(final update: 7 October 2012)
bout 1: Wasatch vs Angel City
Wasatch 162Angel City 172
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bout 2: Sacred City vs Arizona
Sacred City 242Arizona 126
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The Craneway Pavilion as a venue for the 2012 WFTDA Western Regional Tournament. It was a little odd to see the venue with half the seating of a normal Bay Area double header.
bout 3: Rocky Mountain vs Oly Rollers
Rocky Mountain 92Oly 157
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bout 4: Rat City vs Bay Area
Rat City 177Bay Area 229
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randy pan says, "not touchin' you!"
I knew her when she skated for little ol' Santa Cruz
I'm not a big fan of the passive offense during power jams. With so many power jams, it just feels like the score is arbitrary. This sequence is from an angry "what-the-fuck" impulse I had at the time. Imagine me thinking "grrr" with each shutter press. The focus on all of these is a little soft. Apparently, I was too angry to focus precisely.
Still, a THIRTEEN frame action sequence taken with a camera that maxes out at 2 frames per second with manual focus lenses!!!!! That's a new record for me. My previous record was 5 frames.
The "shock and awe" in the fifth frame is another photographer's flash going off.
bout 5: Angel City vs Rose City
Angel City 147Rose City 194
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bout 6: Sacred City vs Denver
Sacred City 86Denver 339
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oh, this is kinda scary. I'm going to go down now, just as soon as I catch my breath.
bout 7: Arizona vs Rocky Mountain
Arizona 76Rocky Mountain 279
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a referee abstract
bout 8: Wasatch vs Rat City
Wasatch 172Rat City 244
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The thing about shooting many thousands of photos in one weekend it that you don't actually remember taking them all when you're editing them. So imagine going through photos to find a passive offense photo that is not that boring.... hey! this is kinda interesting! Almost, exciting even!
my most non-boring passive offense derby photo! (In fact, this photo may be in the running for most non-boring passive offense derby photo WORLD-WIDE!)
And then imagine me going through the rest of the sequence of boring passive offense photos. Arg! Make it stop!
Another 13 frame action sequence taken with a camera with manual focus lenses and a top frame rate of two frames per second! This sequence is actually in focus. Apparently the novelty of photographing these "action sequences" has worn off, and I'm better at taking care of the technical things like turning the focus ring of the lens and verifying focus by looking at the little focus patch in the rangefinder's viewfinder.
bout 9: Oly Rollers vs Rose City
Oly 188Rose City 121
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Gotta keep the track clean.
Hey! Look up there!
At some point during the weekend, I finally gave in and embraced the direct sunlight from the glass ceiling as an interesting and fun challenge.
And this happened.
bout 10: Bay Area vs Denver
Bay Area 167Denver 187
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bout 11: Angel City vs Rocky Mountain
Angel City 126Rocky Mountain 172
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bout 12: Sacred City vs Rat City
Sacred City 115Rat City 243
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bout 13: (9th place bout) Wasatch vs Arizona
Wasatch 245Arizona 134
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On the morning of the third day at Westerns I had a little epiphany on how to approach the bright naturally lit venue during the day. The exposure paradigm is more "sunny 16" and less "f2.8 fast glass."
bout 14: (7th place bout) Sacred City vs Angel City
Sacred City 147Angel City 146
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More nice light.
bout 15: (5th place bout) Rat City vs Rocky Mountain
Rat City 196Rocky Mountain 171
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bout 16: (3rd place bout) Bay Area vs Rose City
Bay Area 135Rose City 123
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The Rose-Bay Area bout seemed like an "honest bout" to me. There were very few jammer penalties.
(Lulu gotta penalty)
bout 17: (championship bout) Oly Rollers vs Denver
(2) Oly 168(3) Denver 161
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Awards
Oly, Denver and Bay Area will go to the championship tournament.the full flick set
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