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| Nikon D2X, Sigma 120-300mm, ISO 1600, ƒ/4, 1/1250 |
Through the years I have photographed the Ramblin' Wreck coming onto the football field before home games at Georgia Tech.
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| Nikon D2X, Sigma 120-300mm, ISO 800, ƒ/2.8, 1/640 |
The cheerleaders all jump onto the Ramblin' Wreck and then it tears through the banner made for the game onto the field.
I would try different angles every once in a while as able. Many times I had to shoot something on the field at the same time so I could rarely change my angle.
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| Nikon D100, 70-200mm, ISO 400, ƒ/8, 1/1000 |
One thing I learned was shooting on the ground level I often had a very cluttered background and if I shot at a higher depth-of-field the background competed too much with the foreground.
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| Nikon D2X, Sigma 120-300mm, ISO 400, ƒ/5.6, 1/3200 |
By getting up higher I was able to eliminate the stands which helped to clean up the background.
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| Nikon D2X, Sigma 120-300mm, ISO 400, ƒ/5.6, 1/3200 |
I could capture the Georgia Tech football team running onto the field behind the Ramblin' Wreck. This was one of my favorite angles to work for many years if I could get into the stands rather than being on the field.
My suggestion is to look for new angles and know what you are trying to highlight in your photograph.
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