The Extreme Sailing Series was in town over the last weekend, these amazing Extreme 40 catamarans look amazing. I had covered this event back in 2011, however this time I didn't manage to secure accreditation. However, after shooting from various parts of the Marina Bay over the weekend, I can say that shooting from shore is good enough. One important thing for sailing is, these boats need wind! And there wasn't much wind to begin with. With the event held in an enclosed Marina Bay, I wonder how much wind was going to come in. Perhaps next time they need to install giant fans or something.
Camera Canon 1D mark IV, 1/640th, f/11, 40mm
On Saturday, there was this amazing sunlight that went between the buildings, creating patches of light. As in photography, you try to look for contrast in the scene to create dramatic images. Here in this case, I positioned myself in line with the ray of light, and believe me, I waited there for a good 5-10 minutes before a boat moved into the position.
Camera Canon 1D mark IV, 1/800th, f/9, 35mm
This image above was taken just a few moments after the previous, roughly in the same area. The sails were beautiful when they were backlighted by the sunlight, giving it a yellow glow and I have also included the sun between the Shenton Way buildings in this image.
Camera Canon 1D mark IV, 1/13th, f/13, 420mm
Along the way, you knew I would include some of these slow shutter panning images. The trick with slow shutter panning is that the motion needs to be real steady for you to get a relatively sharp image. As these boats weren't very fast due to the lack of wind, shutter speeds of less than 1/15th can be used with a good hit rate.
Camera Canon 1D mark IV, 1/15th, f/22, 21mm
A good crowd turned up for this event, this image was taken at the Extreme Village at The Promontory at Marina Bay. The catamarans usually started their races from this point, and here Alinghi actually sails pretty close to the shore. Look at the guy on the left hand holding the big lens!
Camera Canon 1D mark IV, 1/13th, f/13, 80mm
This was taken towards the end of Saturday's races, where Alinghi is picking up some good wind. Exposing for the colors on the sail sometimes leaves you with a white background. However, look at the amount of cranes that are in the back of the picture. There's always so much construction going on in Singapore!
Camera Canon 5D mark III, 1/1000th, f/4, 420mm
This was taken on Sunday, which I went down towards the end of the day's races as I was following the Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix on TV. Taken from the Merlion park, there was a good blue reflection from one of the Marina Bay buildings. You can see in this image that the teams were already wrapping up the weekend.
Camera Canon 5D mark III, 1/800th, f/4, 420mm
And since I was at the Merlion park, I have included a tight shot of the Merlion! The water jet stream was illuminated by the setting sun, and using a high shutter speed would freeze the water, creating beautiful patterns that you don't normally see with your eye. It's amazing what the camera sees that you can't see normally and that is the beauty of photography!
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