Vancouver rugby - Meralomas vs. Burnaby lake

Pictures taken on Saturday - Mens 1st division playoff rugby match - won by Meralomas.

The match was fairly pedestrian - lots of goal line stands and scrum play and little spectacular action - so I started to concentrate at the background of the shots... by standing in one end zone, I could shoot the length of the field without getting the numerous sideline spectators in the background.

Shot with 40D & 70-200 f/4 IS - speeds from 500 to 1,600 in intermittent bright sunshine and under dark clouds - just cropping done to the shots.

C & C welcome, and any comments about the background... do you generally find background spectators (like in 6 & 7) distract from the subjects or enhance the shot?

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sweet, nice part of vancouver was this.

Nice shots. when taking sports in the smaller local grounds its hard to get player background separation.

jordan101 wrote in post #5398769
sweet, nice part of vancouver was this.

Thx. Not sure if this is a question re: location, but the games are played at Connaught Park at 10th and Vine Street in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver.