Row, row, row your boat

[Ming]

Head of the Charles Regatta
Charles River, Boston/Cambridge
2022/10/21-23

 

HOCR is the largest regatta in the world.  The race course is three miles long.  There are over 70 event-divisions: by age, from under 17 to 80+; by gender, men, women, and mixed; by crew size, singles, doubles, fours, and eights.  There are special divisions for Olympians and people with limited mobility.

 

The motorboat near the upper right edge of the frame marks the starting line.
EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/11, 1/25 sec, ISO 6400

 

EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/11, 1/25 sec, ISO 10000

 

John Weeks Bridge
TS-E 90mm f/2.8, ZWB2+TSN575, f/8, 1/160 sec, ISO 25600

 

Make way for ducklings
EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/8, 1/50 sec, ISO 8000

 

IR pictures hide skin imperfections.  Perhaps UV pictures go in the opposite direction and accentuate athletes' muscle tone and facial expressions.

EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/2.8, 1/160 sec, ISO 8000

 

EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/2.8, 1/160 sec, ISO 10000

 

EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, ISO 40000

 

EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/4, 1/250 sec, ISO 20000

 

EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, ISO 20000

 

Blue Man Group
EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/8, 1/160 sec, ISO 51200

 

Some athletes stick out their tongues.  It seems young men do that more often than young women and older people.
EF 200mm f/2.8L II, ZWB2+TSN575, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, ISO 32000

 

[colinbm]

Fantastic UV on the water.

[Nate]

Great pics Ming, you can sure tell who puts the sun block on and who doesn't.

[Ming]

@colinbm and @Nate, thank you very much for the comments.

 

[Andrea B.]

Ming, this is a super-cool series. Nicely done! I like the way the photos move from the distant view to the closeups.

 

My initial faves are these:  John Weeks Bridge and Blue Man Group.

The Bridge scene has a rather "old-time" look to it.

The Blue Man group provides an interesting look at rowing dynamics.

 

You are *much* braver than I am about photographing at high ISOs. I should loosen up on that. So thank you for these excellent examples of high ISO use in UV work.

[lukaszgryglicki]

yeah, when I saw ISO I was wondering how it is possible to look so good at 32k ISO or so.

 

[Andy Perrin]

Magic Topaz plugins?

[Ming]

Thank you very much, @Andrea B..

 

@lukaszgryglicki and @Andy Perrin, the images are converted from RAW using Canon's digital photo professional and then downsized and sharpened.  That's it.

 

[dabateman]

Wow the noise is very low for those ISO settings.  I am quite impressed. 

Unless the UV was so intense that the boats burst into flames after the shots. That would be unfortunate.