Paintball: Local MN 5-man, plus bonus first covershot!

15 teams were fighting it out for $1500 in cash today, took around 1000 shots, here is just a few. This was also my first time using the Sigma 70-200 2.8, and it was great. A little hard getting used to having 100mm less on the long end, but much faster focusing I do need to figure out how to get tighter on the players again now, but I think I got some ok stuff. All the photos are straight out of the camera besides the resize.


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Great Shots and congrats on the cover!! I just got into paintball about three months ago and LOVE it! I want to get into the photography aspect of it, but afraid that my camera will get hit.

What marker do you have?

I've got a tippmann a-5 w/ e-grip and flatline barrel with polished internals if someone is interested, make an offer

I don't play much anymore, but I still have my 2003 Dye Matrix. Never felt the need to upgrade since it shoots just as fast as the newer ones, its just a little heavier.

pbpancho wrote in post #3545492
I don't play much anymore, but I still have my 2003 Dye Matrix. Never felt the need to upgrade since it shoots just as fast as the newer ones, its just a little heavier.

Considering the fact that your camera is heavy, the marker should be cake!

People were wondering why I bought an Impulse Vision as my first gun. They were saying that it's a pretty heavy marker. I didn't haveany problems with it. I bought it for $150 and came with LPR, Freak Barrel, Cricket Board, Drop Forward and a bunch of other stuff.

I recently purchased a stock E-Tek for $300.

With the new 70-200 my camera is a tank! I will be getting a real workout.

booo i cant see the pics from work, i come back later

seems to me like you shot alot of the back players.. why no fronts?

So, why's the splatter in #1 near the bottom of the image but he has a hit on his hopper (whatever the thing that holds the balls is called!)? Anyway, big congrats on the cover shot ... the guy's marker looks thermonuclear.

MetalRain wrote in post #3568492
seems to me like you shot alot of the back players.. why no fronts?

For starters, in a local event up here there is not a ton of movement. I did shoot the fronts though, I guess I didn't notice that the ones I posted were all in back I took 1000+, let me find a few more good ones.

DwightMcCann wrote in post #3569750
So, why's the splatter in #1 near the bottom of the image but he has a hit on his hopper (whatever the thing that holds the balls is called!)? Anyway, big congrats on the cover shot ... the guy's marker looks thermonuclear.

He had just been hit in the hopper, and a second ball broke on the bunker. The second one is what you see splattering. I didn't catch the one that hit his hopper.

Looking through the pics, I realize that people really weren't moving up that far most of the time. That's MN for you

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Thanks ... I remember Gary's shot with the balls falling from the hopper and I couldn't figure out how anyone had shot that many at him at once ... and it was just himself! Now I've seen it fifty times. Anyway, knowing it was two balls it now makes perfect sense.

1 & 2 look nice lots of action and congrats on the cover

ahh, like the 1st and 3rd front shots more

probably cause i am a front player..

MetalRain wrote in post #3571661
ahh, like the 1st and 3rd front shots more

probably cause i am a front player..

1st and 3rd in the first or second post of pics??