Sports Photography - How they caught "The Catch": Interesting article for sports photographers, who discuss how they managed to photograph the astonishingly difficult football...

Nikonman2014

Interesting article for sports photographers, who discuss how they managed to photograph the astonishingly difficult football reception by the New York Giants' Odell Beckham Jr. They discuss the gear, the moment, all the details. Great read!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/sports/football/catch-by-giants-odell-beckham-jr-made-for-a-great-picture.html?emc=edit_th_20141125&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=5402173

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Interesting article that points out there is no standard setting for shooting sporting events...

A quick look at the equipment / settings...
Nikon D4S
Silverman
70-200mm (zoomed to 200)
1/1250 sec; his aperture was f/4.0 at ISO 2000
They replaced one of my cameras, and I had never used it before..."

Canon 1DX
Elsa Garrison
400. 2.8 lens
1250 ISO at 1/1600th of a second at f2.8.

Al Bello
400mm, 70-200mm, and 24-70 mm
All cameras set to
1/2000 sec at f/2.8 at ISO 2500.

Andrew Mills
Canon 500 4.0
70-200 2.8
1000th of a second @ 4.0 at ISO 2000

Jim OConnor
200-400mm f/4 lens
5000 ISO @ 1/2000 sec

Canon 5D Mark III
Adam Hunger
24-70 2.8 lens (shot at about 50 mm)
1600th 3.5 2000 ISO.

Camera not specified
Julio Cortez
70-200mm
Kathy Willens
400mm f/2.8

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

Andrew Mills, who you can see in the background of the Kathy Willins shot had an article inthe paper about how he did not "miss" the shot dispite havubg to juggle cameras. As proof he shows the shot creditied to him in the article. However, if he had been a little quicker, I think he could have had a shot that showed the whole football.

It is a tough game.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Nikonman2014 wrote:

Interesting article for sports photographers, who discuss how they managed to photograph the astonishingly difficult football reception by the New York Giants' Odell Beckham Jr. They discuss the gear, the moment, all the details. Great read!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/sports/football/catch-by-giants-odell-beckham-jr-made-for-a-great-picture.html?emc=edit_th_20141125&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=5402173

That's not "The Catch." I remember "The Catch." From Wikipedia:

The Catch refers to the winning touchdown reception by Dwight Clark off a Joe Montana pass in the January 10, 1982, NFC Championship Game between the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers. The Catch is widely regarded as one of the most memorable events in NFL history. The game represented the end of Dallas' domination in the NFC since the conference's inception in 1970, and the beginning of San Francisco's rise as both an NFC and Super Bowl power in the 1980s.

(From a 49ers fan)

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

JohnSwanda wrote:

That's not "The Catch." I remember "... (show quote)

Sorry, Nothing beats 1972 and the Immaculate Reception. NFL Films has chosen it as the greatest play of all time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMksKd9Jjho

Shellback Loc: North of Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands - Kansas

Remember folks - what was "great" back in the day is now history - and memories are short...

And all records will be broken eventually -

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

Nikonman2014 wrote:

Interesting article for sports photographers, who discuss how they managed to photograph the astonishingly difficult football reception by the New York Giants' Odell Beckham Jr. They discuss the gear, the moment, all the details. Great read!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/sports/football/catch-by-giants-odell-beckham-jr-made-for-a-great-picture.html?emc=edit_th_20141125&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=5402173

Pretty good endorsement for Gorilla Glue.

jwhphotos Loc: Maryland

RWR wrote:

Pretty good endorsement for Gorilla Glue.

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Photographer Jim Loc: Rio Vista, CA

JohnSwanda wrote:

That's not "The Catch." I remember "... (show quote)

Absolutely correct. This is only the catch; no caps, no quotation marks.

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

jwhphotos wrote:

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

+1! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :lol: :lol: :lol:

bigwolf40 Loc: Effort, Pa.

RWR wrote:

Pretty good endorsement for Gorilla Glue.

And Canon. LOL. Just kidding with you....Rich