Bristol Rugby vs. Saracens - 1st November 08.

Diego Garcia

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A selection of Rugby by numbers imagery. Frankly, today it was freezing and the rain came down. I was at 1600 ISO at 2.30pm as depsite preying for a bright November day when I got up at 10.30 it was grey and cloudy. Still work with what you have....

Bristol threw away a win today. More on my blog....

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Fantastic series Pete!, 5&10 being my pick. I know what you mean about the light!, It was sunny for a bit in the afternoon here but I still struggled with the ISO/shutterspeeds, I shoot with d2h's so i'm handicapped before I start :) lol.Kind regards Graham
 
Superb set DG, gives us all something to aspire to.(y)
 
Nice set of action shots - none of which address the purpose of Rugby: scoring tries. Well, that's if you are to believe the likes of David Campese and Serge Blanco. Or was this one of those sterile Rugby Union games that are decided on penalties?
 
Excellent work as always Pete. Despite the gloom you have produced a fine set.
"work with what you have", you did that and did it very very well.
 
rh1944 said:
Nice set of action shots - none of which address the purpose of Rugby: scoring tries. Well, that's if you are to believe the likes of David Campese and Serge Blanco. Or was this one of those sterile Rugby Union games that are decided on penalties?
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Depends on what sells and to the broadsheets, these do. Thanks.
 
Meh - they're okay........

:LOL: Only joking, they are great and are getting me inspired again. Lost the love of photographing rugby lately due to politics in teh club. Might go and do it just for myself and no one else
 
Quality mate....quality. You beat me I was at ISO 2000 at 4pm on Sat ha ha...god I hate the winter.

Iain
 
Just a big show of hands:clap: for Pete, I see your giving up long lens sport? (lenses for sale on forum). I for one will miss your Rugby & footy shots:(. Kind regards Graham.
 
Bluesman graham said:
Just a big show of hands:clap: for Pete, I see your giving up long lens sport? (lenses for sale on forum). I for one will miss your Rugby & footy shots:(. Kind regards Graham.
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Thanks mate, the game is up really. The big agencies have sewn it up and what with the cold I feel on my chest I have to think about other things. It is hard letting go and I have some nice work coming up, but you cant leave 3/4k of kit under the bed waiting for the phone to ring.

Still, as one door shuts another one opens.
 
Hi Pete,

Just wanted to say how much I'm going to miss looking at your Rugby shots, and reading the information you provide on capturing them. Its helped me understand what I should be doing and looking for when out with the camera, albeit rarely as I'm still playing.

Thanks, and I look forward to admiring your other work instead.

Lee
 
lee said:
Hi Pete,

Just wanted to say how much I'm going to miss looking at your Rugby shots, and reading the information you provide on capturing them. Its helped me understand what I should be doing and looking for when out with the camera, albeit rarely as I'm still playing.

Thanks, and I look forward to admiring your other work instead.

Lee
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Cheers - thanks a lot. I have a big job on tonight and will post as and when I can. It is a shame to end, but for me, it is about the fiscal side of things too. As I said in the equipment thread, I need to free up some cash for other stuff and something has to give sadly. I went to cover some local football the other weekend and just did not enjoy it - in fact I went home after twenty minutes.
 
Diego Garcia said:
Thanks mate, the game is up really. The big agencies have sewn it up and what with the cold I feel on my chest I have to think about other things. It is hard letting go and I have some nice work coming up, but you cant leave 3/4k of kit under the bed waiting for the phone to ring.

Still, as one door shuts another one opens.
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Diego Garcia said:
Cheers - thanks a lot. I have a big job on tonight and will post as and when I can. It is a shame to end, but for me, it is about the fiscal side of things too. As I said in the equipment thread, I need to free up some cash for other stuff and something has to give sadly. I went to cover some local football the other weekend and just did not enjoy it - in fact I went home after twenty minutes.
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I agree with the above.
I always looked forward to seeing you're rugby & football shots in this forum, and I'm sure they will be greatly missed.

Hope to see more of you're images on this forum though!(y)

Regards Spence
 
Despite the awful weather, well done. They would all look at home on the news pages of the match report. The flanker in #7 looks like someone's just unplugged him from the cognitive loop :LOL:
 
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