2010 Vancouver Olympic 4 man bobsled

Made it up to Whistler today for the first two runs of the 4 man bobsled. Tough conditions in the rain and snow – time to dry out my gear. The speed of the sleds is amazing – once they leave the start the pick up speed so quickly.

USA team that is leading after 2 runs:

Great series.

What a monumental understatement. Good catch.

These are great shots.....especially considering the speeds of those sleds.

ChrisK10 wrote in post #9693316
These are great shots.....especially considering the speeds of those sleds.

Thanks - years of shooting motorcycle racing comes in handy sometimes .

I had an e-mail from someone asking what other sleds I have shots of - I have posted the rest of them here.

Nice shots! I love the first one.

In the last one I think they just wanted to show off there sponsors on the bottom of the sled

Nice pics.

Great set. Thanks for sharing.

What body and lens were used to catch these shots?

themadman wrote in post #9705001
What body and lens were used to catch these shots?

1DMkIIn with 70-200 F4L. All shots are in manual mode, ISO 500, f/4 with speeds from 1500 to 3000 depending on light, and no filters used... and camera was in a Optech rainsleeve (purchased through the POTN store) all day.

** Quick edit **

Browsing through, found another shot showing how close the spectators can get to the sleds - at this point the sleds are going 135 to 140 kph, according to the cameraman (with the Olympic host broadcaster) in the foreground.