Yeah, I’m totally over uploading the Japan photos now. They didn’t inspire me as much as the Europe ones for some reason. Here’s one of the last I uploaded:

So anyway, back in New Zealand I went a shot one of the Whakatane football (soccer) games this weekend (vs Te Puke), and again wasn’t feeling too inspired (photographically). At least the weather was comfortable (not too cold) and the light was soft and even (overcast), so it made it a easy shoot. Click here for link to the gallery.

Gallery is good to go: [clicky]

When your local team is winning it’s always a good game to watch.  But what made it even better (from a photography perspective) were a few moments of great light coupled with some good timing.  The full gallery is up (here: Whakatane vs Hamilton), but I’ve selected a couple of good ‘uns to post here.

Click any of the pics in this post to be taken to my flickr where you can access larger versions.

Three on one as they go for the ball, the Wanderer’s goalie appears to be cracking his teammate in the face:

Fraction of a second later and they’ve all got their eyes closed:

Brendan wheels it down the field:

Bouncing back up off the ground (6 shot sequence of this can be found in the gallery – here)

Even the local newspaper photographer (for the Whakatane Beacon) had a crack:

I also tore myself away from my big camera to get a few seconds of video with the point and shoot:

Clearly I should stick with the still photos.