Athletics Ireland national track and field championships

Woddle

Some of the action from yesterday

Fiona Britton




Kelly Proper






Linda Byrne from DSD


An injured Martin Fagan

MagicMarker

Cool, I wonder who sponsored the event?

silverside

nice one, thanks Woddle

havent posted here (or in A/R/T) in a while but would be interested in hearing about future track races !

silverside

what lens did you use?

I'm guessing a 70-200 of some sort, but I couldnt see from the EXIF on your flickr.

I'm very impressed with the shots, I really dont think the lens I have (Tamron 55-200 3.5-5.6) is good and seeing your pics is giving me an extra push to think about upgrading.

Woddle

silverside wrote: »

what lens did you use?

http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/176339/art/sigma/70-300-mm-f4-5-6-apo-dg-a.html You can get it cheaper though, it's a nice lense for starting off but now I'm getting a bit more comfortable I want bigger and better

Cheers for that, hope the injury heals soon, you were going nicely. I'll look forward to trying to beat you next summer

A few more from the final day

Ailis McSweeney winner of 100m




Alistair Cragg winner of 5k




I love my little bros T-shirt


Robert Heffernan winner of the 10k walk

Borderfox

Last set is much better

Woddle

Borderfox wrote: »

Last set is much better

Thanks for the feedback, I managed to get a pass that allowed me on the track, which may have helped with the improvement.

Woddle

Borderfox wrote: »

Last set is much better

Actually I would love to here more from you guys/gals, so please feel free to C&C

I'm also not a 100% sure if the 3rd last photo works where the sprinters are lined up on their marks, my wife doesn't like it, I thought I did.

Borderfox

In the second set the angle is much lower and shots are better framed

AnimalRights

Woddle wrote: »

I'm also not a 100% sure if the 3rd last photo works where the sprinters are lined up on their marks, my wife doesn't like it, I thought I did.

It's my fav but I wouldn'tve cropped off so much off the top.

mrboswell

Better stuff on the second day alright.
I was there as well and I think I saw you lying down on the ground.
Did you get the leader of the steeplechase falling into the water hole - poor guy!

With so much going on its so easy to miss the various events.

No more action for the big guns now as they are off to Berlin for the world Champs.

I got a slightly different angle to you for Ailis in the 100m:
http://oneillfoto.com/sport/athletics/nationals09/index.html

Woddle

mrboswell wrote: »

Did you get the leader of the steeplechase falling into the water hole - poor guy!

Yep that was me lying down.
For the steeplechase I had just moved from the perfect spot and although I did get him falling there is a stupid blue cone covering his face.
Really like your shots, fantastic pic of Gillick, Heff and mcSweeney, well done

dochara

Woddle wrote: »

Some of the action from yesterday

Great photos. Some from 2009 National U20/U23 here:

http://eirefoto.com/09_ntf_U23_track_home.htm

http://eirefoto.com/09_ntf_U23_field_home.htm

dochara

Woddle wrote: »

Actually I would love to here more from you guys/gals, so please feel free to C&C

I'm also not a 100% sure if the 3rd last photo works where the sprinters are lined up on their marks, my wife doesn't like it, I thought I did.

It's a good one but personally, I would have cropped less off the top and a little more off the bottom. :cool: