan....say the sun ray and got

all excited snapping away.....

thanks for the comments...glad u guys enjoyed the image as well.

great light....I would have shoot a series and stich them up, as it is the composition is a little cut off to the left

Was amazed that this clumsy creature on land is so agile in the water....mesmerized I

took about a hundred shots of them shooting through the water like torpedoes.

Thanks, the colours appear a bit dark on my post compared to the original, perhaps its the file format....getting familiar with the community before committing to the subscription, but I am awed by the many wonderful works on the site by members.

Lovely texture, but the front subject's chin is cropped, could habe been better if chin is not cut off....

This image was taken using a GradND Filter. Colours are unaltered. Camera used

Canon 5DMkII with 16-35 Mk1