Michael Harris Photography

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of many starts at the 2011 Rolex Cup on Biscayne Bay, South Florida. The 2012 Rolex Cup is coming up January 22nd through 28th. A week of exceptional sailboat racing. This image was taken from a small boat near the start line with a 70-200mm zoom. I tell people this image took 3 years to make, as this was the 3rd year I attempted to make a unique decent image of this event.  This was the year though, I was in the wrong place as the gun went off for this last start. Fortunately there were several boats over early and they had to restart, that gave me time to get in the right place. This image was selected as photo of the week on The Mindful Eye site and a fabulous critique was done on it by Craig Tanner, you can see it here; The Start

Canon 5DmkII, 16-35mm at 35mm, iso100, 1/125 sec at f/8.0, +CPL What I was is unimportant, what I am now is important. B.K.S. Iyengar