Football Davidson v Butler (lots)

marlinspike

People who view the sports forum on FM will recognize this post

The last football game of the year, my senior year at that. They (Davidson) won big time, which is good for them. This is a team of mostly the same guys that had an awful season last year (due in part, I'm sure, to the growing pains of a new coach), and so I felt happy for them to have done well this year, and it was a good way for so many of them to close their college football career.
If any of you remember my thread about kickers, believe it or not a kindly photographer did lend me a 300 2.8 L, and I stuck my 1.4x tc on there for a good bit of the shots, but I still didn't get that kicker shot I wanted. One of my regrets, or at least disappointments is I never got very good at shooting football, and most likely never will (at the very least, it will be many years before I photograph football again, if ever). But then, I haven't gotten very good at photographing any sport really...maybe I'm not a sports photographer, I'm just a silly man in a fur coat who needs a shave (10 points if you get the reference) Here's some of what I'm giving to the paper. I let the 2:3 ratio requirement go out the window, they didn't seem to mind the last time. If you care to see the full selection of what I'm sending to the paper you'll have to PM me since that gallery is passworded, but here's some of it.
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#11 - I had the frame right before this, which was much better because #90's face was in clear view, but it was OOF

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#15 - would have been nice to have had a 2nd body with a wider lens here

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#17 - clearly I never did master the overhead technique

#18 - almost missed this...maybe I did miss it?

Richard

marlinspike

That bad, huh? Or do you all just read FM?

Phyxius

I want YOU! Nice job on the first one A shame about the glare in the second one (off the visor).

Really nice shot in number 4. Did you do any post processing on the face or is that out of camera?


Love the idea of number 10 (the pass over everyone shot), but I don't think it's your typical newspaper print.

NICE angle on 13!

I'm going to the Maryland vs Wake Forest game on the 25th. My lens is kinda.... though...it's the Nikon 70-300mm 4-5.6D. It's fine in bright light, but I really don't think it'll do much of anything in the stadium. Also the time is currently TBD. It's going to be an important game and probably broadcast so they haven't decided a time yet. Hopefully it starts while it's still ight out so I have a slight chance of getting SOMETHING!

Good job!

marlinspike

Phyxius wrote:

Really nice shot in number 4. Did you do any post processing on the face or is that out of camera?


I'm going to the Maryland vs Wake Forest game on the 25th. My lens is kinda.... though...it's the Nikon 70-300mm 4-5.6D. It's fine in bright light, but I really don't think it'll do much of anything in the stadium. Also the time is currently TBD. It's going to be an important game and probably broadcast so they haven't decided a time yet. Hopefully it starts while it's still ight out so I have a slight chance of getting SOMETHING!

Good job!

Well, I shoot in raw, so I guess everything I show is post-processed heh. But I know what you mean, IIRC I did some shadow recovery to bring the face out, but not too much (I try as best I can to expose for the shadows when I shoot).

I doubt he travels, but if you see Brian (he shoots for Wake - has a 1D mk2n with 400 2.8 and 1d mk2 with 70-200 2.8 usually), tell him you know Richard who shoots at Davidson.