Croke Park
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So just earlier this week I was in Dublin for Canon Ireland. Where the England has Focus as their main photographic trade show, Ireland has PhotoFest and PhotoVision (though to be honest, PhotoVision travels to England as well!) as their trade shows.
This year, Canon Ireland decided to push the boat out and go for a large presence - a studio setup with a photographer and model, a touch and try area and lots of display. They also asked me to go over and give some seminars for them as I'd done back in April at PhotoFest.
The seminars were on EOS Flash, some aspects of Canon software and a look at the EOS-1Series Pro models and who they're aimed at.
The event was held at Croke Park. For anyone vaguely interested in sport, Croke Park should be known. for those that aren't, it's an 82,000 seater stadium built for the GAA |(Gaelic Athletics Association) to play at. the amazing thing is, it's an amateur sport unlike football and rugby, so there's less money around. This is new ground that has not been open that long. If for nothing else, Croke Park should be known to anyone interested in rugby union as they use it for international fixtures when Landsdowne road is out of action - in fact, it was the site of their loss in the 6 nations last year to France in the closing minutes.
So, what's this image of? Well, there are literally hundreds of thousands of images of Croke Park, so when I had a break in between seminars, I went into the stands to look for some pictures. And this is what I cam up with. Many people avoid the use of zoom bursts now, but I've always been a big fan of them - when used well and sparingly. This was taken with an EOS-1D Mark III and EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens. It was handheld with an exposure of around 1second during which time I zoomed the lens from in to out to provide some idea of movement. Although it was quite sunny, I simply dropped the ISO and closed down the aperture to get a longer shutter speed.
While it doesn't represent Croke Park especially, it's something different and will make a nice canvas once I've printed it out on the iPF 6100 I have sitting behind me.
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