MARCH 2007 – Beach sailors prepare for a race on the beach of St.-Peter-Ording in Germany. © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
As you may know, our family had always been fond of St. Peter Ording in Northern Germany. I have found images in the archive that date back to 1943. Here’s a more recent image from our trip to the North Sea in 2007.
Obviously, March was too early (and thus too cold) in the year for taking a bath in the North Sea. Apart from this, the water was simply not present, thanks to ebb tide. So we did what the others did and roamed the huge beach. One morning a group of professional beach sailors were preparing for a race on the solid ground of the large sandbank. It was exciting to see the fragile vehicles race along the beach at very high speed.
My photo shows the phase a few minutes before the race. The teams probably discuss the wind and race strategies (or just exchange some gossip?) and look great in their racing suits and helmets. Brave men who are prepared to take up the race, powered exclusively by the wind.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date & Time | 25-MAR-2007, 11:14 |
| Location | St.-Peter-Ording, Germany |
| Camera | Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II |
| Lens | Canon EF 70-200 mm 2.8 L USM |
| ISO | 400 |
| Exposure | 1/320 sec at f/20 |
| Digital Image Source Format | Canon Camera RAW (CR2) |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4992 x 3328 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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