CrossFit Sectionals 2010 NZ/Tasmania/Victoria
Feb 23rd, 2010 by vince
I’m slightly sunburnt and tired after attending (as a spectator) the CrossFit Sectionals 2010 for the New Zealand, Tasmania, and Victoria regions. The winners from this competition are eligible to compete in the Regionals in Sydney, and the winners from that can go to the CrossFit Games in California.
I took the easy route as a spectator.
Day 1 consisted of 3 “Workouts Of The Day” (WOD), and a gruelling Fireman Combat Challenge based workout finished off Day 2.
I had to chance to test out my Canon 24-70mm f2.8 L lens and Aza was kind enough to lend me his Canon 70-200mm f4.0 L; I even got to use my superwide 10-18mm! Admittedly I was a bit nervous carrying around about $5,000 worth of glass – but it made a huge difference! I would’ve loved to have two bodies with different lens for that quick switch; but I can’t have everything (yet).
The hardest thing was trying to be at the right place, at the right time – and just having to guess when the “right time” is. Artistically, when you have 50-odd people doing the same thing, how do you make the photos all look different? I didn’t want them to look like they came out of a cookie cutter.
I also had the chance to put Aperture 3.0 through its paces too. I loved the Curves adjustment and the brushes. That quick and easy editing ability made it possible to post my photos up within hours of taking them. I do wish I had more pixel resolution though – I’m still lugging around my Canon 20D with only 6.8MP. I guess it means that the files are smaller, which results in faster imports and less memory usage when editing.
Pictures are on my Facebook profile – or here: http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/2402820/1/CrossFit%20Sectionals%202010?h=0c774d
