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Football season

Football season kicked off a few weeks ago and I love it. Without question, football is my favorite mainstream sport to photograph.

The action is intense. The sidelines are electric. A victory can be monumental. A loss can be heartbreaking.

Right now, my longest glass is 200mm. That makes it a little tough to get all of the game action. With patience and years of practice, I’ve been able to snap a good frame or two. Here are a few from the season thus far.

New Castle QB scrambling after missing a snap. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

New Castle QB scrambling for the ball after missing the snap. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

Tri QB draws back to look for open receivers. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

Tri QB draws back to look for open receivers. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

Being stuck with a short lens, cropping can be a big help. Too bad my 1D Mark II has so much color noise when cropped in this tight.

Shenandoah receiver makes a catch in the endzone. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

A Shenandoah receiver makes a catch in the end zone. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

A Shenandoah running back avoids Tri defenders. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

A Shenandoah running back avoids Tri defenders. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

A Hagerstown receiver makes a leaping catch in a game against Knightstown. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

A Hagerstown receiver makes a leaping catch in a game against Knightstown. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

Knightstown's running back stiff-arms a Hagerstown defender. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

Knightstown's running back stiff-arms a Hagerstown defender. (C-T photo Max Gersh) ©2010

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks

It isn’t usual for me to take “Fall color” pictures. In fact, I can’t think of a time I did other than last year…and that didn’t really count because that was in my front yard.

This year, I felt compelled to try since I never really put forth any effort into capturing the beauty of the season. I drove out to the massive cemetery at Jefferson Barracks. This is the first time I’ve been to a cemetery since I went to Miles Mausoleum in Illinois.

Without further ado, here are a handful of the images I made today:

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

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Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

Fall colors at Jefferson Barracks © 2009 Max Gersh

For what it’s worth, I don’t normally do the dutch angle thing (the slanted image in the photo above) but I kind of liked the way this one turned out.

***Please forgive the somewhat heavy JPEG compression. I only realized that I had my compression settings improperly set after I uploaded them all and I don’t feel like going back through them all again.***




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