Alpine skiing World Cup

Here's few photos from Tuesdays Alpine skiing slalom World Cup in Schladming, Austria. It was night race under artificial light, and if I could decide, all skiing races would be done this way. It's just so easy too shoot. But enough talking, here's photos

Poppy colors. Ski racing looks like a blast to shoot.

Awesome pics!! Great colours and super sharp

What ISO were these shot at?

Fantastic shots!

Awesome set! Also wondering what ISO was used as well as the lens you used? I'd love to see more from this set!

Most of photos were shoot at iso800 with 70-200/2.8 and 300/2.8. You can see some more photos from Schladming here.

Great photos, very sharp. Can you describe the lighting to me. I was just at a night time Half Pipe compatition under artificial light and my shots turned out horriable. The again, I didn't have the luxury of stopping down to 2.8

Hmm... how to describe lightning? Especially since my English is far from perfect Anyway let's try First of all it's not normal light for night skiing, but it's more powerful. Since this is World cup, this means there's tv with live sending, so light has to be better. On top of that snow works like giant reflector which bounces light back so soon you have feeling like you would be working with giant strobes
And just to get idea how many lights there was, check this photo. This is from finish area up the hill where race was. You can see lights on "towers" on each side of the course.

Great photos!!! They look great!

Awesome shots, I love the colors and the sharpness. It looks like they were going really fast

Fantastic stuff!

Great photos ! I love the first and second! What body are you using?

Great action shots. Nice timing. Thanks.