on the 6,7,8 of Decembre 2009 I am attending the Tropheo de Palma, organised by the Real Club Nautico de Palma. There are various sailing regatas of class Optimist, Laser 4.7, cadet and 420, with participations of european countries.
Today was the 1st day of the regatas after the practice runs of yesterday, and with a good north-east facing winds, all the regatas were confirmed. Thanks to the help of Txema Oliver a sailing photographer and his precious advice, and thanks to Jaime Verd Miro for allowing me get into the circuit whilst helping him out, it is a great new challenge, i am enjoying my first shots on the Security RIB, 7 hours of shots, more to come but those are the first trials on sports, sailing and regata shots of my life. Using my classical canon 450D and a 70-300 vivitar which showed a little slow on focusing, i noticed the interest of having USM L series Lenses as the 3 Professionals had (but hey they can afford it :D ).

I am looking forward to the Day 2 and 3 of those regatas, spending more time on sea, learning more, getting my position right, my shots right, getting more of a feeling for those captured instants and for the few shots i might succeed in taking.

Hope you like them and please don’t hesitate, post a comment, tell me what you think, good or bad constructive criticism is good, makes me improve on every session.

Day 2
Day 2 Was probably the best day of all, wind finally making the competition faster, and i think i somehow found my mark within the shots i enjoyed taking. Some more action, closer crops and enjoying the discovery of sports photography. I really now notice the difference between a pro lense L serie from canon like the 70-200 IS USM or 100-400 IS USM and the ones we were using as “non pro”, but nontheless i am quite proud of what i could achieve with a basic tele lense.
Day 3 was more focused on close-ups of the children on the Optimist series, and a few nice interesting shots around the block, a no-wind situation during 3 hours allowed us to play around looking at young 420 sailing competitors having a chat, lying on their boats. Day 3 shots to come later on.