On the spot for the own-goal
- 12 Jun 06, 03:57 PM
Here's the latest contribution from Ross Kinnaird, the photographer who is following the England team and was covering the Paraguay game in Frankfurt.
It might look as if I was just sitting behind the net but Fifa don't like a dozen or more photographers cluttering up their goal mouths so I was working – honest! We all had to wear our nice green bibs and sit patiently behind the ad boards waiting for the action to begin. Behind the net, I positioned a Canon EOS-1 Mark II camera with a 16-35mm zoom lens, mounted on a mini-tripod. It was triggered by a radio transmitter which went off when I shot the action in and around the penalty area. I set it up just after the teams had finished their warm-up - you don't need £4,500 worth of camera equipment to be used for shooting practice. Once it was all in place I just waited for the ball, keeper and a few players to do their thing – or score an own-goal in this instance!
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Just lovely. More please :)
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Apologies for geekiness - but I'd love to know what settings you gave the camera - aperture, shutter speed etc.
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You managed to get your camera set in just the right place. Great shot.
Is there fighting over the best angles and who gets to put their camera where before the game?
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Excellent snap.
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Excellent shot.
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Hi Darren, I got hold of Ross to answer your question: He says
ASA on camera set at 200. The camera set on shutter priority at 640th of a second and over exposed by 1/3 of a stop. The aperture setting will change then accordingly as the light changes
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