It’s funny, every fourth year everyone suddenly seems to become a sports fan. OK, maybe not everyone, but certainly people seem to discuss sport a great deal more than usual during this time.

I rarely watch Olympic events but do make an exception for sports I might watch anyway. The exception to my exception so far has been brief but has included the table tennis final (mostly because it’s the Chinese Olympics, and China was in it, and it was on after something I was already watching) as well as the tennis final.

Other sports I’ve watched, and watch every now and then include boxing and cycling. Track and field, gymnastics and the even more obscure “sports” (dressage, I’m looking at you) are right out.

For me, though, the Olympics has really been another football (futbol, soccer, whatever) World Cup. The aforementioned viewing comes to maybe a couple of hours but I’ve watched at least three or four football matches. Mens, womens, whatever.

This evening, Argentina and Brazil play in a semi-final with the winner playing one of Nigeria and Belgium (who are playing this very moment; I suspect Nigeria will win). The Argentina/Brazil match will be, I expect, the highlight of tournament and probably more interesting than the likely Argentina/Nigeria final which will probably result in Argentina winning (again).

So, bring on the 2012 British Olympics World Cup!

When we reached Adelaide on our road trip to there and back, we decided to head out to famous Glenelg for a look around.

There we found an area which looked and felt a lot like St Kilda. However there was a large volleyball tournament on that day — finishing up, actually — and as we walked along the beach briefly we watched some of the volleyball in action.

At the time I grabbed a few shots and even though most (much like this one) were a bit blurry, the timing was good and this is definitely my favourite even though technically it might not be as well executed.

The positioning of the two subjects, the ball, the motion, the lighting and the face on the guy hitting the ball all make this into what I think is a pretty good shot. The sky could be nicer, but there’s not a lot I can think of that would improve it (except for the aforementioned technical failings).