GRU Frisbee on 2009/10/04

I recently got a Canon 7D DSLR and wanted to see how well it works for sports using my el-cheapo 55-250 telephoto lens.
It was mid-afternoon with patchy clouds, so the light wasn't the best and the pictures are a bit contrasty, plus these are in-camera JPEG's rather than processed RAW files. And yes, the autofocus (while being quite fast) wasn't as sharp as I'd like to see... but overall, not shabby for a first outing with the new camera.

Hayley (in white tossing the forehand) wrote the following to me - cute!
The pictures you took are so nifty,
We're captured in pixels not-gritty,
All frozen in time,
Action-packed sublime,
YOU ROCK and your style's damn thrifty. :-D

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Mouseover Image to see Robert's reaction after this great catch

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Slow Motion (1/8 speed) of a battle for the disc!

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Another battle for the disc - shooting into the sun - Mouseover Image to see 1/8 second later

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Almost actual pixels - could be sharper and white is overexposed, but didn't want to lose the blacks

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Derek does a Superman imitation in a gratuitous layout that everyone enjoyed

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Erin about to put a HUGE foot block on Big Mike - mouseover image to see it!

frisbee free-for-all

Does he catch it or does he not?

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This one is caught - almost actual pixels with nice light in the far end zone

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