A gang of boys in black shorts carried a long row boat towards the Shing Mun River (城門河) in Shatin (沙田) for their summer of fun at the Shatin Rowing Centre (沙田賽艇中心) in Hong Kong.

I came here originally to work on some panorama but since I am carrying loads of deadweight anyway, I brought the 7D + 100-400 with me also — and besides walking into these kids, some asian waterbirds also grace their presence in this ridiculously hot afternoon.

Upon closer inspection on other captures from the same day, it would appear that they are from the 嶺大划艇 Lingnan University Rowing Team [1].

# Notes

1. www.facebook.com/LURowingTeam

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-08-09T16:19:04+0800

+ Dimensions: 5184 x 2916

+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 390 mm

+ ISO: 250

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E

+ Location: 香港沙田賽艇中心 Shatin Rowing Centre, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Lightroom 5

+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.49261

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

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The 嶺大划艇 Lingnan University Rowing Team took their boat out from storage towards the docks to train for a university championship to be held on the next day.

When these boys walk towards me, I would have guessed that they were much younger. But then I noticed the sign on the boat, which reads “Lingnan University,” that’s when I realised that they were in fact university students in Hong Kong.

As they became aware of the camera, a few managed to make the defacto hand-sign in Asia—V for Victory. Personally I would have wished that they would just go about their own business, but I suppose it is very hard to not notice a giant telephoto lens pointing at them from just a few meters away…

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-08-09T16:17:57+0800

+ Dimensions: 5172 x 3448

+ Exposure: 1/400 sec at f/5.6

+ Focal Length: 300 mm

+ ISO: 200

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E

+ Location: 香港沙田賽艇中心 Shatin Rowing Centre, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Lightroom 5

+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.49242.BW

+ Series: 體育 Sports, 男 Men

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

猛日移船 Moving the boat under fierce heat / 嶺大划艇 Lingnan University Rowing Team / 香港水上體育運動 Hong Kong Water Sports / SML.20130809.7D.49242.BW

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