Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I googled Elliot's Beach & it looks great. No sharks? Anyway that D4 is pretty impressive with that lens especially considering it's a zoom. Photographing sport is addictive as you always feel there's just that one shot that eludes you. Well that's the way I felt when I was doing it. Good stuff. Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" <psm1857 at googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 5:34 AM Subject: [Leica] Chennai Heat 2013 > Chennai Heat is an annual Ultimate Frisbee tournament that takes place > in one of our city beaches, Elliot's Beach. It is named after the > same Edward Elliot who started my photo club, one of the oldest in the > world, called The Photographic Society of Madras, in 1857. Now that I > had the equipment to go and photograph sports, I decided to give it a > go. Some photographs of action, followed by a few pretty competitors, > and lastly a couple of night shots at ISO 25,600. All shots with the > D4 and the new 70-200mm f4 lens - most of the shots taken wide open. > > Action: > > Leap: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-085.jpg.html > > Catch: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-108.jpg.html > > Pass: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-194.jpg.html > > Take Off: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-455.jpg.html > > Chase: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-382.jpg.html > > Touchdown!: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-652.jpg.html > > Some people shots next, most of them young competitors - one of them, > 'Freckles' I could not decide whether the multi coloured background > detracted, so I posted in both Colour and B&W: > > Dogboy: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-014.jpg.html > > Smile: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-038.jpg.html > > Profile: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-255.jpg.html > > Freckles in Colour: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-557b.jpg.html > > Freckles in B&W: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-557.jpg.html > > Laughter: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131005-582.jpg.html > > > Finally, a couple of night shots, under weakish floodlights at ISO > 25,600 wide open. Both shots have Luminance Noise Reduction of 25 > applied in Lightroom: > > Night Action: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131006-051.jpg.html > > Manu at Full Stretch: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Cchenheat2013/Frisbee-20131006-280.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >