Claudio Piombetti's blog, archived articles for 11/2010
Images from Rugby VII Torino vs Rugby Parabiago
A few group pictures from the match between Rugby VII Torino and Rugby Parabiago. Snow fell on Settimo Torinese before the match, but most of it had gone by the time the teams started...
Rugby VII Torino vs Parabiago 23-24
U.S. Rugby Parabiago visited Rugby VII Torino in Settimo Torinese, and got away with victory after a closely fought match. 24-23 was the final score, after a last second kick by the hosts bounced off the bar. More pictures to...
DSLRs banned in Kuwait. What's next?
If you are travelling to Kuwait and you have a digital reflex camera (DSLR), you might want to leave it at home. Three Kuwaiti ministries have banner the use of DSLRs in public in Kuwait. The ban comes from the Ministry of Information, Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of Finance. According to the Kuwait Times, the three ministries decided that professional cameras (DSLRs) should be used only...
Triathlon is so photogenic: more pics from Aviva Ironman 70.3 in Singapore
There was no live rugby for me last weekend, therefore I have been doing some digging in my "pics that should be published" list. And the result is ... more pictures from the 2010 Aviva Ironman 70.3 triathlon competition, held in Singapore on 21st March...
More pictures from VII Rugby Torino vs CUS Pavia
Last chunk of pictures from the match between VII Rugby Torino and CUS Pavia. More pics from the same match available at "VII Rugby Torino vs CUS Pavia", "Pictures from VII Rugby Torino vs CUS Pavia" and "Preparing for the...
Preparing for the scrum
Another couple of pictures from the match between VII Rugby Torino and CUS Pavia played on...
Pictures from VII Rugby Torino vs CUS Pavia
A few more pictures from yesterday's match between VII Rugby Torino and CUS Pavia. Please look at the copyright notes in you plan to fiddle with these...
VII Rugby Torino vs CUS Pavia
Another Sunday taking rugby photos, another Sunday watching a victory for VII Rugby Torino. This time it was 40-16 on CUS Pavia, on a dry-ish day in Settimo Torinese. Before the match During the...
My first Oval Ball Weekend, the other match: Rivoli Blacks vs Lancieri Novara
As I said a few weeks ago, in October I had the opportunity to follow an American football match from the sidelines. In 2010. Two-thousands-and-ten. That's about thirty years after the first NFL match I saw on tv. Well, yes, I did wait a bit. And thanks to the Rivoli Blacks press agent - and to coach Gianni Brena, I suppose - I have been welcomed on the sidelines of the Blacks complex in Grugliasco, near Turin...
A few more pictures from a rainy rugby match (Settimo vs Borgo Poncarale)
Keeping the camera dry on such a rainy day was just not possible, so I am glad the camera did not die on me. And a brighter lens would have been in order: the Sigma 50-500mm offers a range few lenses can match, but it is not the right lens if you have to work in overcast weather. And talking about this... if anybody has a Nikkor 80-200mm/2.8 to sell, let me know. Despite the above mentioned limitations,...
Always protect your head
Another image from the Rugby VII Torino vs Borgo Poncarale match played on 31/10/2010. The player on the ground was initially hidden by a forest of legs; I took this picture after most of the players...
In rugby, your age doesn't matter
Despite watching rugby since the early Eighties, I have never seen a live rugby match before this, in October 2010. Rugby was not the most common sport in my neighbourhood in Italy, and even in the years I spent in the UK I have never seen people playing rugby. So all the rugby players I have ever seen were in their 20s or 30s. I am glad to see that there are exceptions, and that age, sometimes, does not matter:...
Rugby VII Torino vs Borgo Poncarale: It's raining, it's pouring...
The location: Settimo Torinese, near Turin, in Italy. The event: a rugby match between Rugby VII Torino, the home team, and Borgo Poncarale from Veneto. The unwelcome guest: rain constantly pouring down on players, umpires and yours...