I haven't shot derby outdoors for some time. At the 16th Street Station derby is played outdoors on a concrete patio. Bleachers surround the track on three sides.
That's the 16th Street Station in the background, covered in graffiti.
I brought three cameras: the little point-n-shoot with a 28mm point of view, the black and white camera and the color camera.
The color camera must of gulped down a bunch of dust and sand the first time I changed a lens on it, as ALL the photos had dust spots on them. Fortunately, I could fix the dust spots with Capture One on one photo and copy and paste the corrections onto all the color photos.
It was a different experience editing the photos.... so many power lines, telephone poles, freeways, and razor wire in the backgrounds
The halftime show was a whistle-led drill team wielding baseball bats instead of traditional wooden toy rifles
which I found to be very compelling
all the halftime photos can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nocklebeast/sets/72157678357262113
During the second half, I caught something in the corner of my eye, and instinctively clicked the shutter button and clicked through the aftermath for several photos. The photographer next to me asked me, "Did you get that?" I said, "Maybe." I clicked the "play" button on the camera and clicked back several photos until I found it. I yelled really really loud when I found this photo looking back at me on the little TV screen on the back of the camera
SHE IS DANYMITE!
I also really like this one of Danymite's fan boy's in the background cheering
A few more photo highlights!
After the bout was over I sneaked around the corner to shoot some graffiti-porn at the 16th Street Station
All the Station photos can be found here; https://www.flickr.com/photos/nocklebeast/sets/72157681563874666
All the flickr photos may be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nocklebeast/sets/72157679249732652
and prints at zenfolio: http://nocklebeast.zenfolio.com/20170318_shevildead_vs_oaklandoutlaws
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