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So...Anyone know the focal length limit for Dodger Stadium? I've got amazing front row seats behind home plate for tomorrow nights game and I want to bring my camera.

Thanks!
 
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Ming Wu , Apr 08, 2008; 02:43 p.m.

I've brought 40D, 70-200 and 17-40 into both Dodgers Stadium and Angels Stadium. The security at the door are more concerned about outside food and drinks than the camera equipment. Every stadium seem to have a different restriction on bag size, so be sure you find out about that. I've seen people turned away at Dodgers Stadium for bags that is too big.

As far as inside the stadium goes, never had any trouble. As long as you are not blocking any aisle and isn't trying to get a "free" seat upgrade, the ushers pretty much leave you alone.

The real hard part is juggling the food, drinks and camera while trying to enjoy the game.
 
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Ming Wu , Apr 08, 2008; 02:43 p.m.

I've brought 40D, 70-200 and 17-40 into both Dodgers Stadium and Angels Stadium. The security at the door are more concerned about outside food and drinks than the camera equipment. Every stadium seem to have a different restriction on bag size, so be sure you find out about that. I've seen people turned away at Dodgers Stadium for bags that is too big.

As far as inside the stadium goes, never had any trouble. As long as you are not blocking any aisle and isn't trying to get a "free" seat upgrade, the ushers pretty much leave you alone.

The real hard part is juggling the food, drinks and camera while trying to enjoy the game.

Thanks, RR. Looks like I'll have my 24-105 with me behind home plate. Can't Wait!!!!!
 
Yeah I've had my rig inside Dodger Stadium more times than you've had hot dinners. No one has ever given me any grief at all.
 
Yeah I've had my rig inside Dodger Stadium more times than you've had hot dinners. No one has ever given me any grief at all.

How big is your gig bag, Glenn? I've got a Lowepro Fastpack 350.

http://products.lowepro.com/product/Fastpack-350,2087,14.htm

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How big is your gig bag, Glenn? I've got a Lowepro Fastpack 350.[/IMG]

Same one I got and I'm glad that I didn't bring it because they will not let you in with it. I barely made it in with my standard school backpack. The only reason they let me in was because the guy caught a glimpse of my ticket and said don't worry about it.

Yeah I've had my rig inside Dodger Stadium more times than you've had hot dinners. No one has ever given me any grief at all.

Well, I got my rig in and I can't believe some of the shots I got. I brought my Canon 40D with a 24-105 lens. I got to sit front row to the camera man's right just behind Martin. We had a perfect angle and the Phillies on deck circle was 10-15 fee to my right.

Absolutely unbelievable.

I'm double posting these because I'm not sure how many of you spill over into the baseball forum. Here are some of my favorites of the night.

Enjoy, and please tell me what you think.

-Greg

Blake knocking in Martin!
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How big is your gig bag, Glenn? I've got a Lowepro Fastpack 350.

Lowepro - Fastpack 350

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I have two, actually. A big one like the one above and a smaller one that's more walk-around. Both are made by Tamrac. Only have the small one in front of me (in NYC to see a Yankee game), and it is the Velocity 9X.

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It will hold my D3 attached to the 70-200 along with my 14, 50, and 24-70. The front pouch has enough room for a flash and other stuff. It works out okay when I've got all that crap with me, but I prefer to run WAY lighter than that in this bag because the single sling-strap really digs into my left shoulder.

I also have Lowe Pro photographer's vest that will hold all that ****. Good thing, too...because it doesn't look like they'll let me into Yankee Stadium tonight with my kit bag. Commando-style, I go!
 
Great shots! It's nice to see a professional sports that is not afraid of some free publicity! :)
 
These were taken at Comic Con last month.

HDR from a single RAW image.

f5.6 - 1/250th - 400 ISO

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Another single RAW shot.

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A moment of silence please.... My Metz 54MZ-3 Flash has given up the ghost. :cry: My wife tried using it and told me it didn't work. She asked me "what is that triangle with an exclamation point?" I checked it out, and it is leaking a brownish goo - almost certainly a leaky capacitor.

You have served me (and others before me) well, my friend. RIP.
 
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Hmmm...Count the black glass with the gold rings, folks! ;) Looks to be a pretty even split between Canon gear and Nikon in that image. Remember when all you'd ever see were gray lenses in photo pits?

Oh...and how badly do the guys with no vests stick out!?!? So funny!
 
The Money Shots from my trip to Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium...

Fenway Park:
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Yankee Stadium:
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/temporarily leaves thread to change his shorts.
 
Awesome shots, FBJ!

Yankee Stadium turned out very similar to the Dodger one. Great work!

Thanks. That was kinda the idea, actually. I've had about a dozen people who have seen the Dodger Stadium image tell me they want one like it of Yankee Stadium, so they pretty much had to be similar. Hopefully, all the people who promised to buy images of YS will keep their promises! If so, I've already got more of YS sold than of DS. Anyhow, I'm hoping to do similar shots at as many major league ballparks as I can. I'm going to try and get down to the Big A in the next couple weeks to knock that one off.

At Fenway Park it was impossible to create a similar image because the highest level of seats are restricted access (corporate boxes) and above that is the press box. Of course, I couldn't get up there so the shot of Fenway was taken from my seat, actually. Turned out to be a good thing because of the sun setting behind the third-base-line seats. I think the image still gives a great feel of the ballpark. Seeing as the press box is such a prominent feature, I'm glad it's included in the photograph along with the Green Monster.

Anyhow, the test prints should be back by the end of the week. If those turn out satisfactorily, I'll be taking orders for both of them.
 
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Wow, this will be a fantastic series if you get all of them. I would make one suggestion though, it might be my screen, but I might desaturate some of the beantowners closest to camera. As it is, I think they distract a bit and draw your eye away from the field.

Those are beautiful shots, and even though I don't really like baseball, they make me want to watch a game. The sunset at Fenway is fantastic.
 
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