Baltimore Ravens Training Camp

[Lucky Forward]

This week I got out to Baltimore Ravens training camp in Westminster, Maryland. The camp is very fan-friendly, and I was able to get right up to the rope fence on the sideline at midfield. I shot these with my 20D, 100-400L, and a monopod.



Quarterback Kyle Boller with head coach Brian Billick looking on:
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First round draft pick Mark Clayton:
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Fom right to left, Jon Ogden, Ed Mulitalo, and Mike Flynn square off against Terrell Suggs and the boys:
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Samari Rolle jokes with Ed Reed and Will Demps:
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Deion Sanders and Ray Lewis:
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Kicker Matt Stover with Billick:
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Chris McAlister jams a receiver at the line:
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Deion Sanders leaves the field after practice:
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…and heads to the sideline to sign some autographs:
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[cgratti]

Great shots...

Billick needs a shave....

[spencer87]

im not a football fan, but these are some great shots!

its good to see other baltimore photographers on here too :)

S

[robekert]

Very good shots. Well exposed and good post processing. The photographs look very natural, almost as I am viewing the scene with my own eyes. I find it funny that all of our training camp galleries look similar. They throw balls. They catch balls. They stand around looking like football players. But this is your gallery and you should be proud of it. I used to make deliveries in the Westminster area. Beautiful country out there.
Rob

[Lucky Forward]

Thanks you all for your comments! I've always been more of a nature and landscape photographer, but I just got my 100-400L lens in June and I wanted to try my hand at some sports photography. This is probably the first time I've used the "burst" shutter mode on my 20D extensively, and it was a lot of fun to track a player and frame a shot, hold down the shutter button, and just let the action unfold. Looking at the pics later, I was amazed to see, even at 5 fps, how far the ball would travel between shots--made me wish for 10 or 12 fps.

See you at the Super Bowl, Rob!

[robekert]

Thanks you all for your comments! I've always been more of a nature and landscape photographer, but I just got my 100-400L lens in June and I wanted to try my hand at some sports photography. This is probably the first time I've used the "burst" shutter mode on my 20D extensively, and it was a lot of fun to track a player and frame a shot, hold down the shutter button, and just let the action unfold. Looking at the pics later, I was amazed to see, even at 5 fps, how far the ball would travel between shots--made me wish for 10 or 12 fps.

See you at the Super Bowl, Rob!

See you at tonight's game.
Rob

[PaCiFiSt]

Wow, Those are some great shots. My grandmom lives in Westminster.

Yeah, he needs a shave.