High school football last night

Here's some highlights from the first game for New Palestine (Indiana) for the year. New Pal won against Whiteland 22-16 in OT, avenging last year's 40-7 stomping by Whiteland in the opening round of the sectionals. C&C always welcome and appreciated.

Theres a little noise in that last one, but other than that...they look fantastic.
Do you enjoy using your 300 f/4 for football?

zelseman wrote in post #8505215
Theres a little noise in that last one, but other than that...they look fantastic.
Do you enjoy using your 300 f/4 for football?

Thanks a lot. Actually, all of these were with the 70-200 2.8 IS. I did shoot with the 300 f/4 for a scrimmage game and had good luck with it....I just wish it was the f/2.8. Oh well....someday.

I haven't gone back and run these through Neat Image yet to help get rid of some of the noise. After dark I was shooting ISO 3200 and even 6400 with decent success...of course it was raining quite a bit, which seemed to help hide some of the noise.

Looks good.

Very nice shots!

Nice shots. How did you get so lucky to get to shoot without the rain? It poured on me the entire first half of my game last night. Between the rain and a 30-0 first half route it was not the best night but still more fun than perfect weather at a soccer match. Man I love football.

Big K wrote in post #8506292
Nice shots. How did you get so lucky to get to shoot without the rain? It poured on me the entire first half of my game last night. Between the rain and a 30-0 first half route it was not the best night but still more fun than perfect weather at a soccer match. Man I love football.

Thanks a lot. I didn't get lucky...rained on me the second half. Check out my blog post for a few of the rain pictures and a link to even more pictures (with rain). At least we had somewhat clear skies while it was still light; I LOVE the late evening light.

This is the first season I've shot football and I see what you mean about loving it; I had an absolute blast, even in the rain.

I also had a great night in that I got picked up by the county paper (Greenfield Reporter) to start shooting for them. Should be loads of fun, can't wait.

Oh man, you really had rain. It was nothing like that here. Steady with some wind but nothing that made me consider building an ark. I admire your dedication to stick it out with those conditions.

Congrats on the new assignment with the Reporter and thanks for the blog link. I will have to keep up with your activities on the east side of IN.