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Hazards of Sports Photography
#1

Ironically named Mail on Sunday photographer, Mark Pain, was hit when Tiger Woods accidentally chipped a ball in his direction. Ever the professional, Pain stood his ground and took a one-in-a-million shot.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/golf/ar...apher.html

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Pain was using a Nikon D3S camera, with a 24-70 mm lens and a shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second.
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#2

Check out the guy about three from the right with the cigar? in his mouth. Classic expression.

Canon stuff.
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#3

And the cameraman is checking the other camera. Rolleyes Like the one with the 70 -300 or so on it.
Of course the press don't have to pay for the cameras.

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#4

shuttertalk Wrote:Ever the professional, Pain stood his ground and took a one-in-a-million shot.
I'm thinking that when a pro golfer fires a round right at you from close range, getting out of the way isn't much of an option.

The expressions make the photo - the left-hand side in particular.

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#5

That is a classic shot.

And coincidently to Chris' comment about the guy with the cigar... I happened across a link to this image just yesterday...
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#6

hah!!
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#7

ROFL.... Love it!
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#8

Pure gold, Adrian! Big Grin
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#9

Too classic.

Canon stuff.
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#10

Hey there's a $1000 reward for the identity of the cigar guy ... funny video from CNN up ahead:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/off...=allsearch
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#11

Only in the USA.

Canon stuff.
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