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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![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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.
![12218896695_20d1442001_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5542%2F12218896695_20d1442001_b.jpg&hash=75d057460dfeb6604f69a9046adf4a25)
2..
![12219297434_e11351f975_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7397%2F12219297434_e11351f975_b.jpg&hash=19065e69cd62e956bb802756b5cf70eb)
3..
![12218896885_b2013ef641_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7404%2F12218896885_b2013ef641_b.jpg&hash=d4872a3c4aa835959fa74e5b9ca690c4)
4..
![12219487836_b20dd90022_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7399%2F12219487836_b20dd90022_b.jpg&hash=a0658a928f5cfdc01476adbbee26a65c)
5.. In total, I managed to get 3 or 4 arrow-launches. No burst shots, 250th of sec, throughout the whole 3 days.
![12218896595_4521633193_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm6.staticflickr.com%2F5471%2F12218896595_4521633193_b.jpg&hash=744d89760de2b47c0e2c1df8b8a6b4d2)
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!
![12219020705_e1b112608e_b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3716%2F12219020705_e1b112608e_b.jpg&hash=333b9103290985e5a7022d67ce6f7d40)
Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my little story