Gymnastics-1st meet of season

cmkultradome · November 24, 2009

Our girls team had their first meet of the season this past weekend (my son has his first meet next month). The owner of the gym allowed me on the floor to shoot. I had just bought the 85 1.8 lens 4 hours before the meet started. I used it for the beam and also caught some vault since I was nearby. I really like this lens, shot at f2. I had to switch to the 70-200 2.8 to capture the floor, so some of my beam pictures are also taken with that lens. When I used the 70-200 I had to boost the ISO up to 3200 which makes for a lot of noise on my 40D. Overall I was quite happy with the pictures, still can't achieve the shutter speeds I would like but I think the parents will be happy for the most part. Thanks for looking.

Stephanie

#1 First time this gymnast did this in competition and she nailed it!

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#3 I don't usually shoot vault, but I was standing in that area to take the beam pictures

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#6 My favorite

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Hikin' Mike · November 24, 2009

Great shots! We just finished States last weekend. No more until January (I think).

Rocketman766 · November 24, 2009

Very nice shots, I like #6 also. Looks like another thread for me to follow. Makes me wish my daughter would start gymnastics again. (took time off after a broken ankle, now she thinks she fell too far behind to start again...). Maybe I can get in with her old team and get some shots to contribute.