2014 Photo Contest, Sports Action, 2nd prize

Slalom action

Photographer

Andrzej Grygiel

for PAP-Polska Agencja Prasowa

24 March, 2013

Pawel Starzyk of Poland competes in the slalom of the men’s super-combined at the International Polish Alpine Skiing Championship, on 24 March.

About the photographer

Andrzej Grygiel

Andrzej Grygiel was born in 1966 and studied journalism at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. He was a photographer for the daily press in the Silesia until 2005, whe...

Background story

Pawel Starzyk of Poland competes in the slalom of the men’s super-combined at the International Polish Alpine Skiing Championship, on 24 March. Super-combined consists of a single run of slalom, and a shortened normal downhill ski run. Starzyk had successfully completed the downhill race, but fell and did not complete the slalom run.

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/1024
Focal length
200.0 mm
F-Stop
5.6
ISO
200
Camera
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

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