26 miles, a photo from New York, Northeast

Photographer's Note

Approximately forty-thousand runners ran the 40th edition of the NYC Marathon
Camera :40D
date Nov 1, 2009 at 11:55AM
Queens , NY
Aperture:f16
shutter: 1/15
ISO: 125
Focus: 173mm
white balance:cloudy
Shooting mode: AE
no flash
no tripod. panning shot hand held

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siamesa (28231) 2009-11-01 19:09

Hi Jorge

Beautiful picture with an excellent idea of movement ot the marathonist.Very well done. Congratulations.
Abraços
maria

delkoo (68) 2009-11-01 23:36

hi jorge,
nicely made, the motion is very well rendered by the panning. nice colors too.

didier

Hansaphotos (11381) 2009-11-02 0:17

Hi again Jorge

You have captured the motion in a brilliant way with this excellent panning shot. The sense of speed and the vivid colours combined with good sharpness at the POI makes this a great shot. Good job! Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. With regards from a country which have fostered the most winning person of the New York Marathon, Grete Waitz, with her 9 victories (according to www.wikipedia.org)

Best regards, Erling

wolf38 (30) 2009-11-02 0:18

Hello Jorge. Here, you show an experiment with the moving camera. The sharpness is ideally placed. Well done. Regards, Wolfgang.

CLODO (45116) 2009-11-02 0:22

Hi George
a very dynamic panning, with the blurred backgroung having the same colours as the runner teeshirt. We feel the speed and encouraging people.
hats off
CLODO

Guenther (10915) 2009-11-02 5:35

Hi Jorge,

excellent dynamic shot with great panning showing the face as a center (almost) sharp and the parts in movement blurred and more so the background... great job!

Kind regards,
Günther

macjake (98456) 2009-11-13 8:12

Hi Jorge

Very interesting, i like it.
Looks as if the runner is coming at us in 3D!
It just goes to show, that not all sports photography has to be accomplished with fast shutter speeds.
Excellent work and creativity!
Cheers
Craig

worldcitizen (16104) 2009-11-21 19:48

Hello Jorge,
I love watching the marathon every year. You really captured the spirit of it with this photo. We can see the determination on this man's face, and I like the kaleidoscope of colors in the background. Panning is hard to get right, but you did an excellent job in this photo. Where did you watch from?