A day at Wimbledon for the Davis Cup
30/09/07 18:41 Filed in: Sport
Great Britain played Croatia for a place in the World
Group of the Davis Cup last weekend (22nd September).
It was the last Saturday before my sister, Sally,
went off to start her new life in Australia. We
decided we would go to Wimbledon to watch the
doubles. What a great day it turned out to be.
Despite the iffy tube journey getting there, we were seated on Number 1 court 20 minutes before the start of play. Even though we were in row x we had a great view. They really have designed the stadium well. No restricted views and the atmosphere was tremendous. I had taken my Canon 400d hoping to get some good shots, but was worried we would be too far back. My wife had leant me her 70-300 lens and as you can see it could zoom in to the court without problems.
Not only were GB trying to get into the World Group, but Tim Henman was also playing. If he and Jamie Murray could win, it would send Tim into retirement a winner. The crowd was firmly behind Great Britain, but Croatia had a strong following as well. They were in full voice as the won the first set, but slowly the two Brits found their feed and came strong. Croatia never gave up and the quality of tennis was very high. The BBC match report is here.
The match was almost three and half hours long, but the time just flew by. Fate was kind, and Tim hit the winning shot and I caught the moment.
More of the pictures I took are here.
I really must get back to the Wimbledon for the championships in July.
Despite the iffy tube journey getting there, we were seated on Number 1 court 20 minutes before the start of play. Even though we were in row x we had a great view. They really have designed the stadium well. No restricted views and the atmosphere was tremendous. I had taken my Canon 400d hoping to get some good shots, but was worried we would be too far back. My wife had leant me her 70-300 lens and as you can see it could zoom in to the court without problems.
Not only were GB trying to get into the World Group, but Tim Henman was also playing. If he and Jamie Murray could win, it would send Tim into retirement a winner. The crowd was firmly behind Great Britain, but Croatia had a strong following as well. They were in full voice as the won the first set, but slowly the two Brits found their feed and came strong. Croatia never gave up and the quality of tennis was very high. The BBC match report is here.
The match was almost three and half hours long, but the time just flew by. Fate was kind, and Tim hit the winning shot and I caught the moment.
More of the pictures I took are here.
I really must get back to the Wimbledon for the championships in July.
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Photographing the moon
25/09/07 19:17 Filed in: Photography
During the last full moon I decided I would try and
take some photos. I thought it would be pretty
simple, but no. As you can see in this gallery it isn't as easy
as I thought. I assumed I should set the
exposure with a long shutter speed and I would
be ok. As you can see, even with a shutter speed
of 2 seconds it can go wrong. In some of them I
have 3 moons. It amazed me how far the moon
moved in that short period of time.
It looks like I have a lot to learn about taking pictures of the moon. I must give it another try soon.
It looks like I have a lot to learn about taking pictures of the moon. I must give it another try soon.
Chill Festival
25/09/07 19:17 Filed in: Photography
Last month, my wife and I went off to the Bennington
Chill Festival. We went along because we wanted to
capture the colour of the event. I was really happy
with the pictures I took. You can see the whole
gallery here. Below though
are a couple of my favourites. I am really
pleased with the dragon fly considering it is
highly cropped and not taken with a macro lens.
