My boxing adventures are really starting to come together. This was the fight where I was going to put my 20D in the truss and fire it remotely, but the lighting contractors' truck broke down and they were running about 1/2 day behind causing a lot of stress to I took that as a sign to put it off until next time. I did have two bodies, 1D Mark IIN with 24-70mm f/2.8 and 1D Mark II with 300mm f/2.8 for shooting the corners between rounds. Since the other two or three guys shooting are all very experienced I try to do something in addition to the normal shots.
The main event was Vic Darchinyan, the defending IBF/IBO Flyweight champion, vs. Diosdado Gabi, in which Vic successfully defended his title knocking Gabi to the floor a couple of times. The co-main event, Anotony Mora vs. Tustam Nugaev was also a good fight.
The other fights were pretty sad only going a couple of rounds before one of the fighters was down and didn't want to get up ... totally overwhelmed by the winner.
This was the first time I have used Custom White Balance and it is a significant improvement over Auto White Balance. I am now so enamored of it that I used it to great benefit at a poker tournament I shot yesterday to great effect. TV light is golden. Poker tournament light was greenish until the last table when it was switched to blueish (very cold) for effect.
Well, I am rambling. Here's the collage and few images:
Below, Gabi lands a good punch on Darchinyan, but Vic is really very tough:
Here is a more typical of the match image ... notice how Vic is holding Gabi's arm. The other "trick" he used was to use his hips and knees against Gabi when he had him at any disadvantage. I'm a fight newbie so I don't know if either of these things is legal:
This is Jake Gutierrez out of Henerson, Nevada, who has been at the last two fights.
Here's Mora whaling on Nugaev who didn't put up much of a fight:
And another of about the same:
This is the sort of thing shooting with the 300mm between rounds or at the start/end can pick up:
There are a few more on my website at http://www.dwightmccann.com …howTimeBoxing03032006.htm
including a couple of the Ring Girls.
