Against the wind

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boy, children, kids, photography, run, running

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/2500, f/4, focal length 50mm, ISO 500

 

 

Towards the end of 10k

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athlete, boy, children, kids, outdoor sports, photography, run, runner, running, sports

Not a very good shot of my 10-year-old son, who is obviously super happy finishing his first 10k trail run race :-).

Shot with iPhone 4S

 

 

Being shot

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boy, children, kids, photography, run, running, water

I took this photo as he was running away from a girl during their water gun fight. I love how we can see the water line right above his head.

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/1250, f/4, focal length 105mm, ISO 400

 

 

Framed

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athlete, biathlon, boy, children, finish line, kids, photography, run, runner, running, sport

Don’t you just hate it when you are standing at strategic spot by the finish line, camera is ready in hand, all set up, waiting for your subject to appear. Then as he enters, one random guy just innocently passes by right in front of you, blocking all your view. I just hate it!

But I was pleasantly surprised when I uploaded my shots for that day, and it turned out that my subject was nicely framed by the arm of that dude.

But my subject, a.k.a my eldest son is not so happy, as he commented, that his picture is “inside the dude’s armpit”. 🙂

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/800, f/4, focal length 105mm, ISO 400

 

 

Water run

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boy, children, fun, kids, photography, run, running, sport, summer

Sport day towards the end of school year is always a big hit among the kids. They are looking forward to this fun-filled day for almost the whole year. Who can blame them? 🙂

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in M @ 1/320, f/4, focal length 75mm, ISO 400

 

 

Interval training

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man, photography, run, runner, running, training

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/800, f/4, focal length 105mm, ISO 500

 

 

Through the wire

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athlete, framing, photography, run, runner, running, sport, wire

From the first leg of 5k Jakarta Race Series yesterday.

Shot with iPhone 4S

 

 

Walking on air

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beach, boy, children, kids, photography, reflection, running, sand, sea, summer, water

“Believe it or not
I’m walkin’ on air
I never thought I could feel so free
Flyin’ away on a wing and a pray’r
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it’s just me”…

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/6400, f/4, focal length 58mm, ISO 500

 

 

Between

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beach, belitung, belitung island, boy, indonesia, kids, pantai tanjung tinggi, photography, rocks, running, sea

All are shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L

 

 

Cones in the mist

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athlete, legs, photography, runner, running, triathlete, triathlon

I love this mist shower during run. I wish they have it along the route :-).

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/2500, f/4, focal length 105mm, ISO 500

 

 

The formation

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athlete, man, photography, running, triathlete, triathlon

This was shot during the Cold Storage Singapore Triathlon yesterday. It looks like as if these 3 gentlemen were choreographed to run behind one another.

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/200, f/4, focal length 105mm, ISO 500

 

 

About the sponge

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athlete, photography, race, road, running, sports, triathlete, triathlon

All are shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L

 

 

In the air

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athlete, outdoor sports, philippines, photography, running, sports, subic bay, triathlon

My favourite shot of the whole running leg. I managed to capture Ji Jeong Hwan from Korea (finishes 9th), in which his upper body looks perfectly clear and still, while his legs are levitating and blurry, showing the speed.

I was sitting on the ground at the other side of the road trying to capture Dickson Tam from Hong Kong (finishes 10th), when at the same time a car passed by right in front of me, making the picture looking like as if he was head to head with it.

Again, trying to capture that split second when the athletes are up in the air, above are from the elite women group :  Yuka Sato from Japan (finishes 2nd), Hoi Long from Macau (finishes 7th) and Chen Wei Chien from Taipei (finishes 11th).

All are shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L

 

 

Finish line

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athlete, black and white, cebu, liloan, philippines, photography, running, sports, triathlon, xterra

After crossing the finish line, horizontally or vertically

Shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L, shot in AV @ 1/160, f/6.3, focal length 105mm, ISO 160

 

 

Split second

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athlete, cebu, liloan, philippines, running, sport photography, sports, triathlon, xterra

I stood at the last corner towards the finish line, trying to capture that split second when both feet are up in the air, striking fast towards their personal victory.

All were shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L

 

 

XTerra Off Road Triathlon at Liloan, Cebu

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athlete, back light, beach, black and white, cebu, liloan, natural light, off road triathlon, outdoors, philippines, photography, running, shadow, silhouette, sports, triathlon, xterra

I learnt that it’s not that easy to take good pictures during off road triathlon. The course / track is so spread out, without any repeated loops, making it more difficult to get a ‘perfect’ spot. Here are just some pictures from the swim leg, which luckily (for me) is split into 2x750m with a short run in between.

All were shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L

 

 

Kiddie Triathlon

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bicycle, kiddie triathlon, kids, outdoors, running, sport photography, sports, triathlon

Still some pictures from the Sugbu Triathlon last weekend, but this time is from the kiddie series, which was held a day before. Unfortunately the weather was unfriendly on that particular afternoon, raining and windy and the sea was very choppy. Due to safety reason, the organiser cancelled the open water swimming leg and made it into a duathlon instead (run – bike – run).

At dismounting point, on the way to transition area, just after the bike leg

Out of transition area for the last running leg

As what I mentioned in the earlier post, no matter what level or category they are, you can see their seriousness, concentration and determination in their face while pushing themselves to their new limit.

All were shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L

 

 

The runners

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cebu, philippines, running, sport photography, triathlon

Apart from body language, concentration, determination, pushing oneself to achieve or even exceed one’s target are clearly seen in the facial expression of athletes, no matter which category or level they are. This is what I would like to record in these photographs.

All were shot with Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L