http://soon.smugmug.com/gallery/6539799_xeCPP

Wow that's great, thanks! Haven't seen Anna Rankin for a couple of years.

http://soon.smugmug.com/gallery/6539799_xeCPP
..thanks for sharing the link/pics; just curious, did you take those pics??...i notice quite a lot of young players competing..:cool:
Btw, i like this pic below. Is that their natural hair color??..:confused:
http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/415994155_95Rap-M.jpg

noluckjim, the pictures are awesome!
I wish there were captions too... it'd help to know these players :)

Here's my favourite - I would title it 'Desperation' :D

..thanks for sharing the link/pics; just curious, did you take those pics??...i notice quite a lot of young players competing..:cool:
Btw, i like this pic below. Is that their natural hair color??..:confused:
http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/415994155_95Rap-M.jpg
It also seems that one of those 'Red'-haired girls has the name 'Brown' :p

Man.. you're fast.. I'm uploading my pics right now. I managed to get a photo with Tommy Sugiarto :)

Noluckjim, I'll try to find you tomorrow if you come.. ;) I was sitting right behind you, if I'm correct..

Oh, that Chinese umpire couldn't pronounce Luke Charlesworth's name.. he said "luke charlies-worth" :D:D

[...]Oh, that Chinese umpire couldn't pronounce Luke Charlesworth's name.. he said "luke charlies-worth" :D:D
At least, he got Charlie's Worth for whatever it's worth :p

As far as I can recall, not one non-Chinese official (or commentator) ever got Xia Xuanze's name right :D

Today, we hear everyone tripping over Sudket Prapakamol and Poompat Sapkulchananart :D

It goes on.

My turn.

uncles:
http://file046a.bebo.com/2/original/2008/11/13/10/4165450615a9407376899o.jpg

http://file046a.bebo.com/2/original/2008/11/13/10/4165450615a9407376923o.jpg

http://file046a.bebo.com/5/original/2008/11/13/10/4165450615a9407385829o.jpg

there are quite a few hot female players....that barry girl....looks pretty good...

hey, more pics of our uncle please:D:D
iah!!!
great pics!

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/415982172_C5DmS-M.jpg

Court 3 is using manual scoring... Jeremy Liu/Hu He Maoni??
http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/415977814_MRFG4-M.jpg

Windarto/Wirawan vs JD Chew/Brent Miller??
http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/415963030_cVJgC-M.jpg

Chen/Chou look like uni-students..
http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/415924198_BJiLW-M.jpg

..thanks for sharing the link/pics; just curious, did you take those pics??...i notice quite a lot of young players competing..:cool:
Btw, i like this pic below. Is that their natural hair color??..:confused:



Yes, these are all my pictures.
The red coloured hair is certainly not natural, but it definitely adds colour :)

Court 3 is using manual scoring... Jeremy Liu/Hu He Maoni??


Windarto/Wirawan vs JD Chew/Brent Miller??


Chen/Chou look like uni-students..


Court 3 is indeed bound to flip charts. You are correct on the players here :)

The other match of INA against NZ'ers was actually Stanley Koo/Lance Newman.

Man.. you're fast.. I'm uploading my pics right now. I managed to get a photo with Tommy Sugiarto :)

Noluckjim, I'll try to find you tomorrow if you come.. ;) I was sitting right behind you, if I'm correct..

Oh, that Chinese umpire couldn't pronounce Luke Charlesworth's name.. he said "luke charlies-worth" :D:D

Give me a tap or a yell or something :) I'll probably be too busy taking pics la!
It depends as well... If I go with my GF :) I'll probably be taking pics from the stands :(

..thanks, James-san for the other pics:cool:...anymore pics to share??..:)
*Btw, not sure if kwun or mods want to change the title of this thread to just "NZ Open Pictures"??..:confused:

On that note... day 1 pics:
http://soon.smugmug.com/gallery/6538662_t8fYR#415803467_rFeMd

..post some of them here, if you'd like..:)

..post some of them here, if you'd like..:)

Ordinarily I would, but since I was going to put them on my photosite... well I got lazy :p

I'm uploading during work! (shhh...), so I don't have the luxury of being able to pick out the nice ones... but I might afterwards. I think the fuzzy one of Luke Charlesworth is one of the better ones.

noluckjim, the pictures are awesome!
I wish there were captions too... it'd help to know these players :)

Here's my favourite - I would title it 'Desperation' :D
will this be called 'Desperation' too?:p:rolleyes:

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/11/14/sports/s_pg70kien.jpg

will this be called 'Desperation' too?:p:rolleyes:

http://thestar.com.my/archives/2008/11/14/sports/s_pg70kien.jpg

Well, the way Koo Kien Keat is now playing, pretty soon he'll be called 'Mr Desperate' ;)

(And, george, isn't this off-topic? :mad:)

So I turned up last night as well... and there's nothing quite like having a media pass :D

http://soon.smugmug.com/gallery/6553550_LG97h/1/417045752_YMsoD#417045752_YMsoD

Where am I where am I..

Where am I where am I..

360 pictures from last night... I think I overkilled it a bit. I bid you good hunting :)

So I turned up last night as well... and there's nothing quite like having a media pass :D
http://soon.smugmug.com/gallery/6553550_LG97h/1/417045752_YMsoD#417045752_YMsoD
Nice shot jim and well done Sairul.

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/416984670_DhmKR-M.jpg

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/416984417_gDiPq-M.jpg

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/416984883_xtYPb-M.jpg

wow, he`s like a hardcore guy..:eek::D
unfortunately, he lost to LTS in the final..:o:)

Zhou mi take the title again!

http://i0.sinaimg.cn/ty/o/p/2008-11-15/U1647P6T12D4071977F44DT20081115122332.jpg

http://i3.sinaimg.cn/ty/o/p/2008-11-15/U1647P6T12D4071976F44DT20081115122327.jpg

http://sports.sina.com.cn/z/08badminton/photo/69388/index.shtml

soon, Where are the final's photos?

soon, Where are the final's photos?

They're uploading on the site... about 50 of them are on there now, with another 300 to go...

Browser crashed without me knowing, so I'll have to keep an eye out on it every now and then. But they are coming!:cool:

ok, the pics are all in :)

http://soon.smugmug.com/gallery/6562312_EekQo/13/417718894_Z5hXY#417729954_w4L7q

:):D

Thanks noluckjim! great pics..

ok, the pics are all in :)

http://soon.smugmug.com/gallery/6562312_EekQo/13/417718894_Z5hXY#417729954_w4L7q

:):D

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/417634322_Uz4Zc-M.jpg

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/417703688_WCnc7-M.jpg

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/417724169_da6ba-M.jpg

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/417738192_sTBhf-M.jpg

http://soon.smugmug.com/photos/417687134_eoYEj-M.jpg

Thanks a lot for the pictures - so many! It's great!

Some photos, sorry I never really take photos of Badminton so pretty newb at these and only able to take from the bench. anyway.. give some comment so I can improve :) all photo is not edited except resize and save for web.

EDIT: Oh by the way, I only took photo on the Thursday only and not much photo other than these. Most of time either watching or talking with my friends :P

http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0001.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0002.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0003.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0004.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0005.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0006.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0007.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0008.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0009.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0010.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0011.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0012.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/bahamuthz/pics/klrc08/dpp_0013.jpg

thanks for all the great photos!:):):)

just wanna add some pics of Indonesian players.

I'm still learning badminton photography (I'm even learning from ae86trueno, so yea, he called himself pretty newb, so I dunno what I should call myself) :D

any feedback is welcomed..

Wow.. I never knew that so many Nz-er BC members even existed..

A.Kurniawan, are you the one with glasses ?

i was the one with ae86trueno when you asked him to take your pic with Tommy.

yea, i'm the one with glasses..

Oh, wow.. there are lots of BCBF members from IBNZ then.

just wanna add some pics of Indonesian players.

I'm still learning badminton photography (I'm even learning from ae86trueno, so yea, he called himself pretty newb, so I dunno what I should call myself) :D

any feedback is welcomed..

Lol, I'm still learning lor.. still newbie at taking sport or people..

Oh, wow.. there are lots of BCBF members from IBNZ then.

lol.. I think apart from me and a.kurniawan, I don't think any other IBNZ player here.. I could be wrong though ;)

..the rest of the pics, ae86trueno & a. kurniawan!..The more the merrier!:cool:

Btw, there aren't many BCers from NZ, but isn't adelina76 from NZ, or at least used to live and cover the NZ baddy tourney, as well??..:confused::cool:

..i'm guessing the no. members from NZ is less than 1% of the overall total members. But my hunch says, the BC traffic from NZ is in the top 10.;)

You welcome ctjcad. This actually my third time to take photo at Badminton so still have to learn alot. noluckjim give me quite a number of point to look for. Will try to take more in future :) Wow.. top 10 :O thats either good or bad :D we should spend more time in court :D :D

You welcome ctjcad. This actually my third time to take photo at Badminton so still have to learn alot. noluckjim give me quite a number of point to look for. Will try to take more in future :) Wow.. top 10 :O thats either good or bad :D we should spend more time in court :D :D


Ae86trueno, I actually think in my humble opinion that your action photos are some of the best I've seen for the 2008 NZ Open. I've done reporting for IBF for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and see a lot and I mean a lot of photos and the ones you take of the players doing jumping smashes almost look professionally done! See, one of the hardest thing to do is to capture the player in the best pose for the smash but to also include the shuttle in your shot. Not many people achieve that in their action photography, so well done! Keep it up!

Ctjcad, yes, I'm a kiwi, or rather a chiwi and still living in NZ, middle earth and God's paradise on this planet :P:D

Ae86trueno, I actually think in my humble opinion that your action photos are some of the best I've seen for the 2008 NZ Open. I've done reporting for IBF for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and see a lot and I mean a lot of photos and the ones you take of the players doing jumping smashes almost look professionally done! See, one of the hardest thing to do is to capture the player in the best pose for the smash but to also include the shuttle in your shot. Not many people achieve that in their action photography, so well done! Keep it up!

Ctjcad, yes, I'm a kiwi, or rather a chiwi and still living in NZ, middle earth and God's paradise on this planet :P:D

Hi Adelina76, thank you :) well I'm still learning and need more practice. Some of the shoot over exposed >.< but I find it quite interesting shooting Badminton (normally I like landscape and nature). Thanks for the pointer :)

Thanks for the awesome photos guys! Ae86trueno, if you are going to organise a game, please do let me know. Getting a bit rusty too and watching all these guys play just boosts my adrenaline levels! :D

Joe P.

Thanks for the awesome photos guys! Ae86trueno, if you are going to organise a game, please do let me know. Getting a bit rusty too and watching all these guys play just boosts my adrenaline levels! :D

Joe P.

Hi Joe, glad to hear that :) well unfortunately from tomorrow to next week Friday I'm rostered standby again :( so I have to be "good boy" stay at home >.< but will let you know of any game.
Andre going back to Indo tomorrow for holiday. T.T less player.

say hi to peps in ibnz and mubc then =D....

hi joe.. guess i havent been playing much ya?... ya ol betta get ready when i visit yo... sen still in nz?... to bad we didnt get to play last time yah..

yup he's still around... but the friday night group has dissolved so haven't seen him a long while. I'm ready to take you on anytime mate, see you when you're next here. :)

Joe P.

Yeah, I stopped the Friday night.. kinda hard to maintain and the number of players is unpredictable, kinda sad though :( I remember I start that Friday night group about 10 years ago :(
I thought Sen is in Australia?

maybe he is... just saw his car the other day and just assumed that was him :o