Quick post of HS Highjump
May 16, 2021 18:57:06 #
david vt
Loc: Vermont
Hi
Track officials allowed me to get in really close to the bar yesterday. So close I was shooting between 70-100mm. Was able capture this athlete setting a new PR @ 6ft 4.5in, breaking his own PR by 5 inches and his HS record, set in 1968, by 1.5 inches. He had won the meet at 6-2, but told me he was “in the grove” at that height and just felt he could work up from there.
Really happy with how this shot is framed with the sign in the background. I probably had too much DOF, but it was hard keeping them in focus so I went up more f stops than normal (bright sunny day helped keep ISO in check!) It may not post with great resolution off my iPad, but on the computer I can see the individual hairs on his leg and arms!
Enjoy
Track officials allowed me to get in really close to the bar yesterday. So close I was shooting between 70-100mm. Was able capture this athlete setting a new PR @ 6ft 4.5in, breaking his own PR by 5 inches and his HS record, set in 1968, by 1.5 inches. He had won the meet at 6-2, but told me he was “in the grove” at that height and just felt he could work up from there.
Really happy with how this shot is framed with the sign in the background. I probably had too much DOF, but it was hard keeping them in focus so I went up more f stops than normal (bright sunny day helped keep ISO in check!) It may not post with great resolution off my iPad, but on the computer I can see the individual hairs on his leg and arms!
Enjoy
May 17, 2021 07:59:17 #
Nice action shot of the flopper.
All the jumpers flop nowadays, don’t they?
All the jumpers flop nowadays, don’t they?
May 17, 2021 10:52:05 #
May 17, 2021 12:08:55 #
david vt wrote:
Hi br br Track officials allowed me to get in rea... (show quote)
Nice work for sure David. The sign in the background is good where as the jumper in later years might enjoy. But for a photographer we always looking for a clean background and in track it's not an easy chore. Good work my friend.
May 17, 2021 12:31:22 #
david vt
Loc: Vermont
jaymatt wrote:
Nice action shot of the flopper.
All the jumpers flop nowadays, don’t they?
All the jumpers flop nowadays, don’t they?
Yes, after Dick Fosbery whom “invented” the flop technique in late ‘60s. Still see some jumpers going over headfirst or scissor kicking, but it is in general only at heights about 4.5 ft or lower. Any serious HJ working on max height will be going over with the flop
thanks for looking
May 17, 2021 12:33:36 #
david vt
Loc: Vermont
@Ray - thanks
@Jules. Yes, but as noted at a track you are limited, especially in a field event where this is usually but a handful of angles at which to capture the event and the face/eyes at the same time.
I have tried to convince them to move the HJ and PV platforms where it would give me a nice forest background, but no dice yet. :).
@Jules. Yes, but as noted at a track you are limited, especially in a field event where this is usually but a handful of angles at which to capture the event and the face/eyes at the same time.
I have tried to convince them to move the HJ and PV platforms where it would give me a nice forest background, but no dice yet. :).
May 17, 2021 12:37:05 #
david vt wrote:
@Ray - thanks
@Jules. Yes, but as noted at a track you are limited, especially in a field event where this is usually but a handful of angles at which to capture the event and the face/eyes at the same time.
I have tried to convince them to move the HJ and PV platforms where it would give me a nice forest background, but no dice yet. :).
@Jules. Yes, but as noted at a track you are limited, especially in a field event where this is usually but a handful of angles at which to capture the event and the face/eyes at the same time.
I have tried to convince them to move the HJ and PV platforms where it would give me a nice forest background, but no dice yet. :).
Yep I feel your pain. Most difficult.
Aug 15, 2021 04:30:56 #
mundy-F2
Loc: Chicago suburban area
david vt wrote:
Hi br br Track officials allowed me to get in rea... (show quote)
Very nice shot!
Mundy
Aug 18, 2021 16:17:05 #
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