This was my first outdoor derby bout. Bout time was 1pm, in February in California with a bunch of fluffy clouds occassionally passing by to create some momentary shade.
I shot most of the bout at f8, instead of f2.8. Yeah, that's right, roller derby and "f8 and be there."
I just couldn't get over the depth of field of the photos when editing them.
I mean Jesus Feist! That depth of field is crazy!
Even with the contrasty light there seemed to be a bit of a haze to the photos... so I added a touch of constast or stomped on the lower part of the level curve for many of them. Oh, and check out these blue shadows.
The bout was played on a concrete outdoor patio. The concrete had to be swept extra clean for the second layer of tape to hold down the lines defining the track.
Also the track was a little smaller than standard. I was a little leery about shooting from the center but it worked out okay.
Now the really crazy thing was the occasional IR contamination in the photos in spite of having a UV/IR cut filter on the lens because the sun was so bright. Now, you can't see it in this photo, because I converted it to black and white (and played around with the color mixing and level curves), but this black Monterey Bay hoodie is actually slightly purple in the out-of-the-camera digital negative.
Okay, just a few more photo highlights.
The full flickr set is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nocklebeast/sets/72157632846057805/
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