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Featured Work

Astana warm up by Elena Martinello

Just before the race Astana Team is warming up. Giro d’Italia 2009. Venice. Italy. / Canon Eos 40D
Concentration by Elena Martinello

Sastre just before the race – Giro d’Italia 2009 – 9th May – Lido di Venezia – Italy / Canon Eos 40D
Montevideo by PennyEdwardes

Medium used: coloured pencil/pastel Here is the commissioned work of Sharon Potter’s FEI horse “Montevideo”
Swim by Harvey Schiller

Created in Photoshop.
Shadow Dancing by TeeArt

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Recent Work

UCI Track Cycling World Cup Melbourne by Elena Martinello

UCI Track Cycling World Cup Melbourne / Canon Eos 40D – 70-200mm
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Melbourne by Elena Martinello

UCI Track Cycling World Cup Melbourne / Canon Eos 40D – 70-200mm
Escaping the Heat 2 by Werner Padarin

Glenelg jetty, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0911.4650) / Nikon D300 | Nikon 18-200VR / 1/100s f/20 ISO200 /
Free Throw by Michael Rubin

A player on a women’s basketball team shoots a free-throw as each team watches along the sidelines. The ball arches in the air and hopefully sinks into the basket. The game was between the University of Vermont and NC State of North Carolina and was held at the NC State Reynolds Coliseum. This is a multiple exposure shot taken with a Nikon D700 using an aspherical lens.
Going For The Basket by Michael Rubin

A team of women’s basketball players rush the net in an attempt to dunk the ball in the net. The player jumps for the net while the rest of the players look on in anticipation. This is a multiple exposure (5) photo taken with a Nikon D700 using an aspherical lens. The effect provides a blurred motion of action.
Turkish Wrestling by taiche

Courtesy Wikimedia Yağlı güreş (English pronunciation: /ˈjɑːlə ˈɡʊrɛʃ/, Turkish: [ˈjaːlɯ ˈɟyreʃ]) is the Turkish national sport. It is commonly known as oil wrestling (sometimes as grease wrestling) because the wrestlers douse themselves with olive oil. It is related to Uzbek Kurash, Tuvan Khuresh and to Tatar Köräş. The wrestlers, known as pehlivan (from Persian پهلوان or pahlavan, meaning “hero” or “champion”) wear a type of hand-stitched lederhosen called kisbet (sometimes kispet), which were traditionally made of water buffalo hide, but now also of calfskin. Unlike Olympic wrestling, oil wrestling matches may be won by achieving an effective hold of the kisbet. Thus, the pehlivan aims to control his opponent by putting his arm through the latter’s kisbet. To win by this move is called paça kazık. Originally, matches had no set duration and could go on for one or two days, until one man was able to establish superiority, but in 1975 the duration was capped at 40 minutes for the baspehlivan and 30 minutes for the pehlivan category. If no winner is determined, another 15 minutes—10 minutes for the pehlivan category—of wrestling ensues, wherein scores are kept to determine the victor. The annual Kırkpınar tournament, held in Edirne in Turkish Thrace since 1362, is the oldest continuously running, sanctioned sporting competition in the world. In recent years this style of wrestling has also become popular in other countries, most notably the Netherlands and Japan. More about this sport at the bottom of the page …. The earliest depictions of wrestling are found in the Beni Hasan Temple in Egypt. The sport of oil wrestling dates back to 2650 BC in Egypt and Assyria. Turkish wrestlers had started covering themselves according to the Islamic law (between the navel and the knees) after the 10th century. When the ancient Turkish freestyle wrestling met the ancient Greco-Roman olympic oil wrestling, a new wrestling style was born: Traditional Turkish Oil Wrestling. Freestyle and the leather clothing came from traditional Turkish wrestling called “karakucak” (literally means black hug), olive oil came from the ancient olympic wrestling and most of the wrestling terms from Persian. In the Ottoman Empire, wrestlers learned the art in special schools called تکیه tekke, which were not merely athletic centres, but also spiritual centres, similar to those attended by the Japanese Sumo wrestlers, where it was taught that man is not just matter, but also spirit. These centers bear a striking resemblance to the Zurkhanes of Iran. This could explain the abundance of Persian terms in oil wrestling. Since competition without the harmony of matter and spirit would be detrimental to the development of good character, wrestlers oil one another prior to matches as a demonstration of balance and mutual respect. Equally, if a younger man should defeat an older man, he kisses the latter’s hand (A sign of respect for elders in Turkey, similar to a Japanese bow). Matches are held all over Turkey throughout the year, but in early summer the wrestlers gather in Kırkpınar for the annual three-day wrestling tournament to determine who will be the baspehlivan (chief hero) of Turkey. Every year, around 1000 wrestlers attend the tournament. Ottoman chroniclers and writers attest that the Kırkpınar Games have been held every year since 1362, making them the world’s oldest continually sanctioned sporting competition. Only about 70 times were the Games cancelled. The matches have been held there since 1924, where they were moved after the Balkan War. The original site had been some 35 kilometres distant. Kırkpınar, on the outskirts of Edirne (the second capital of the Ottoman Empire until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), was once the site of the summer hunting palace of the Ottoman Sultan. There are some organized competitions outside Turkey, prominent among which is the Royal Dutch Power Sport Federation (KNKF Koninklijke Nederlandse Krachtsport en Fitnessfederatie) in the Netherlands.
Lining up Against the Blackshirts by Jonathan S

Florida Atlantic Offense had to step up against the great defensive line of Nebraska.
Just Elvis by matt572

Just Elvis, / Cranbourne Trials. / 16th November 2009. / Jockey, Ivan Culliver, / Trained by Quinton Scott. Cranbourne Trials
Testa My Patience by matt572

Cranbourne Trials. / 16th November 2009. / Jockey, Craig Newitt, / Trained by Mick Price. Cranbourne Trials
SKARTLEXTRIC by J Velasco

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Milonga Place by matt572

Cranbourne Trials. / 16th November 2009. / Jockey, Craig Williams. / Trained by Patrick Payne. Cranbourne Trials
Canoe on the Beach by Pamela Jayne Smith

taken back in Spring at a wonderful beach in Archachon. A little away from the amazing Dune de Pyla – this is where we had our picnic lunch to celebrate our friends 40th Birthday – simplicity itself! The caonoeist had just come back in from their little jaunt out! Canon eos 400d sigma lens 70-300mm taken at 300mm / As Is April ‘09