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Hazards of Sports Photography - shuttertalk - Oct 3, 2010

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/article-1317267/RYDER-CUP-2010-The-moment-Tiger-Woodss-challenge-Celtic-Manor-halted--photographer.html



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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Hazards of Sports Photography - Wedding Shooter - Oct 3, 2010

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

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Hazards of Sports Photography - NT73 - Oct 4, 2010

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.

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Hazards of Sports Photography - matthew - Oct 4, 2010

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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Hazards of Sports Photography - Kombisaurus - Oct 5, 2010

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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Hazards of Sports Photography - Toad - Oct 5, 2010

hah!!

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Hazards of Sports Photography - EnglishBob - Oct 5, 2010

ROFL.... Love it!

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Hazards of Sports Photography - shuttertalk - Oct 5, 2010

Pure gold, Adrian!

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Hazards of Sports Photography - Wedding Shooter - Oct 6, 2010

Too classic.

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Hazards of Sports Photography - shuttertalk - Oct 9, 2010

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/offbeat/2010/10/07/pkg.cigar.guy.cnn?iref=allsearch

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Hazards of Sports Photography - Wedding Shooter - Oct 9, 2010

Only in the USA.

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