Mackie FPS VS Grammar 2nd XV

birdbonkers84 · Mar 26, 2018

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DSC_1108 by Mark Coull, on Flickr

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DSC_0986 by Mark Coull, on Flickr

3. Forgot to sort the horizon on this one (woops)

DSC_0774 by Mark Coull, on Flickr

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DSC_0712 by Mark Coull, on Flickr

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DSC_0648 by Mark Coull, on Flickr

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DSC_0945 by Mark Coull, on Flickr

Now that I've retired from rugby I can now go along to my teams home games and take some photos! This is a selection from Saturday this time shot with a 300mm lens instead of a 50 lol.

BrentC · Mar 26, 2018

Nice action shots!

tirediron · Mar 26, 2018

Nice timing on these; great set. Never had a chance to shoot rugby; looks like a lot of fun.

ac12 · Mar 26, 2018

I like the shallow DoF. Reduces the background distractions.

I have not shot rugby, yet.

birdbonkers84 · Mar 27, 2018

BrentC said:
Nice action shots!

Thanks Brent,

Guess the advantage I have over Joe Public is I know the players, the team moves so who, when and where to point.

birdbonkers84 · Mar 27, 2018

tirediron said:
Nice timing on these; great set. Never had a chance to shoot rugby; looks like a lot of fun.

Thanks Tirediron,

Seeing all the action goofy faces the players pull is a hoot.

birdbonkers84 · Mar 27, 2018

ac12 said:
I like the shallow DoF. Reduces the background distractions.

I have not shot rugby, yet.

Thanks, I experimented between f/4.5 - f/6.3 to see how it looked.

Fujidave · Mar 27, 2018

Cracking set of shots Mark.

birdbonkers84 · Mar 27, 2018

Fujidave said:
Cracking set of shots Mark.

Thanks Dave!

weepete · Mar 28, 2018

Cool shots Mark! You've got some good expressions on the players faces there. Knowing the game looks like it helped a lot. Rugby is a great game anyway.

birdbonkers84 · Mar 28, 2018

weepete said:
Cool shots Mark! You've got some good expressions on the players faces there. Knowing the game looks like it helped a lot. Rugby is a great game anyway.

Thanks weepete,

Played with these guys for many years, I so i knew when to fire off a few shots. This is only 6/91 shots, plenty more funny faces in the others. Can attend 3 more games so hopefully I can improve on the ones I took on Saturday!