Sparring ---

I had to take this Boxer Micheal Evans sparring for a story in the Sport section, Brentwood Gazette -- I had not done any boxing photos since Frank Bruno about 25 years ago !! Iused two flashes : a Starblitz 3200 BT and a Sunpak auto 36DX on a slave unit held by my wife -- ISO was 200, shutter speed 1/160 and f6.3

Uploaded27/11/2012 - 14:54

CategorySports / Action

BodyPENTAX K10D

Shutter Speed1/160

Aperturef/6.3

LensN/A

ISO200

Focal Length40mm

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Date Taken	26/11/2012 - 19:11
Make	PENTAX Corporation
Model	PENTAX K10D
Program Mode	Manual
Metering Mode	Multi-segment
Shutter Speed	1/160
Aperture	f/6.3
ISO	200
Focal Length	40mm
Lens	N/A

tyronet2000 tyronet2000

4862 posts
15 years
Northumberland

Posted 27/11/2012 - 15:07 Link

Pity the background is so cluttered as I think the boxer is very good, I think his sparring partner could be cropped off too.

Regards
Stan

PPG

Edited by tyronet2000: 27/11/2012 - 15:08

GIULIO57 GIULIO57

31 posts
17 years
Firenze-Italia

Posted 27/11/2012 - 16:21 Link

PPG

Stuey Stuey

4772 posts
16 years
Wales

Posted 27/11/2012 - 20:23 Link

I like it

In my experience the background in a boxing gym is always cluttered one way or the other so that was probably unavoidable - great experession on his face

K10D, K5 plus plenty of clueless enthusiasm.

My Flickr site link

Peter Elgar Peter Elgar

930 posts
21 years
Brentwood Essex (UK)

Posted 28/11/2012 - 10:33 Link

Yes -- all the walls had Paintings on them -- I always look at the background first for distracting details after many many years of being 'Judged' in Camera Clubs -- but when out on 'Professional Jobs' it is not possible always to get clean backgrounds -- the Sports Editor was very pleased with the result and asked the Chief Photographer " Who took those photos for us " and the Chief replied the famous Pentax Pete!
I had a little help from the Wife who came on the job with me as she wanted to go to TESCOS shopping afterwards - she held the Sunpak auto 36 DX flash with the slave cell from the left.

Been a member of Pentax Club since the Ron Spillman era! Got COMPUTERISED at last - DIGITISED?
Taken the PLUNGE - BUT FILM STILL RULES !!!