GRU Frisbee on 2010/04/11

I had recently borrowed some camera lens to take pictures of a Great Horned Owl Nest. So I figured I'd give the 70-200/F4 and 400/F5.6 lens a workout on the frisbee fields, especially since we had late afternoon games and the light would be better than mid-day ... although it did cloud up a bit, so the pictures aren't as crisp they could have been.

With the zoomability of the 70-200, I was able to "look" at the field and anticipate the next play and then zoom in. However, the 400/F5.6 lens (usually used for birding) is like looking through straw attached to binoculars! Darn hard to anticipate the action, but kinda fun/challenging, and yields some interesting shots due to the compressed view and narrow depth of field.

Red & Green battle for the disk!

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Mel throwing to Kyle in traffic

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Anyone have a job for Paul?!? ;-)

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Skip gets one past Kyle

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Kyle is not too happy about that!

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Bob also gets one past Kyle

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Note same facial expression - Kyle plays with serious intensity!

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Fly gets one off past Mark

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"Next time you get it past me, I'm going to give you a Kung-Fu Kick in the Nuts! ;-)"

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Everybody diving for the loose disk

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Oz slides one under Britton

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Oz versus ground for control of the frisbee ... ;-)

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I think Oz really wanted the disk thrown to him! ;-)

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OK - lets throw the disk to him - Oz goes up high ...

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But this disk belongs to David

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"Back off Man, that's my disk" - "OK Dude!" ;-)

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Bob flicks one past Erin

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Mel needs to bring a stepladder to the game! ;-)
Green's shirt says "I love boys, they stupid" - D'OH! ;-)

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Mark (sporting an ultra cool red outfit) stretches for the throw

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More intense throwing action

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Aftermath of some intense catches

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Carin connects with Kyle

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Carin throwing in traffic

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Mel pulls in a point ... full-frame shot taken with 400mm lens from ~25 feet

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Mel scores again two points later!

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Erin and Mark - "Wonder Twin Powers, ACTIVATE!"

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Jayson keeps a close eye on the disk

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But goes up high as needed

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Mel catches ... and then prepares to fire downfield

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Mel gets the throw off despite Mel's Flying "D"

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So Sarah attempts to use the Force to prevent Mel's next throw

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Tom make a spectacular catch in the end zone

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Kevin flicks past Kyle - guess what Kyle's face looks like in the next frame?!? ;-)

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Kyle, Kevin, and Devin duke it out in the end zone

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This one barely gets by Ted

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50 seconds later from the play from above

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David and Devin are two tough looking hombres

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But David has the styling Singletrack Copper Ale hat!

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Oz gives the "Elvis Disk" some love and other pics of it

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Frisbees weren't the only thing flying through the sky

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