I think that I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times that I have attempted sports photography! Speaking of fingers mine were frozen yesterday as I photographed this wet-suited kite-boarder at Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester, MA yesterday. Yikes! so windy and so cold. This guy is a superman!
Figure 1 Canon T2i with EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens at 300 mm ISO 1600 Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/800th sec at f/7.1 with +1 exposure compensation
Figure 2 Canon T2i with EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens at 260 mm ISO 1600 Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/320th sec at f/7.1 with +1 exposure compensation