Wimbledon

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First time I have ever made the trip to SW19, but I'm so glad I did. My girlfriend loves tennis and she has been about 7 years in a row, so this time...it was my turn. Spent most of the day watching the action on Centre Court as thats what I was there for. Astounded at the view we got by camping over night and here are a few of my favourite photos from what was a really fantastic day.

May I add I don't ever take people shots normally and this was a first for me in so many ways, really enjoyed it though.

First up, Blake vs. Mirnyi...Blake lost in 5 sets:

1) Blake

2) Mirnyi

3) Mirnyi at winning

Next up, Hingis vs. Sugiyama...Hingis lost and looked frustrated:

4) Sugiyama

Continued...

 

[Deleted member 11679]

5) Hingis

6) Hingis as the match slips away from her

Thanks for looking, comments always welcome.

Tom

 

[Deleted member 11679]

Thanks for the comment. When we started queueing on Thursday at 4pm we were 45/46 in the queue...come 5.30am Frdiay over 650 people were lining the streets!

Tom

 

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what kit did you get away with using?

Great shots by the way

70-200 on the 350d, no questions asked. Some of the pro's right in front of us...oh my!!

Unfortunately no wider shots as I only took the 70-200 along. It was all about the tennis for me

 

[Deleted member 11679]

good stuff Tom, must be difficult to get the timing right

Its not a subject I think I will shoot a lot of, but from watching the way the pro's seem to do it they all seem to shoot at exactly the same tenth of a second in their shot. Its a weird noise hearing 20 pro body lens do a triple click everytime a player hits a ball.

The biggest problem I found was the camera kept dropping focus on the player and picking up the grin of someone in the crowd.