Dartford FC's first game, and home game, of the new season, and I was trying to get stock as well as action from just one half of the game. This meant filling the frame and so, 35 minutes in and with no goals scored, I risked fitting the 2.0x converter to my 300, to give 600mm and some reach into the midfield from the away end of the pitch.
So guess when the Darts chose to score a goal? On 40 minutes, Adam Birchall made a solo run into the box from the right and scored.
Needless to say, I had too much glass on for that (!!), though the photographer next to me said that the goal moment wasn't much to look at, as he had his back to anybody on that side and there were loads of bodies in the way.
But having that 600mm reach did give me this, really full-frame...
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| Adam Birchall is mobbed by teammates after scoring Dartford's opening goal (and as it turned out, the winner) against Alfreton Town in their opening game of the Skrill Premier 2013/14 season, at Princes Park, Dartford. Nikon D4, 300mm f2.8VR plus TC20E3 converter (= 600mm), 1/1000 @ f8, 200ISO. The aperture is stopped down because of the TC, but the effect of the converter is also giving much less depth of field than the equivalent "true" 600mm lens would at f8, and a nicely defocused background. |
I shall burn an out-of-date roll of Fujicolor Press 800, as an offering...
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