Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy), XI stages 256 km Lucera-L'Aquila

eos 1dmkii n + 300 f2,8 is 1/1600 f2,8 iso 400

The Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy), also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. It is one of the three Grand Tours, and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The most recent winner (2009) is the Russian cyclist Denis Menchov of the Dutch team Rabobank.
On 19 May the Giro arrived in L'Aquila, my town.
I used the new canon 300mm f2,8is telephoto lens to take cycling photos under the heavy rain.
I transported the super telephoto by new Satori F-stop photo backpack;
I chose the streatch of road in the middle of the last curve of Tempera and the speedway entrance (L'Aquila est) for my photos
It rained heavy all the time!
The camera and the 300mm lens are perfect to work when it rains because they are tropicalize!
There were some Dario Cataldo's supporter (Quick Steat Team) that offered me sausages and red wine.I saw a tight boy that ran with all the racing cyclist carrying a beer What funny sight!


eos 1dmkii n + 300 f2,8 is 1/2500 f2,8 iso 400


eos 1dmkii n + 300 f2,8 is 1/2500 f2,8 iso 400

eos 1dmkii n + 300 f2,8 is 1/2000 f2,8 iso 400

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