Hazards of Sports Photography

[shuttertalk]

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



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

[Wedding Shooter]

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

[NT73]

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

[matthew]

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.

[Kombisaurus]

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...

[Toad]

hah!!

[EnglishBob]

ROFL.... Love it!

[shuttertalk]

Pure gold, Adrian!

[Wedding Shooter]

Too classic.

[shuttertalk]

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

[Wedding Shooter]

Only in the USA.