First time MMA cage fights

[jbrevard]

I shot my first MMA cage fights this past weekend, shot with 1d mark 3 and tamron 28-75mm.





1. Fighter is knocked out on the mat in the first round.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2777282588_da80920064_o.jpg



2.Fighter pounds his opponent before he wins by tap out in the 2nd round
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2777282228_43d8be03a5_o.jpg


3. Fighter taps out opponent by choke hold in less than a minute in the first round.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3245/2777282102_fcfda59323_b.jpg

4.Fighter lands a knee in between punches in his tko win in the 3rd round.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2776425235_08670ba845_o.jpg
5. Fighter pounds on the face of his opponent in his tko win in the 3rd round
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/2777281570_f35fa8d355_o.jpg

6. Fighter lands a few punches before submitting his opponent in the first round of the title fight.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2776424565_5dbb7d3bfc_o.jpg

[Shawnwil]

I like the shots the B&W one in paticular. I've only had limited sucess shooting people under stage lights.

[jimmywires]

sandbagger...lol

[jbrevard]

sandbagger?

[manutd101]

Nice, but for shots like this you should have the fighter's name, rather than just saying "Fighter".

[jbrevard]

i didn't have their names, i even checked the website and it only listed one name for the whole night.

[manutd101]

i didn't have their names, i even checked the website and it only listed one name for the whole night.
Try talking to the coordinator of the event, if you go there again. They almost always have a list of competitors somewhere.

[Dan-]

I think you really captured the strain, emotion and brutality of this event well, though 2 is kinda meh. Looks very contrasty. Any special noise reduction done?

[jimmywires]

i was kidding when said sandbagger, you did a damn good job on your first fight. I dug up some of my first mma pics everything was off i think if i remember right i shot the first half of round one with my lens cap still on

[jbrevard]

it was a little harder than i thought it'd be, i kept the lens against the fence but i still got some fence in the pics. I wish i could have stood up over then fence like the video guys. I did boost the contrast on some and the lowest setting on NN was used on those.

[Joecoral]

is that the imprint of the guys knee in the other guys gut in #4?

[jbrevard]

i doubt it, the guy was pretty big so everytime he got hit he jiggled LOL

[Carnifex]

Shots aren't bad considering the lighting. I shot a "mayhem cage fights" event recently and the light was garbage. I think i shot at ISO 6400 2.8 1/400 the whole time. The only lights were some utility work lights from home depot on top of the cage.

It was a great time though, I'm sure you had a blast.