Two Blog Week

I think this is my worst unannounced week of blogging since I started. Got won in MOnday, Tuesday and Wednesday went down the chute, today I am wedging it into the day and tomorrow it just isn't going to happen. I will be running around for a wedding we are a part of on Saturday. So here goes...

Last Saturday I got up early to shoot a golf outing the College/Career group from our church was having. Early yes, it was still dark when I arrived at the course. Basically it was going to be an ugly day, no sun, drizzle if not showers. Yuck! It would give me an opportunity to try out my new bag, a Tenba Messenger bag I picked up at one of the seminars last week.

So the shoot went really well, I had a cart to run around with which mad a really good support for the mono-pod I had with me. Here are some shots for the day. All the long shots were done with an EF 70-200 f/2.8 L IS with a 1.4 teleconverter. This first shot was from halfway up the fare way shooting towards the tee box.

This next shot is a par 3 and shot from the tee box. The compression is really obvious with the tele glass. It looks like it's a chip shot but is actually 130+ yards.

Here is another shot racked all the way out to get the golfers teeing. Again the compression is quite dramatic.

This next one is with the EF 24-105 f/4 IS L lens. All of the shots were on a Canon 40D as I wanted the crop for the reach. It was nice with the 6 fps burst rate I could get shots like the one below. This was of the Pastor teeing (duh!) off on the 14th hole and I just ordered a print of this to give him for his office.

Ok, Lets all go Aaaaaah! Is't he so cute!

Yes he is just a bit blurred but that just shows movement. Not really thats just a photographic excuse. Fact of the matter, I was driving the cart while holding onto the camera on the right seat and this little guy goes squirting out in front of the cart. I let the cart coast and use both hands to steady the camera as best i could. Now that's what I call an action shot!

Like I said, I will not be around tomorrow so it will be Monday before I am back!

Cya... Doug