This is probably the closest I’ll ever be to an Olympic Gold medal (unless eating becomes a sport). The Evers-Swindell twins at a parade in Napier honoring them. More images here.

To those who emailed asking about the shot: I wanted something different so I setup with a 300 and a 10-20 guessing everyone else would be shooting with a standard wide and telephoto. The shot above gives a nice isolation, you can see a gold medal, and you know instantly who it is. Shot at 300mm on a D2h, F4.5, 1/2000th and ISO400. Standing on a bollard in Emmerson street to get the height and angle for the shot. I swapped to a standard wide further up the street to get some close up shots.

Once again GT from the Hawkes Bay Today was having a great time…..

…..and did his best to be in as many photos as possible…..behind….

….or from the side……

….or just popping up….

Here Craig Bell (also from the HB Today) gets in on the act