Taken at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, N.C. This is a photo of a professional highland athlete competing in the 22lb. hammer throw for distance.
Used my Canon 5D, shot wide angle at 24mm, with wide open aperture at f2.8, from the safe side of a chainlink fence. Hence the slight vingetting, because my lense was too wide to fit inside a chain link.
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excellent capture. don't sweat the comments about the fence--the fence is the reality of the situation. as is, the fence provides a natural framing, and the timing of the capture couldn't be better.
Cool shot, I like the framing produced by shooting through the net. I would have liked this image even more if there was a hint of motion blurring going on in the sledge but nowhere else but this is excellent as it is, 7 from me.
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