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840+ Archers, indoors (thankfully), 3 days, 14,000 images (non-burst), 260GB of drive space used, all processing done in camera raw, simple adjustments to contrast, exposure etc..
Culled to about 3,500 so I had a few shots at different angles, of all archers, plus stall shots, plus equipment shots, candid stuff too.
I tried my best with composition, very difficult with people moving constantly, firing at different times so I had to look constantly to see who was raising their bow, focus and click before they fired.
There was a tell-tale sign of when the archer was about to fire - personally, I've never watched it, let alone photographed it, but after a while you begin to notice (as a total archer noob) the thumb action..
I asked lots of different questions when archers weren't firing, the different bow styles, the different arrows etc.. How the competition works. Was very interesting so I got a lot back from the shoot(s).
There were 3 halls in the Telford International Centre, all with different white balances. Fan bloody tastic. Not.
1.. So this is what I had, 3 halls, full of archers, firing away in rounds, all at the same time. Constantly, for 3 days.
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5.. In total, I managed to get 3 or 4 arrow-launches. No burst shots, 250th of sec, throughout the whole 3 days.
6.. The men's World Champion for 2014. Was a great final. 10's all the way until the end when the opponent (from same country), made a mistake and got a 9. Really tense!
Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my little story
Culled to about 3,500 so I had a few shots at different angles, of all archers, plus stall shots, plus equipment shots, candid stuff too.
I tried my best with composition, very difficult with people moving constantly, firing at different times so I had to look constantly to see who was raising their bow, focus and click before they fired.
There was a tell-tale sign of when the archer was about to fire - personally, I've never watched it, let alone photographed it, but after a while you begin to notice (as a total archer noob) the thumb action..
I asked lots of different questions when archers weren't firing, the different bow styles, the different arrows etc.. How the competition works. Was very interesting so I got a lot back from the shoot(s).
There were 3 halls in the Telford International Centre, all with different white balances. Fan bloody tastic. Not.
1.. So this is what I had, 3 halls, full of archers, firing away in rounds, all at the same time. Constantly, for 3 days.
2..
3..
4..
5.. In total, I managed to get 3 or 4 arrow-launches. No burst shots, 250th of sec, throughout the whole 3 days.
6.. The men's World Champion for 2014. Was a great final. 10's all the way until the end when the opponent (from same country), made a mistake and got a 9. Really tense!
Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my little story