College football Canada-style

College football Canada-style · 11:49 AM

Here are seven shots from a recent football game at my university. All shot with the K20D and a Vivitar series 1 70-210. Manual lenses can do sports, it seems, whatever the guys in the 8th picture might think

. Imagine, I didn't have any super-modern AF system, only my hand and eyes, and a 30 years old lens.

Oh, and my team, the red shirts, won (unbeaten in three years, I think)

Enjoy (C&C welcomed):

I wonder at what aperture they were shooting...

Gaelen · 10-06-2008, 11:55 AM

Love the shots

The last one made me laugh

Makes me want to go take a stop the local college one night for a game

Nowhere Matt · 10-06-2008, 12:04 PM

Thanks inpart to this forum, I have become sentenced to taking greater notice of photographers in many situations myself.
I recently attended a high school football game where one of the stand out field photogs of course had a full rig on monopod for some late night shots. After every shot he made notes on a little pad he wore on his waist utility belt and I wondered what he was writing. I should have asked.
My monopod at least looks like the one in your last image but I will never own a lens with the girth and performance of these.

bdery · 10-06-2008, 05:13 PM

Monopods are certainly useful, but I haven't needed any to shoot this game... Image stabilization and an f3,5 lens will do the job. I didn't even use the fastest aperture.

Colours and saturation are always impressive with this lens.

ve2vfd · 10-06-2008, 09:21 PM

Le Rouge et Or contre Concordia?

U-Laval ont gagné j'magine?

Pat

bdery · 10-07-2008, 06:52 AM

Originally posted by ve2vfd

Le Rouge et Or contre Concordia?

U-Laval ont gagné j'magine?

Pat

vw2vfd, yes they won, but they didn't play well at all. 21-12, it should have been a more dramatic victory. Le Rouge et Or did better against the Redmen last week

They're really headed for the Cup this year. Sad thing is that because of travels, I'll be missing most home games.

To be fair, Condorcia did put up a fight, a better one than I would have expected.

P.S. I've been blamed once on a forum for conducting a conversation in French, so I'm replying in English

JCSullivan · 10-08-2008, 05:27 AM

Glad you decided to do that because I was going to comment on it. Personally, I don't care but, the subject has come-up before.

If anything make it bilingue SVP.

maxwell1295 · 10-08-2008, 06:24 AM

Nice shots. I don't know what ISO you shot these at, but it looks like you could easily bump it up a stop to freeze the action even more.

bdery · 10-08-2008, 06:29 AM

Originally posted by maxwell1295

Nice shots. I don't know what ISO you shot these at, but it looks like you could easily bump it up a stop to freeze the action even more.

I was at ISO 400 most of the time. You're right, I could have increased it more, bu to 800 easily without compromising anything. I thought that 1/650 sec was enough, and many times it was, but not always.

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10-06-2008, 11:55 AM	#2
Gaelen Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Coquitlam, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 749	Love the shots The last one made me laugh Makes me want to go take a stop the local college one night for a game

10-06-2008, 12:04 PM	#3
Nowhere Matt Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nowhere Land Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,362	Thanks inpart to this forum, I have become sentenced to taking greater notice of photographers in many situations myself. I recently attended a high school football game where one of the stand out field photogs of course had a full rig on monopod for some late night shots. After every shot he made notes on a little pad he wore on his waist utility belt and I wondered what he was writing. I should have asked. My monopod at least looks like the one in your last image but I will never own a lens with the girth and performance of these.

10-06-2008, 05:13 PM	#4
bdery Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Quebec city, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,360 Original Poster	Monopods are certainly useful, but I haven't needed any to shoot this game... Image stabilization and an f3,5 lens will do the job. I didn't even use the fastest aperture. Colours and saturation are always impressive with this lens.

10-06-2008, 09:21 PM	#5
ve2vfd Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,433	Le Rouge et Or contre Concordia? U-Laval ont gagné j'magine? Pat

10-07-2008, 06:52 AM	#6
bdery Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Quebec city, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,360 Original Poster	Originally posted by ve2vfd Le Rouge et Or contre Concordia? U-Laval ont gagné j'magine? Pat vw2vfd, yes they won, but they didn't play well at all. 21-12, it should have been a more dramatic victory. Le Rouge et Or did better against the Redmen last week They're really headed for the Cup this year. Sad thing is that because of travels, I'll be missing most home games. To be fair, Condorcia did put up a fight, a better one than I would have expected. P.S. I've been blamed once on a forum for conducting a conversation in French, so I'm replying in English

10-08-2008, 05:27 AM	#7
JCSullivan Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Windsor, Canada Posts: 3,056	Glad you decided to do that because I was going to comment on it. Personally, I don't care but, the subject has come-up before. If anything make it bilingue SVP.

10-08-2008, 06:24 AM	#8
maxwell1295 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Long Island, New York Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,703	Nice shots. I don't know what ISO you shot these at, but it looks like you could easily bump it up a stop to freeze the action even more.

10-08-2008, 06:29 AM	#9
bdery Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Quebec city, Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,360 Original Poster	Originally posted by maxwell1295 Nice shots. I don't know what ISO you shot these at, but it looks like you could easily bump it up a stop to freeze the action even more. I was at ISO 400 most of the time. You're right, I could have increased it more, bu to 800 easily without compromising anything. I thought that 1/650 sec was enough, and many times it was, but not always.