Eastern Illinois Blowout

Oct 11 2009

Yesterday’s game against Eastern Illinois was a total blowout. Penn State won 52-3. Most of the game was overcast which lead to some even lighting and better faces than usual for noon games.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1600, f/4, ISO 400)

Brett Brackett scores a touchdown.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 135mm, 1/3200, f/2.8, ISO 400)

Chaz Powell catches a 51 yard pass for a touchdown. Defensive pass interference flags were thrown but he still managed to catch the ball and score. I didn’t have time to grab my wider lensed camera, so I had to shoot this extremely tight. The focus on the ball is tack-sharp but his face isn’t. That’s what you get with 560mm so close.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/6400, f/4, ISO 400)

Not too long after, Clark throws to Derek Moye for a 25 yard touchdown. This time I switched to my 17mm lensed camera. This is a big crop since 17mm even on a 1.6x crop camera will fill the viewfinder with the whole stadium.

(Canon EOS 40D, 17mm, 1/3200, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2000, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 400)

The stadium was empty, especially toward the end of the game.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1000, f/4, ISO 400)

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(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1250, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2500, f/4, ISO 400)

Safety Drew Astorino tries to strip the ball.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2500, f/4, ISO 400)

AJ Wallace makes an interception.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2500, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2500, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1600, f/4, ISO 400)

Kevin Newsome was put in during the last quarter to get some experience. He scored a touchdown here, though there’s no context to tell you that. I should have shot it with a wider lens but I had my 17mm on my other camera and he was too far for that lens.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/2000, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 560mm, 1/1600, f/4, ISO 400)