Kayak Competitions At The Reno River Festival - My First Sports Shoot

TheNevadanStig · May 10, 2014

The River Festival was going on this weekend 2 blocks from my wifes work. Figured it was a good chance to break the wildlife routine for a change. Actually technically wise it was very similar, freezing the action and trying to catch "the moment". Weather and lighting were absolutely horrid. Temps in the 40's, thick storm clouds and hail. One good thing I noticed is cranking up the ISO is much more forgiving on large human subjects than small birds and such. Overall I think I did pretty well. C&C always appreciated!

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minicoop1985 · May 11, 2014

These are fantastic images, and they're immensely entertaining. That water is probably miiiiiiiiiiiiiiighty cold. :lol:

baturn · May 11, 2014

Wonderful action shots. Very well done.

TheNevadanStig · May 11, 2014

minicoop1985 said:
These are fantastic images, and they're immensely entertaining. That water is probably miiiiiiiiiiiiiiighty cold.

Probably! I didn't test it myself

It was plenty cold out of the water.

goodguy · May 11, 2014

Great shots, dont get why would people put themselfs in harmsway willingly but thats besides the point.

PropilotBW · May 11, 2014

awesome shots!

timor · May 11, 2014

:thumbup::thumbup:

TheNevadanStig · May 11, 2014

Thanks all! I took a ton of pictures and got quite a few good ones. Here's a few more:

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BrickHouse · May 11, 2014

Send these to the riders and I bet you there'd be more than a few requests for paid shoots in the future. Great shootin!

TheNevadanStig · May 11, 2014

BrickHouse said:
Send these to the riders and I bet you there'd be more than a few requests for paid shoots in the future. Great shootin!

I'm having trouble even figuring out who is who. There doesnt seem to be an official results site or page anywhere that I can find. For a pro tour it seems pretty unorganized to be honest. But thanks for the kind words!

EOV · May 11, 2014

The Stig has it going on. Nice work sir.

TheNevadanStig · May 11, 2014

Thanks all! I've been able to ID two of the riders so I guess I'll go from there. Got a lot more pics today I will post up in a different thread when I'm done with them. Yesterday (this thread) was the freestyle tricks part, and was more impressive visually. Today was a couple forms of racing type stuff, so none of the crazy stunts, but I still think I did pretty well.