Harlequins v Bristol Rugby

[Tobers]

I had the pleasure of standing in for my very special pal Diego Garcia at the Harlequins v Bristol match at the Stoop in Twickenham yesterday. Great experience - makes a change from polo and reminded me just how challenging it is to get top shots with such a fast moving game. Major respect to the people doing this full time in the rain & sleet.

#1 Bleeeuurrghhhnnnnnnngggg (I'll take the pics, just dont ask me to caption them!)

#2

#3 Oooofff - sums up Bristol's match really. They got hammered.

#4 Whammm!!! Could do with a quick dose of the straighten tool though

#5 Major nipple tweak going on here

Kit for the day was a 1Dmk3 with Sigma 100-300 F4, plus a 5D with 24-105 for close-in stuff as the players came on & off the pitch. Plus a monopod, all-essential little stool, and laptop to fiddle with the pics at halftime and afterwards.

Tobers

 

[Freester]

Nice set. It looked like exposure was challenging with the sunlight and the white kit.

Love #1 with the little bit of spittle from the players mouth as he gets crunched in the tackle. Classic.

Maybe one day I'll get good enough to 'stand in' for DG.

 

[latereg]

good set with some serious hits going in. amusing captions as well

I know what you about captioning whilst holding 2 cameras.

Excellent polo shoots on website.

 

[gingerjon]

That Etihad logo is in danger of becoming a full-size shirt sponsor wotnot. :razz:

#3 is the pick of them for me. Proper clattering, well captured.

 

[Steven001]

Fantastic set, have these been processed at all? Really like #1 with the guy dribbling! The last one is funny too

 

[Tobers]

Ta - much appreciated. The pics are just cropped and bunged up there. Shot in jpeg with +1 sharpening, +1 saturation, +1 contrast, and -1/3rd exposure to be gentle on the white shirts.

Thanks for checking the polo shots too!

 

[spencer]

A cracking set of shots!
Number 3 for me especially.

Regards Spence