I shot my first high school football game of the season on August 29th. The game featured the home team Deep Creek Hornets of Chesapeake, Virginia and the visiting Currituck County Knights of Barco, North Carolina.
Having just received my “new” Nikon 400mm f/2.8G ED VR lens a day earlier, I was eager to try it out and since it was Labor Day Weekend coming up, most of the high school football games would be played on Thursday. Deep Creek High is not too far from my house, so I decided to go there and shoot. Did I mention I shoot for MaxPreps too? The gallery from this game is on both MaxPreps and my own site.
Being the first time I’ve shot with a lens of this physical size and weight, it took about a quarter to really get used to it. I’m so glad I brought the Sirui P-424 Carbon Fiber monopod with the Wimberley MH-100 mono gimbal head as this lens weighs in at about 10 pounds.
I’m looking forward to using this lens during the football season. Go check out the images!