Long Lenses Help and Jeffrey Field is Ugly

Jeffrey Field is one of the ugliest places on campus to shoot sports. The backgrounds are horrible; I think it’s on purpose. There is always something extremely ugly and distracting in the back of all shots. The entire field is surrounded pretty closely with something, making it hard to eliminate it with a shallow depth of field. Long lenses definitely help, but it’s also hard to afford a 600…I’m shooting with a 300. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get a 400 2.8 this summer which will be versatile and can be used as a 560 f/4 with a 1.4x teleconverter.

(Canon 1D Mark II, 300mm, 1/2500, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 300mm, 1/2500, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 300mm, 1/4000, f/4, ISO 400)

(Canon 1D Mark II, 300mm, 1/5000, f/4, ISO 400)