Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry K, I don't know, but when I photograph mass road races I'm using something near 400mm on an SLR that predictively autofocuses at 8 frames a second. I find a runner, wait until they fill 3/4 of the frame and fire 2-5 frame bursts timed to when the front foot is coming down. Usually, the first frame shows them in the air, the second frame has the front foot on the ground and the fifth frame has the front leg passing to the rear. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 12/13/06, larry.k@rcn.com <larry.k@rcn.com> wrote: > > > > >Anticipation of the action comes with experience and knowing >the sport. > > Ted, > Ok, how do you photograph runners in a race? Do you watch for their knees > to come up and hit that moment? ;-) Do you wait for them to collapse? What > do you photograph when you're watching 5000 runners stream by? > > Does my jumping runner shot here: > > http://web.mac.com/mac.hive/iWeb/Site/Street.html > > work in any way? > > There was this professional photo unit called Brightroom, standing on the > sidelines of the race firing their Nikons as fast as their buffers would > allow. I guess the idea is that you might be able to sell some of those > frames to the runners. That was real machine gun photography in action... > > Regards, > > Larry K. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >