Not the typical sport/transportation stuff... It's Horseback wooden stick pokey pokey from the past or as it's otherwise known, Jousting!
I used the 200-400mm for the first round when I was stood at the far end. For the second round I used my 100mm F2.8L and shot from a kind of diagonal angle to the runs they did.
It was an interesting experience to photograph that's for sure! I used some AF focus points I'd never used before in order to frame the shots which was fun 100mm on my 70 was probably a little bit long but at least it means I get some good close/sharp shots. Well for the most part they're sharp! Both different positions had their own challenges and the light had faded a bit for the later round. This meant that I decided on 1/1000 at around F4 but looking back I might have wanted a smaller aperture and faster exposure but I didn't fancy the high ISO
Here's the whole album of just over 100 pics from 2 rounds of jousting yesterday.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/phal44/sets/72157646842676261/
And here's a few action shots
Sunday Jousting round 1 - (28) by Phal44, on Flickr
Sunday Jousting round 1 - (33) by Phal44, on Flickr
Sunday Jousting round 1 - (35) by Phal44, on Flickr
Sunday Jousting round 2 - (33) by Phal44, on Flickr
I used the 200-400mm for the first round when I was stood at the far end. For the second round I used my 100mm F2.8L and shot from a kind of diagonal angle to the runs they did.
It was an interesting experience to photograph that's for sure! I used some AF focus points I'd never used before in order to frame the shots which was fun 100mm on my 70 was probably a little bit long but at least it means I get some good close/sharp shots. Well for the most part they're sharp! Both different positions had their own challenges and the light had faded a bit for the later round. This meant that I decided on 1/1000 at around F4 but looking back I might have wanted a smaller aperture and faster exposure but I didn't fancy the high ISO
Here's the whole album of just over 100 pics from 2 rounds of jousting yesterday.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/phal44/sets/72157646842676261/
And here's a few action shots
Sunday Jousting round 1 - (28) by Phal44, on Flickr
Sunday Jousting round 1 - (33) by Phal44, on Flickr
Sunday Jousting round 1 - (35) by Phal44, on Flickr
Sunday Jousting round 2 - (33) by Phal44, on Flickr
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