Second time at Derby

Decided to go and watch my second derby game last weekend... was late and missed the first game altogether.... But was able to make it there before the second game between Killer queens and Thames Fatales. The game was nothing less of a spectacle... the home team (Fatales) came from a 38 point deficit and won in style at the end.

From a photography point of view, this game presents a lot of challenges. First its the indoor lighting which without fast glass, so hard to cope with (unless you want to considerably raise the ISO value). Second of all, its a fast game and a lot happens all over the track. This time, I stuck to my 24-105mm lens for the whole shoot, just to get used to it. Understandably, a lot had to be cropped... but this allows me to do a panoramic crop which I like.

I found myself first following the jammers (players with the star on the helmet).  But later remembered the advice I got last time from Mark and started to follow the game closely to predict where a tackle or a block will be made. The objective was to capture some emotions, actions and drama.

Here are some of the results... More will be posted on a FB album shortly.

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Thank you.
Akila.